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As the weather cools, it may be worth investing in a smart thermostat to help lower your energy bills. Right now, Google’s fourth-gen Nest Learning Thermostat is on sale in all three colors for $219.99 ($60 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and The Home Depot, matching its best price of the year and just $10 shy of its all-time low.

Google Nest Learning Thermostat (fourth-gen)

Where to Buy:

• $279.99 $219.99 at Amazon
• $279.99 $219.99 at Best Buy
• $279.99 $219.99 at The Home Depot

Google’s latest Nest Learning Thermostat is its most capable to date, and comes with new features designed to lower energy consumption without sacrificing comfort. Like prior models, it learns your heating and cooling preferences over time and automatically creates a schedule based on your habits, so you don’t have to constantly adjust the temperature yourself. It can also suggest schedule changes to save energy and automatically adjusts the temperature when you’re away. Additionally, it includes a remote temperature sensor in the box, so you can better adjust the temperature in your preferred room, whether that’s the bedroom or another space in your home.

The Nest Learning Thermostat also improves on its predecessor with a beautifully designed adaptive display that shows your temperature settings, the weather, and the time from across the room. When you get closer, it reveals more detailed information, including outdoor air quality and humidity levels. The Matter-ready device also works with more HVAC systems than the third-gen model, along with a host of compatible humidifiers, dehumidifiers, and ventilation equipment. Plus, unlike many smart thermostats, it doesn’t require a C-wire in most homes either, though using one can help ensure consistent power.

Read our full Nest Learning Thermostat (fourth-gen) review.

Three more deals that aren’t as pricey

• You can get the black Casio WS-B1000 at Amazon and Walmart for just $23.88 ($41 off), which is its best price to date. The retro-style digital watch lacks advanced health sensors and features like contactless payments, but it does offer some basic fitness tracking, including a built-in step counter and Bluetooth connectivity for syncing your activity data with your phone; it also comes with a stopwatch and alarms. Read our review.
• We recently highlighted an ongoing deal on a single AirTag, but if you want to stock up, Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart are now selling a four-pack for $69.99 ($30 off), which is the lowest price we’ve seen. Apple’s second-gen AirTag is our top pick for iPhone owners thanks to its impressively precise tracking, which can guide you directly to a lost item. You can also locate items with an Apple Watch Series 9 or later and share an AirTag’s location with participating airlines, such as United and Delta, helping you recover lost luggage. Read our review.
• SwitchBot’s 12-inch RGBICWW Ceiling Light is available at Amazon for $36.99 ($12 off) when you clip the on-page coupon, or directly from SwitchBot for the same price with code HWHW26. The Matter-compatible smart light — which is also discounted in a 15-inch size — offers 26 preset scenes, eight lighting effects, and the ability to create your own. The main difference between the two sizes is the brightness: the 15-inch model delivers up to 3,200 lumens, compared to 2,000 lumens for the smaller version.

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Every election, there is a crucial sliver of voters who help determine which candidates win. Here are five takeaways from a year of listening to voters who backed Biden in 2020 and then Trump in 2024.

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Pope Leo XIV says AI systems should be "disarmed," adding that humans "have the responsibility to guide, change and, when necessary, reject its applications." In Friday's Papal Address, Pope Leo encourages United Nations member states to "take concrete steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons" during their meeting in Geneva next month.

The address reflects many of the ideas Pope Leo laid out in his first major papal document in May, which highlighted "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence." In line with his encyclical, Pope Leo tells participants that "Machines are tools, not persons," and warns about th …

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