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☆ The 29 Best Holiday Gifts to Shop This Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Buy Side Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +15 min

To help you shop for nice prices, we limited our list to our favorites that are on sale now for Black Friday. One thing I have my eye on is this Nyx Butter Gloss Holiday Gifts Set with 14 full-size lip glosses in a variety of colors. She loves color, but she also has a goth streak, so I wasn’t surprised she asked for black nail polish. It would make a great gift for a college student, new grad or really anyone who could use a travel gear upgrade. It’s a great set to update your kitchen or give as a gift this holiday season.” —Emily Welsh, VP and general manager

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Right now, you can snag excellent Black Friday hard drive deals, and I've scoured through all of the discounts to find three models that I think are especially worth the money. With that in mind, the three best Black Friday hard drive deals I'm recommending include some of the fastest and most modern solid state drives (SSDs) you can buy. Best Black Friday deals on hard drives todayDoes my hard drive need a heatsink? All three of the hard drives I recommend come with heatsinks to help cool them during heavy use. Which brand hard drive should you buy?

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These are the best Black Friday PS5 deals we've seen since the console launched in 2020, and the discounts even include the newly released slim PlayStation 5 model. We expect these Black Friday PS5 deals to last through today, November 24, and could extend to Cyber Monday on November 27. Best PS5 Black Friday deals todayPS5 Black Friday FAQsWhat's different between the PS5 Slim and the original PS5? The standard PS5 slim costs the same as the original PS5 at $500; the PS5 slim digital edition will cost $450, which is $50 more than the original digital-edition PS5. The original digital-edition PS5 costs $400, so it's $100 cheaper than the standard PS5.

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Our tech experts are keeping track of all the latest price drops to bring you the best Black Friday TV deals throughout the sale. Right now, top Black Friday TV deals include the excellent 65-inch Samsung S90C, our top pick for the best TV you can buy, for its lowest price so far. The best TV Black Friday deals today (50-inches and under)The best TV Black Friday deals today (55-inches)The best TV Black Friday deals today (65-inches)The best TV Black Friday deals today (75-inches and up)TV Black Friday FAQsWhat kind of TV should I buy? But while we generally prefer OLED TVs over QLEDs, QLED TVs have an edge with max brightness. Top QLED TVs can get brighter than even the best OLED TVs.

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☆ TCL TV Black Friday deal: This huge 98-inch 4K display is an incredible $2,500 off
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Antonio Villas-Boas | Steven Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Learn moreBlack Friday sales are known for superb TV deals, and this year is no different. That brings it down to $2,500, which is an excellent deal for a TV this gigantic. TCL's S5 is one of the company's entry-level 4K HDR TV models. Plus, it includes a few premium features, like Dolby Vision IQ, which detects your room's ambient brightness and adjusts the HDR picture automatically. But if you're looking for more sizes to choose from, you can find more Black Friday TV deals in our full roundup, and be sure to visit our Black Friday deals hub for more product recommendations.

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That's especially true if you're in search of great Black Friday gaming deals, which include discounts on controllers, mechanical keyboards, consoles, gaming laptops, and more. Some of the best Black Friday gaming deals we've found so far include a $60 discount on a brand-new PS5 slim bundle. These Black Friday gaming deals are all active right now, November 24, and they'll likely run until midnight tonight. Best Black Friday gaming console deals todayBest Black Friday gaming laptop deals todayBest Black Friday gaming monitor deals todayBest Black Friday gaming controller deals todayBest Black Friday gaming accessory deals todayBest Black Friday gaming headset deals todayBest Black Friday game deals todayBlack Friday gaming deal FAQsWhat's the difference between a gaming laptop and any other laptop? Check out our guides to the best gaming mouse and best wireless gaming mouse for our top picks.

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Learn moreBlack Friday is going strong with tons of great deals on gaming gear, including solid state drives (SSDs) that are perfect for expanding your PS5 console's storage. One of the best Black Friday PS5 SSD deals right now is on the WD Black SN850X with 1TB of storage. The WD Black SN850X more than doubles the PS5's built-in storage, and it exceeds the required speeds needed to play PS5 games. It comes with a heatsink as well, which Sony recommends for all PS5 drives. If you're looking for more M.2 SSD options, check out our guide to the best SSDs for PS5.

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That's especially true if you're in search of great Black Friday gaming deals, which include discounts on controllers, mechanical keyboards, consoles, gaming laptops, and more. Some of the best Black Friday gaming deals we've found so far include a $60 discount on a brand-new PS5 slim bundle and a massive $500 discount on a 4K Samsung Odyssey gaming monitor. Best Black Friday gaming console deals todayBest Black Friday gaming laptop deals todayBest Black Friday gaming monitor deals todayBest Black Friday gaming controller deals todayBest Black Friday gaming accessory deals todayBest Black Friday gaming headset deals todayBest Black Friday graphics card dealsBest Black Friday game deals todayBlack Friday gaming deal FAQsWhat's the difference between a gaming laptop and any other laptop? For more details and recommendations, check out our guide to the best gaming laptops. Check out our guides to the best gaming mouse and best wireless gaming mouse for our top picks.

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☆ The Holiday Gifts Buy Side Staffers Are Buying This Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Buy Side Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +12 min

By Buy Side StaffThe Buy Side staff shops for a living, which also means we spend an inordinate amount of time scrutinizing gift options. To help you shop for nice prices, we limited our list to our favorites that are on sale now for Black Friday. She asked for compression socks, so I’m buying her these pretty ones in blue chevron to help her with recovery. It would make a great gift for a college student, new grad or really anyone who could use a travel gear upgrade. It’s a great set to update your kitchen or give as a gift this holiday season.” —Emily Welsh, VP and general manager

Persons: We’ve, cocotte, Staub, ”, Astrid Stawiarz, Nick Guy, ” — Ian Salisbury, Cashmere hoodie, I’ve, Jessica Woodbury, PJs, ” — Emily Welsh, Charming, Madeline Diamond, ‘ Broom ’, I’ll, Samantha Sharf, Mario, ‘, Cozy, she’s, ” — Leslie Yazel, it’s, Susan “, Susan, Anaya, There’s, we’ll, Philip Asquith, It’s, ” — Bellamy Richardson, Buddy, I’m, nutcrackers, ” — Aly J, they’re, Brittany Nguyen Organizations: Side, Black, Bluetooth, Apple, PlayStation, Mario Kart, New, Olive Oil, Amazon, Yale, Walmart Locations: Naadam, New York City, Los Angeles, Olive, Ojai , Calif, Europe, The

NEW YORK (AP) — Staring down a hefty holiday gift list? QUEER STYLE EXPLAINED: Pick up the book “dapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion,” by Anita Dolce Vita. The editor in chief of the queer style magazine dapperQ has put together an enlightening collection of stories on style from the LGBTQ+ community. Queer style helps serve as a possibility model for who we can become.” These voices can help us all. FOOTBALL FAN FUN: “The Football 100,” by Mike Sando, Dan Pompei and The Athletic NFL staff.

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Learn moreBlack Friday 2023 is getting closer and closer. We're also loving a $95 discount on a popular SanDisk portable SSD, which offers a massive amount of storage for an affordable price. We're finding more sales every day, and we'll be updating this article every Monday with more weekly Black Friday deals in the lead-up to the main event. Check back regularly for new deals, and hop over to our central Black Friday deals roundup for even more great discounts. The best early Black Friday deals this weekFor more Black Friday discounts, be sure to check out our other deal roundups packed with all of the latest sales you can shop right now:

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☆ Sony profit slides on chip slump, maintains PS5 sales target
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Sam Nussey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Profit for the quarter was 263 billion yen ($1.74 billion). That compared with a 306 billion yen estimate from 10 analysts polled by LSEG. The conglomerate sold 4.9 million PS5 units in the second quarter, bringing sales this financial year to 8.2 million units. Sony hiked its full-year sales forecast for the games unit by almost 5% to 190 billion yen. The company maintained its full-year operating profit at 1.17 trillion yen but raised its sales and net income forecast by 2% each.

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Learn moreConsidering PS5 stock has only normalized relatively recently, there's little chance you'll find massive savings on the gaming console when Black Friday deals come around. So, should you wait for a better deal than this bundle with Spider-Man 2 for $499? Before today, the bundle was $560, only saving you $10 compared to buying the two on their own. To be clear, this isn't the limited edition PS5 with the Spider-Man-themed console and controller, but it's a great deal nonetheless. If you are holding out for a better deal this year, keep an eye on our Black Friday PS5 deals guide, which we're updating right now, as we'll let you know if something better comes along.

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☆ PS5 is fully stocked for first time and on track for record sales this year, top Sony exec says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The PlayStation 5 is fully stocked in stores around the world and will hit Sony's sales target of 25 million units for the year, an executive at the company told CNBC exclusively. That comes after a series of successive console shortages, because of which many players around the world were unable to get their hands on PS5 units. Poor supply volumes linked to the global chip shortage and supply chain disruptions greatly limited the availability of PS5, and Microsoft's Xbox Series X and S.The PS5 and Xbox Series X were notoriously hard to find in stores after their November 2020 launch. Sony, for its part, has struggled to meet demand for the PS5, facing supply shortages each year following the PS5's release. Sony had set itself a target of 25 million PS5 units shipped throughout 2023.

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☆ 'Spider-Man 2' reveals Peter Parker's mortgage rate, so I asked brokers if he got a good deal in the new PS5 game
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Paul Squire | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In the new "Spider-Man 2" Playstation 5 game, the mortgage on Aunt May's house is revealed. Fans online are losing their minds over the eye-watering sum, but is our favorite web-slinging superhero's mortgage loan really that bad? During one scene in the new video game, Parker and his flame, MJ Watson, return to Aunt May's house in Forest Hills. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe game's developer, Insomniac, thankfully gave us a hand in figuring out what kind of loan Peter is facing. Angelo Gionis, senior vice president at Contour Mortgage, told Insider that while he wouldn't say it was a super deal, Spider-Man's mortgage was fair — if it was actually a second mortgage Aunt May took out.

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Learn moreWe're more than halfway through Amazon's fall Prime Day event, but the deals are still coming hot and fast. This includes a big discount on a solid state drive that can massively boost your games' load times and performance. The best Prime Day SSD deal we've found is on the Samsung 990 Pro, which is discounted by up to 40%. And for more deal recommendation, check out our live roundup of all the best Prime Day deals. The best Samsung 990 Pro SSD Prime Day dealsOnce you click through to Amazon, you can select the Samsung 990 Pro's exact capacity, and whether it includes a dedicated heatsink.

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☆ Sony gaming chief Jim Ryan to retire, group president to be interim head
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Sam Nussey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Inside a GameStop store Sony PS5 gaming consoles are pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Sony Group Corp FollowTOKYO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Sony Group (6758.T) said on Thursday its gaming chief Jim Ryan would retire next March, with group President Hiroki Totoki to become interim CEO during the search for a successor. Ryan, who is British, become CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) in 2019 and oversaw initiatives including the launch of the PlayStation 5 console the following year. "Jim no longer wants to manage the tradeoff between having a job in the U.S. and a home in the UK," SIE said in a statement. Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by Jamie Freed and Aurora EllisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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[1/2] SAG-AFTRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers walk the picket line during their ongoing strike outside Warner Bros. The SAG-AFTRA agreement covering video game performers expired last November and has been extended on a monthly basis as the union negotiated with major video game companies. As earnings climbed, video game company staff beyond the performers covered by SAG-AFTRA have been unionizing for the first time this year. In July, Sega workers formed the largest multi-department video game union in the United States, after Microsoft's video game testers formed their first U.S. labor union in January. For video game performers, the union is also calling for more safety measures for motion capture performers, who wear markers or sensors on the skin or a body suit to help game makers create characters' movements.

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☆ 'Success disasters' have become a big problem in tech for companies and consumers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Rachel Curry | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

These technology failures during a major scaling event — dubbed success disasters — weren't alone. Ticketmaster's failure during their scaling event was just one kind of success disaster — the overburdening of the system's capacity. Success disasters may be common, but that doesn't make them acceptable, especially if a company is offering products or services considered essential. The right answer really depends on the starting point and what scaling events are anticipated. Even on a smaller (but still substantial) scale, Urban keeps this in mind to avoid her own success disaster.

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Learn moreThe Razer Kaira Pro is one of the best gaming headsets you can buy for an Xbox. The Kaira Pro also earns design points thanks to Razer's trademark style, with three color choices and customizable lighting. Razer Kaira Pro Wireless Headset The Kaira Pro headset can connect directly to Xbox consoles using Microsoft’s proprietary wireless signal, and it also has the ability to connect to Bluetooth devices at the same time. Kevin Webb / InsiderThe Razer Kaira Pro for Xbox comes in three colors: black, white, or a Halo Infinite-inspired green. AmazonThe most unique benefit of the Razer Kaira Pro is its ability to connect to Xbox Wireless devices.

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☆ 12 Video Games Releasing This Fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Jason M. Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It has been such a fruitful year for video games that you couldn’t blame someone for wanting a light fall lineup to finish titles like Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur’s Gate 3. For better or worse, this season is stacked with AAA releases, long-awaited sequels and promising independent games. (Some games will be available before their official launch dates because of early-access programs.) (Sept. 19; PC, Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation 5, Microsoft Xbox Series X|S)LIES OF P This is not Disney’s Pinocchio. (Sept. 19; PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S)

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Through September 4, select Sony 4K TVs are $150 off when bundled with a PlayStation 5. It's an excellent deal for shoppers looking for both a quality TV and powerful gaming console. For even more savings on new displays and gaming gear, check out our roundups of the best TV deals and best PS5 deals. Save $150 with these limited-time Sony TV and PS5 bundle dealsEach Sony 4K TV below qualifies for a $150 discount when purchased with a PS5 console. Sony A80L OLED 4K TV with PS5 consoleAmazon83-inch77-inch65-inch55-inchSony X90L LED 4K TV with PS5 consoleAmazon85-inch75-inch65-inch55-inchSony X93L Mini LED 4K TV with PS5 consoleAmazon85-inch75-inch65-inchSony PlayStation 5Sony

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The Nova Pro Wireless improves on many of the best features found on SteelSeries' cheaper Arctis Nova 7, which is another one of our favorite wireless headsets. While cheaper options like the Nova 7 will satisfy most gamers, the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless offers high-end features for those willing to pay top dollar. SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless The Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is an excellent headset for anyone who wants high-end performance. SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Headset: SpecsSpecifications Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Headset Connectivity 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth 5.0, 3.5mm wired Drivers 40 mm neodymium drivers Battery About 20 hours per battery, two rechargeable batteries included Microphone Embedded dual noise-canceling mics 2.4 GHz Wireless range 30 to 40 feet Charging port Charges battery via wireless transmitter or USB-C Colors Black Weight 0.74lb/336g Platforms PS5, PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, MacOSShould you buy the Arctis Nova Pro Wireless Headset? SteelSeries' Arctis Nova Pro is the high-end wireless gaming headset to beat.

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☆ Sony shares slide after earnings highlight concern about games, sensors
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Sam Nussey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Operating profit slid 31% and comments by Sony executives over demand for its games and image sensors units also sparked concern. Despite an easing of those snarls, Sony said sales of were below expectations in the April-June quarter. It is targeting sales of 25 million units for the full year. Sony sold 3.3 million PS5 units in quarter. Adjustment to procurement by smartphone manufacturers is having a large impact in the second quarter, Sony said.

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☆ Video-gaming revenue to grow 2.6% in 2023 on console sales strength - report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Akshita Toshniwal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A worker holds a Playstation 5 at a Best Buy store during Black Friday sales in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jim VondruskaAug 8 (Reuters) - Global video-games market would return to growth in 2023 on the back of strong sales of consoles such as Sony's Playstation 5, according to gaming market research firm Newzoo. Newzoo said it expects industry revenue to rise 2.6% to $187.7 billion in 2023, driven by a 7.4% rise in console sales in the year. Market research firm Circana said U.S. consumer spending on video-game hardware was up by 23% in the first half of 2023. Reporting by Akshita Toshniwal and Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi MajumdarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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