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The best pizza oven for 2025

In the last few years, pizza ovens have become as much of a backyard staple as a grill. There are many options for making restaurant-quality pies at home in a range of styles. What’s more, many models allow you to change up the fuel type, and some even allow you to do more than simply […]

Nintendo Black Friday deals are live: Switch 2 bundles, plus save on Switch games and accessories for the holiday shopping season

Nintendo gear is always sought after during the holiday shopping season, but this year likely more so than others. The Nintendo Switch 2 is the console launch of 2025 and it will undoubtedly be at the top of many wish lists for both kids and adults alike. If you were hoping to save a bit […]

Skate Story grinds its way to PlayStation Plus on December 8

It’s been a long road to get here, but the surreal skateboarding sim Skate Story will actually be available to play on December 8. The title will also be a day-one Game Catalog release for PlayStation Plus subscribers, which is a great perk for Sony fans. It’ll be available on other platforms, like Steam and […]

Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 model is here to conquer Microsoft Excel

Hot on the heels of Google’s Gemini 3 Pro release, Anthropic has announced an update for its flagship Opus model. Now at version 4.5, the new system offers state-of-the-art performance in coding, computer use and office tasks. No surprise there, those have been some of Claude’s greatest strengths for a while. The good news is […]

Apple Black Friday deals: We found the biggest savings on AirPods, iPads, MacBooks, Apple Watches and AirTags

There’s no denying Apple’s massive reputation in the tech world. And it appears it’s not just hype — our reviews put an Apple product at the top of our buying guides to tablets, smartwatches, smartphones and laptops. But Apple devices aren’t cheap. That’s why it’s a good idea to wait for Apple Black Friday deals. […]

ChatGPT now offers a dedicated shopping assistant

With Black Friday around the corner, OpenAI is upgrading ChatGPT’s shopping capabilities just in time to make spending your money even easier. Starting today, the company has begun rolling out shopping research, a new feature inside of ChatGPT designed to simplify the process of comparing different products. The tool is available to all ChatGPT users, including […]

Get 50 percent off one of our favorite budgeting apps for Black Friday

Monarch Money is one of our favorite budgeting apps and, fittingly enough, there’s a way for newcomers to save money on a subscription right now. If you use the code MONARCHVIP at checkout, you can get an annual plan for 50 percent off. It typically costs $100, but you can get 12 months of access […]

Lego Black Friday deals: Get up to 44 percent off Star Wars, Disney, Harry Potter and other sets ahead of the holiday sale

Were you a Lego set kid or a giant-bucket-of-Legos kid? I was a sets kid all the way — I loved, and still love, the zen feeling of building something incredible a little bit at a time. Also, every time I tried to build something from the giant bucket, it fell apart immediately, but let’s […]

Black Friday subscription deals include discounts on HBO Max, Apple TV+, MasterClass, Rosetta Stone and more

These days, Black Friday is the longest day of the year. We’re a week out from the big day, but amazing deals are already popping up for some of our favorite subscription services. This is a great time to lock in a long-term deal on a streaming platform like Apple TV or HBO Max, but […]

Pocket Casts rolls out playlists, so users can sequence episodes of their favorite shows

There are millions upon millions of podcast episodes out there and it can be tough to figure out what to listen to and when. The popular podcast service Pocket Casts is rolling out a playlists feature to help users make sense of it all. This is being advertised as a “new way for listeners to […]