Google’s new Pixel Buds Pro 2 have already fallen to $179 ahead of the holiday. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Can’t wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shop or score a killer deal on a gadget you’ve been eyeing? You may not have to. Although Black Friday isn’t until November 29th, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target have begun rolling out their holiday discounts, many of which are available elsewhere. Some retailers will even refund you the difference if an item drops further in price later this year, meaning you don’t necessarily have to worry about shopping ahead of time. New deals are popping up weekly, so we’ve rounded up the cream of the crop below to make sorting through them easier. Current promos include steep discounts on a range of our favorite tech, too, from the Beats Solo Pro headphones and Apple’s AirTags to some of our... Continue reading…

Image: Freevee Amazon is going to shut down Freevee, its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service. The service’s content has already been migrated over to Prime Video and new episodes of Freevee shows will be available to people who don’t pay for Prime, Deadline reports. The brand will be phased out “over the coming weeks,” Deadline says. Freevee originally launched out of Amazon-owned IMDb in 2019 as IMDb Freedive and was rebranded a few months after launch to IMDb TV and then to Freevee in 2022. The service had some of its own original content, like Bosch: Legacy and Jury Duty, Amazon also added some Prime Video content to the service starting in 2023. But Adweek reported in February that Amazon was planning to sunset the brand —... Continue reading…

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by STR / NurPhoto, Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency — yes, the acronym is DOGE — to “pave the way” for his administration to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” The department will somehow operate “outside of Government” and work with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget, according to the statement posted on Truth Social. Musk and Ramaswamy have until July 4th, 2026, to complete their work, the statement says. Trump had said during his presidential campaign that he would appoint Musk to head up a government efficiency commission if he was elected.... Continue reading…

I'm a longtime iPhone user who has been quite critical of the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation since it came into force last year. I've done this as someone who will be directly impacted by the changes the EU is imposing on Apple. While the DMA should promote competition and have the customer's best interest at heart, it's actually doing me a massive disservice. Apple is delaying some software features in Europe. I can't use Apple Intelligence on my iPhone and the iPhone Mirroring feature is not available in Yosemite on the Mac. This didn't happen before. Apple would roll out the same software updates in Europe as in the US and other markets. The excessive regulation has also impacted other products, especially on the AI side of things. For example, I only got access to ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode a few weeks ago, well after the US launch. But fast-forward to Tuesday, and Brussels announced a new beef with Apple. This time, it's one that actually makes sense for the EU block, as lawmakers are asking Apple to stop geo-blocking practices on its digital stores. Continue reading... The post The EU’s next beef with Apple and the iPhone actually makes sense appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best Apple deals for November 2024 Best Fire TV Stick deals for November 2024 Today’s deals: $90 Lenovo Chromebook, $360 Apple Watch Series 10, $100 off Ninja blenders, more Today’s deals: $280 Acer Aspire 3 laptop, $23 TP-Link WiFi extender, $199 Shark vacuum, $60 Keurig, more

Charles Marino, former senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, stated that President-elect Donald Trump's proposed plan to deport illegal migrants would ultimately save American taxpayers billions, countering the left's concerns over potential "costs."

Four women suing over Idaho's strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth - and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that...

This week, Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions refuted claims that the television icon was paid $1 million by Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign, stating that Winfrey did not receive any personal compensation for her involvement in a recent campaign event, Breitbart...

X owner Elon Musk announced that his political action committee (PAC), America PAC, would continue supporting Republicans through the midterms and participate in primary contests as well.

A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state's near-total abortion ban on grounds that the law violates her constitutional right to privacy and self-determination.

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head up a new efficiency department with the goal of dismantling government bureaucracy and "cut wasteful expenditures" throughout federal agencies by July 4, 2026.