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I’d recommend this TCL Mini LED TV that’s ,000 off over premium Samsung and LG models

I’d recommend this TCL Mini LED TV that’s $1,000 off over premium Samsung and LG models

TCL/ZDNet Editor’s Note: ZDNET’s Deal of the Week is an editorially selected deal we feel is deserving of reader attention due to its high rating and value. One of my favorite TCL TVs got a major refresh this year with the QM8L. It features an updated SQD-Mini LED panel for better color accuracy and contrast, as well as speakers designed by luxury audio masters Bang & Olufsen for sound to match.  And if you’ve been looking to upgrade your main TV, it’s a great time to buy: Best Buy is offering up to $1,000 off the TCL QM8L, with every size on sale. This brings the price of the 75-inch version to just under $2,000. And if you’re looking to spend a little less, the 65-inch model is $1,799 (with a slightly smaller discount of $700). If you’d rather buy from Amazon, the site is offering the same deal. Also: The best early Prime Day TV deals actually worth your time  The new SDQ-Mini LED panel can produce up to 100% of the BT.2020 color …

Judge launches inquiry into Trump-IRS settlement that led to ‘anti-weaponization’ fund – POLITICO

Judge launches inquiry into Trump-IRS settlement that led to ‘anti-weaponization’ fund – POLITICO

Earlier this year, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns by a private contractor in 2019 and 2020. The lawsuit immediately triggered questions about conflicts of interest: How could the Justice Department and IRS now controlled by Trump appointees defend against a lawsuit brought by their boss? But before the lawsuit advanced, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed that a settlement had been reached. Instead of a payout to Trump, the settlement would result in the establishment of the nearly $1.8 billion fund to make payouts to people described in the settlement as victims of government weaponization. The announcement generated particular excitement among hundreds of people Trump pardoned for their roles in storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with many announcing their intention to pursue payouts. Police officers who defended the Capitol and former Justice Department prosecutors who pursued Jan. 6 defendants sued to block the fund altogether, with another judge earlier Friday ordering a two-week pause on its establishment. A spokesperson for Trump’s legal team did not immediately …

Expert-Approved Ways to Use Your LED Mask to Get Max Results

Expert-Approved Ways to Use Your LED Mask to Get Max Results

Red light therapy face masks are all the rage thanks to beauty and wellness influencers on social media. Also known as LED masks, they use red, near-infrared or blue light at different wavelengths with claims that they can improve your skin’s appearance, boost collagen production and, if they have blue light, target acne.  The best part is that you can use these masks at home without setting foot in an aesthetician’s office. However, these LED masks aren’t cheap and only some are FDA-cleared, while others aren’t.  If you’re going to invest in an LED mask, it’s important to know how to use it correctly and what to look for when choosing the best one for your needs. I spoke with a dermatologist and plastic surgeon to learn the best way to use your LED light therapy mask, as well as any risks and benefits to consider. Where to include an LED mask in your skin care routine When you use red light therapy during your skin care regimen is important to get the best results. …

Watch Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Rock the Theremin, the Early Soviet Electronic Instrument

Watch Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page Rock the Theremin, the Early Soviet Electronic Instrument

It can be frus­trat­ing for Led Zep­pelin fans to hear the band reduced to pla­gia­rism law­suits or the quin­tes­sence of sex­u­al­ly-aggres­sive rock-star enti­tle­ment (though much of that is deserved). For one thing, Zeppelin’s occult song­writ­ing ten­den­cies, cour­tesy of both Page and Plant, play just as promi­nent a role as their blues-rock come-ons (as sev­er­al gen­er­a­tions of fan­ta­sy met­al bands can attest). For anoth­er, their stu­dio pro­duc­tions and live shows are renowned for pio­neer­ing mash-ups of mod­ern rock, folk, and clas­si­cal instru­men­ta­tion, cour­tesy of both Page and Jones. And final­ly, the band’s record­ing tech­niques were—for the time—demonstrations of tech­ni­cal wiz­ardry. Thus it should come as no sur­prise that tech­ni­cal wiz­ard Jim­my Page would play the Theremin, though he does play on it the kind of scream­ing, feed­back-laden bends he unleashed from his Les Paul. Intro­duced to the world by Sovi­et inven­tor Leon Theremin in 1919, the ear­ly elec­tron­ic instru­ment emits high-pitched singing when a play­er’s hands come with­in range of its invis­i­ble elec­tri­cal fields. “It hasn’t got six strings,” Page says in his demon­stra­tion at the …

General Catalyst just led a M bet on India’s travel payments market

General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India’s travel payments market

Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, has raised $63 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst, with existing investors Peak XV Partners and Z47 also participating. The deal comes despite a broader slowdown in fintech dealmaking. The all-equity round values assigns the startup a post-money valuation of more than $500 million, according to a source familiar with the matter, more than doubling its valuation from around $200 million in April 2025. The four-year-old outfit has raised $126 million to date from investors. That General Catalyst, one of the most prominent U.S. venture firms, is leading the round suggests that India’s travel-focused fintech market is drawing serious attention well beyond its home region. The funding comes as investors globally grow more selective in fintech bets after years of aggressive funding. In India, fintech funding remained largely flat in Q1 2026, while the number of deals fell by more than half from a year earlier as investors concentrated capital into fewer, larger deals, per a recent …

Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale Totals 3.9 M. Led by Matisse

Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale Totals $303.9 M. Led by Matisse

A few minutes into Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction on Tuesday night, the pauses between bids began telling their own story. Collectors still showed up for the museum-quality material, particularly blue-chip works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, and Vincent van Gogh, but the atmosphere inside the Breuer building often felt cautious rather than euphoric, as buyers weighed estimates carefully and bidding wars appeared only intermittently. By the end of the evening, Sotheby’s had achieved a total of $303.9 million, with 98 percent of lots finding buyers. While the sale brought in 63 percent more than the equivalent sale last year—marked by the infamous Giacometti flop—the total came in below the presale high estimate of $320.2 million. Overall, the sale’s results reinforced a growing reality across the art market this season: demand remains strong for exceptional works, but conviction still comes with conditions. Related Articles As one New York advisor, who asked not to be named, texted me more than halfway through the sale, the evening was “solid financially, but also lacking in energy,” adding …

The US once led on religious freedom. This administration is dismantling that legacy.

The US once led on religious freedom. This administration is dismantling that legacy.

(RNS) — Countless millions of people worldwide are persecuted for what they believe. Uyghurs languish in detention camps in China. Baha’is face oppression in Iran. Christians face harassment, surveillance and arrest in Eritrea. Rohingya Muslims still live with the trauma and displacement of genocide in Burma. The human cost of these abuses is not abstract — it is measured in body counts, prisoners jailed for their faith and houses of worship shuttered by repressive regimes. At its core, religious freedom goes beyond worship, prayer and faith. It’s about human dignity and human rights. If the government can tell you what to believe, it can do whatever it wants. When freedom of conscience wanes, violence spreads, extremism grows and democracies decay from within. For decades, the United States championed international religious freedom with a strong, bipartisan toolbox. Yet despite promises to the contrary, the Trump administration is undermining and ignoring the International Religious Freedom Act — the landmark law, passed in 1998, that made possible our leadership on global religious freedom. Congress must use every tool …

How Writing Horror Led Marcus Kliewer To an OCD Diagnosis

How Writing Horror Led Marcus Kliewer To an OCD Diagnosis

Marcus Kliewer is the bestselling author of the horror novel We Used to Live Here. His second book, The Caretaker, is out now from 12:01 Books. Below, he discusses how writing horror led to his OCD diagnosis. I rediscovered my love for writing horror in the middle of the pandemic. It was oddly comforting to find a type of misery I had control over, even if that control was simply typing words on a page. And thanks to CERB (Canada’s $2,000/month benefit to those who lost income during the pandemic), I was able to dedicate more time to writing than I ever had before. After a six-year hiatus, I returned to r/NoSleep, a subreddit dedicated to internet horror stories. In a time when the entire world felt exceptionally isolated and directionless, sharing my work with that community gave me much-needed connection and purpose.  I was several parts into a series with the unwieldy title The Man in my Basement Takes One Step Closer Every Week when I received a DM asking me if the story was …

Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises M Series A led by Menlo

Marketing operating system Nectar Social raises $30M Series A led by Menlo

AI-powered marketing platform Nectar Social announced Thursday that it raised a $30 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthology Fund, which was created alongside Anthropic. The company, which officially exited stealth last year, is an agentic operating system for marketers. It told TechCrunch that it uses autonomous AI agents to help brands run “social activity, moderation, creator workflows, competitive intelligence and commerce conversations end-to-end.” It also has data partnerships with companies like Meta and Reddit that allows the Nectar agent pull and pool data into one place from various platforms, rather than brands needing to use different tools to manage different platforms. Nectar Social was founded by sisters Misbah and Farah Uraizee, ex-Meta employees. Misbah, the CEO, told TechCrunch that this round will help the company expand and hire more across applied AI, enginnering, and go to market. “The buying conversation has moved into social, and no human team can staff every place it happens,” Misbah said. “We’re accelerating our category lead in building the operating system that lets brands show …

Sotheby’s 9.3 M. Contemporary Art Sale Led by .8 M. Rothko

Sotheby’s $389.3 M. Contemporary Art Sale Led by $85.8 M. Rothko

At its Madison Avenue headquarters, Sotheby’s kicked off the May auction season early, smack in the middle of the opening of art fairs all around Manhattan, with a solid if unexciting $433.1 million sale of modern and contemporary art, led by an $85.8 million canvas by Mark Rothko. Major auctions at Christie’s and Phillips will follow next week. The equivalent sale last year tallied just $186.1 million. “The sale was robust, and it felt authentic,” said New York adviser Laura Paulson as she exited the sale room partway through the evening.  Related Articles “It was a good sale,” said adviser Jacob King after unsuccessfully bidding on a Warhol. “Not particularly exciting, but good.” The sale opened with 11 works from the estate of legendary New York dealer Robert Mnuchin, who died last year at 92, and his wife Adriana. The group was estimated to sell for in excess of $130 million. The house guaranteed the seller an undisclosed price for the group of works, which included pieces by Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Pablo …