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Max Black Friday deal: Get six months of streaming access for only $18
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Max’s lineup has series and films like The Last of Us, House of the
Dragon, Euphoria, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Penguin, Dune: Part
Two, Everything Everywhere All at Once and Barbie. In addition, you
get full series from HBO’s legendary archives, like The Sopranos,
The Wire, Sex and The City, Game Of Thrones and Six Feet Under. It
also includes current and old content from Warner Bros., A24, Adult
Swim, ID and the DC Universe.

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Want Better Habits? Neuroscience Says This Is How to Train Your Brain
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There's a lively debate over who actually said that first, but it
rings true. It also explains why so many successful people recognize
that one of the keys to their success is the ability to adopt good
habits and banish bad ones. So can you train yourself to adopt only
the best habits?















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Iran Oil Kingpins Hedge Fund Is Preparing to Shut London Office -
Bloomberg (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=102178&nl=daily]
Ocean Leonid was recently suspended by Dubais free zone Shamkhani says
he has no relationship with the hedge fund

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Silicon Valley billionaires remain in thrall to the cult of the geek -
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IQ hierarchies are a dangerous myth














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The Triumph of the Post-Thanksgiving Sandwich - The New Yorker (No
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Leftovers, eaten the day after, or maybe late the night of, are the
best part of Thanksgiving. The performance of the big meal is done,
the mood has relaxed, the more distasteful guests are long gone. You
are neither a host nor a guest: you are a person alone with her
refrigerator, her appetite, and her creativity. The
Thanksgiving-leftovers sandwich is a continuation of the holiday
ritual, the festive meals third and final act: after preparation and
presentation comes a dnouement of sandwichification. Two slices of
bread (or a split roll, or a biscuit; lets not fuss), is natures ideal
vehicle for leftovers. Cold cuts, after all, were, in their original
form, the slices of meat people ate once what remained of a roast had
gone cold.

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No Social Media For Anyone Under 16: What To Know About Australias New
Ban - Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=102178&nl=daily]
A ban on social media for children under 16which drew criticism from
social media companies and leaderspassed the Australian senate on
Thursday, poising it to become the worlds first law designed to keep
young children off of social media.














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A conversation on healing 'spiritual injury' - STAT (No paywall)
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As a physician, Robert Klitzman is acutely aware that while clinicians
are well-trained to handle the physical needs of hospitalized
patients, they are often unequipped to handle the more existential
challenges that so many of these patients face. This led Klitzman, a
professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, to research and write
a book on hospital chaplains.

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10 Ways to Supercharge Your Career - Harvard Business Review (No
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Business can change on a dime, and management practices are ever
evolving. Still, there are essential leadership, communication,
strategy, and problem-solving skills that endure. As we celebrate our
1000thepisode of HBRs flagship podcast HBR IdeaCast, we identified 10
pieces of timeless advice from the archives to give your career a huge
boost.














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Whatever Happened to the Company Car? - Inc (No paywall)
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Flip to the classified job section of any major newspaper in the
middle of the 20th century, and you might be surprised by the presence
of an obscure employee benefita company car. In one July 1967 edition
of The Chicago Tribune, a pharmaceutical company offered employees a
good starting salary, promotion only from within, and a company car. A
paper company touted a free car for its next sales trainee; a textbook
brand boasted full benefits and an air-conditioned company car for its
next salesman. Even the ketchup maker Heinz promised to give its
retail sales representative a gleaming new car.

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Syrian rebels seize territory from government in renewed offensive -
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Rebels in Syria launched a large-scale attack on Assad government
forces, storming a military base and seizing control of swaths of
territory in the countrys northwest in the first major outbreak of
fighting between the two sides in recent years.














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China and Russia lead wage recovery while rich economies lag behind,
UN says - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=102178&nl=daily]
Real wages are growing again as the rise in inflation abates, but
remain below their prepandemic levels in many parts of the rich world
even as they surge in China and Russia, according to a report released
Thursday by the United Nations.

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Wall Streets response to more tariffs: Been there, done that - WSJ (No
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Shares of automakers were hit hard this week after the president-elect
promised to levy hefty tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico on
his first day in office, along with additional tariffs on Chinese
goods. Canadian railroad companies slumped, while Mexican and Canadian
currencies weakened against the U.S. dollar.














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Musks DOGE plans rely on White House budget office. Conflicts await. -
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President-elect Donald Trump has asked Musk, chief executive officer
of Tesla and SpaceX, and Vivek Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur who
ran for president, to open a Department of Government Efficiency that
will suggest ways to cut spending. Musk and Ramaswamy have said the
organization will work closely with the White House Office of
Management and Budget, which analyzes federal spending and guides
implementation of regulations.

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How TikToks Trump whisperer changed minds in Washington - WSJ (No
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Sayegh, the head of public affairs at one of TikToks biggest
investors, had become an unofficial adviser to the Chinese-owned
social-media giant as it navigates survival in the geopolitical
crosshairs of the worlds two superpowers.














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Australia lawmakers pass landmark social-media ban for under-16s - WSJ
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The ban, which will take at least 12 months to come into effect, could
see technology companies fined up to 50 million Australian dollars,
roughly $32.5 million, if they fail to bring in steps to prevent
children from holding accounts. Parents and teenagers wont be fined.

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Protesters block Macy's Thanksgiving parade as police make multiple
arrests
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Video footage from the New York Post shows a group of people sitting
in the street at W. 55th Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan while a
few people behind them held a sign that read, "Don't Celebrate
Genocide!" and "Free Palestine."













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8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
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Our mission could not be more clear and more necessary: We have a duty
to explain what just happened, and why, and what it means for you. We
need clear-eyed journalism that helps you understand what really
matters. Reporting that brings clarity in increasingly chaotic times.
Reporting that is driven by truth, not by what people in power want
you to believe.

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On These Issues, Trump 2.0 Will Differ From Trump 1.0
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As he prepares for his second term as President, Donald Trumps
approach on some issues is poised to mirror that of his first term.
He's set to once again increase tariffs on imported goods and beef up
border enforcement.

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Putin says he does not believe Trump is safe after assassination
attempts
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ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin praised U.S. President-elect
Donald Trump on Thursday as an experienced and intelligent politician,
but said he did not believe Trump was safe after attempts on his life.
Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July.

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The Great Tech Wake-Up Call: VCs Discover Billions Wasted On
Inefficient Engineering Teams
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A viral social media thread by VC industry figure Deedy Das has
ignited a fierce debate about engineering productivity at some of
America's largest technology companies.

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Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegsetha??s books foreground anti-Muslim
rhetoric
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Hegseth meanwhile, as previously reported in the Guardian, is
unconditionally supportive of Israel, and has appeared to argue that
the US military should ignore the Geneva conventions in favor of
"winning our wars according to our own rules".

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The best iPad cases for 2024
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How often you charge your iPad will depend on how often you use it.
Most iPads will last at least a regular work day with frequent usage,
which is one of the reasons why many have opted to use their iPads as
laptop replacements. But with heavy usage, like constant video
streaming or gaming, will come more rapid battery drain. A good rule
of thumb is to charge your iPad when you go to sleep each night, that
way you’ll have a topped-up device waiting for you in the morning.

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Black Friday Apple deals discount the M3 MacBook Air with 16GB of RAM
to a record-low price
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Our main quibble is that the USB-C ports are on the same side of the
unit as the one for the charger — having even one USB-C on the right
side would be handy. But that's a minor complaint about an otherwise
terrific laptop.

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Military vehicle mows down woman as post-election protests roil
Mozambique
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The embassies of the US, UK, Canada, Norway and Switzerland said in a
joint statement: “We strongly condemn the escalation of violence
against civilians … This included an incident on 27 November in
which a Mozambican security forces vehicle sped towards a group of
people and brutally ran over a person.”

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Australia politics live: Birmingham takes aim at a??destructive
behavioura?? of crossbench; social media ban a??isna??t worth the
paper ita??s written ona??, Tyrrell says
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I think those who have sought to play politics, and it's happened on
both the far left and the far right with issues like abortion, that is
not the Australian way. I was very pleased to see Peter Dutton slap it
down and be very clear about his view that they are state matters, and
I think also show that he understands the respect that Australian
women expect for their reproductive rights - and it's just not a
debate that we want to have infiltrate our politics like it plays out
in the US.

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Putin threatens to hit Kyiv with Oreshnik missiles and praises Trump
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“If Ukraine doesn’t want to negotiate, fine, but then accept the
fact that you can have enormous losses in your cities and accept the
fact that you will have your children killed, accept the fact that you
don’t have 130,000 dead, you will have 230,000 [to] 250,000,”
Kellogg told Voice of America at the Republican party convention in
July.

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Elon Musk calls to a??deletea?? US finance consumer watchdog agency
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"These tactics are aimed at sowing terror and fear at federal
employees," said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation
of Government Employees, which represents more than 800,000 of the 2.3
million civilian federal employees, told CNN. "It's intended to make
them fearful that they will become afraid to speak up."

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Linkup connects LLMs with premium content sources (legally) |
TechCrunch
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Linkup raised a €3 million seed round ($3.2 million at current
exchange rates) a few months ago from Axeleo Capital, Motier Ventures,
Seedcamp, and a hundred business angels. There are around 10 people
working for the startup right now, and it plans to hire another 10
staff over the next year.

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Why AI agent startup /dev/agents commanded a massive $56M seed round
at a $500M valuation | TechCrunch
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Jill Chase, a partner at CapitalG, said that as a growth-stage fund,
it is exceedingly rare for her firm to invest in a pre-product
company. “We will do it when two things are true: first, when the
market opportunity is so massive and generational,” she said. “The
second criterion is the team has to be truly exceptional. That could
not be more clear in this instance.”

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Are British voters as clueless as Labours intelligentsia thinks? - The
Economist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=102178&nl=daily]
Woe it is to be a Labour wonk right now. A streak of nihilism has
infected the partys boffins after Kamala Harriss defeat in the
American presidential election. The American economy zoomed under Joe
Biden yet voters defenestrated his party. Essays such as The Death of
Deliverism by Deepak Bhargava, Shahrzad Shams and Harry Hanbury, which
argued in 2023 that voters would not thank Mr Bidens Democrats for a
thumping economy, are passed around the British left like sombre
samizdat texts.

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The wine most welcome at any holiday gathering - WSJ (No paywall)
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The wines of Rioja, Spain, are reliable, reasonably priced and only
released when theyre ready to drink. So why havent I given them
greater attention? Maybe its actually because Rioja wines are so
predictable. Or maybe its a matter of pairing. Traditionally aged in
American oak, Rioja is marked by a distinct vanilla note I have, in
the past, found hard to match with a wide range of dishes. When I
undertook my recent Rioja re-exploration, however, I was pleasantly
surprised by what I found: delicious wines at great prices and some
good matches with food.

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San Jose State's Opponent Boycotts Game Over Transgender Player.
Again.
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Boise State’s decision to forfeit and lose a chance at the final has
called even more attention to one of the most complex and polarizing
issues of American life: whether a transgender woman can play on a
women’s sports team.

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Biden Makes a Final Nantucket Visit as President
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Even while he encouraged Americans to remain optimistic in the face of
uncertainty, the president nonetheless anticipated hurdles ahead for
President-elect Donald J. Trump. He predicted Mr. Trump may be forced
by Congress to moderate some of his proposals, while lightly
criticizing some of his successor’s latest ideas.

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Russia Strikes Ukraine's Energy Sector as Putin Signals More to Come
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Speaking at a meeting of a Moscow-led security alliance in Kazakhstan,
Mr. Putin warned that Russian strikes on Ukraine could intensify,
saying that his country has been selecting targets for missile strikes
in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and that they might include
“decision-making centers” there.

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Peggy Caserta, Who Wrote a Tell-All About Janis Joplin, Dies at 84
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She named the place Mnasidika (pronounced na-SID-ek-ah), after a
character in a poem by Sappho. “It’s a Greek girls’ name,” Ms.
Caserta told The San Francisco Examiner in 1965, for an article about
the “new bohemians” colonizing the Haight-Ashbury district.

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Opinion | Meet Wolfgang Streeck, the Maverick German Thinker
Explaining Our World
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That was the Rubicon, Mr. Streeck believes: “the first time after
the postwar growth period that states took to introducing
not-yet-existing future resources into the conflict between labor and
capital.” They never broke the habit.

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What a Deadly Offensive in Syria Means for a Stalled Civil War
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In addition to those deaths, more than a dozen civilians have been
killed by Syrian and Russian airstrikes, according to the White
Helmets, a rescue group based in opposition areas. Russia and Iran
have for years robustly helped President Bashar al-Assad’s
autocratic regime stave off the rebels.

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Flour, water, salt, GitHub: The Bread Code is a sourdough baking
framework
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Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25
years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging
interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted
source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know
everything, only what’s important.

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Amazon's new Echo Show 21 is already $40 off in this Black Friday deal
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The Echo Show 21 has a 1080p display and an upgraded camera. Amazon
claims this offers more than double the field of view of the original
Echo Show 15 as well as 65 percent more zoom. As the presence of a
camera suggests, Amazon is hoping you'll use this for video calls too.
The company claims to have reduced unwanted ambient noise with this
model. The Echo Show 21 is said to offer double the bass and immersive
sound as well.

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The 28 best Thanksgiving Black Friday tech deals you can get right now
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The best Black Friday deals have already arrived. Here are some of the
best tech deals you can buy right from your phone before your second
helping of stuffing.

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A new game from Tencent looks like a pretty blatant Horizon ripoff
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In one sense, fans of the Horizon series will understand why it's apt
that the games seem to have effectively been cloned. We'll have to
wait to see just how egregiously Polaris Quest has copied Aloy's
adventures. Light of Motiram doesn't have a release window as yet, but
the seemingly free-to-play title is coming to Steam and the Epic Games
Store. Unless Sony slaps Tencent with a cease-and-desist first, that
is.

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Australia is one step away from banning social media for under 16s
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Utah last year passed laws to limit minors' social media use. The
state's governor repealed and replaced those earlier this year
following legal challenges. However, in September, a judge blocked the
most recent legislation just days before it was set to take effect.
Other states have considered similar laws.

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FTC expands rules to hold tech support scammers accountable
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As the FTC notes, the Telemarketing Sales Rule has been updated
several times since the year 2000 before this latest amendment. The
first amendment in 2003 led to the creation of the Do Not Call
Registry for telemarketers, while subsequent changes were made to
cover pre-recorded telemarketing calls and debt collection services.

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This Black Friday Meta Quest deal includes a free $75 gift card when
you buy the Quest 3S
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The content included with any Quest headset purchase will help you get
started in VR. Batman: Arkham Shadow is one of the most notable
exclusive games for Meta's Quest 3 and Quest 3S, continuing the
lineage of the Arkham game universe initially developed by Rocksteady
Studios. You'll also get three months' subscription to the Meta Quest+
catalog of games. Keeping the subscription after the trial period will
cost $8 a month. Or use that gift card and pick up a title to keep.

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Black Friday Apple deals include the AirPods Pro 2 for an all-time-low
price
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If you prefer over-ear headphones, your only option in the Apple
ecosystem (aside from Beats) is the AirPods Max. You can grab them for
$400 right now. We always recommend waiting for a sale to buy these
cans since they start off much more expensive than all of our other
top picks for the best wireless headphones. They also sport the H2
chipset inside, plus good sound quality and ANC, reliable touch
controls and a solid battery life.

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CRKD's Nitro Deck+ keeps its best features and adds typical stick
layout
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I can’t say I regularly used many of those six (six!) new custom
buttons, but dedicated Switch gamers may gain more utility from them
than I did. Whether you should get the Nitro Deck+ or its predecessor
hinges on what stick arrangement feels most comfortable. That’s the
biggest difference and, for some, might be the biggest draw here.

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Black Friday Apple Watch deals: The Watch SE drops to a new low of
$149
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While we feel that this is a good price for the second-gen Apple Watch
SE, it's worth bearing in mind that a new model could arrive in the
coming months. Apple is reportedly working on an Apple Watch SE with a
plastic casing in a bid to reduce the price and allow for bolder color
options. It's unlikely that Apple will announce this model before next
year, though.

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Black Friday deal: The Apple Watch Series 10 is on sale for a
record-low price
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We found that there was a slight increase in battery life thanks to
efficiency improvements, but some alternative smartwatches run for
much longer on a single charge. Overall, this is a somewhat iterative
update compared with the Series 9 and 8, but if you're upgrading from
an older Apple Watch (or buying one for the first time), you may find
the features, performance and charging speed to be impressive.

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The best Black Friday air fryer deals include the Breville Smart Oven
for $70 off
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Breville makes some of our favorite cooking gear, from air fryers to
immersion blenders to coffee machines, but their devices are on the
high end of the price spectrum. Black Friday typically brings decent
sales on all things kitchen tech, and we're seeing some good ones on
other Breville gear right now, like the Creatista Plus Nespresso
coffee machine for $405.

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Peacock's Black Friday streaming deal discounts a full year of access
to only $20
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There are a few little caveats. First, this subscription is the one
with ads. Also, the offer is only available to new subscribers who are
not currently paying for Peacock Premium or Premium Plus. Finally,
it’s only available directly from Peacock, and not from third-party
billers like Apple or Amazon.

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