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In Mashable’s Smartest Home Readers’ Choice survey, we asked our readers about the smart home devices and gadgets they use. One of the easiest entry points into smart homes is smart lighting, thanks to its relative affordability and ease of use.

A winner among Mashable readers is TP-Link, a budget-friendly smart light brand.

Just a note: TP-Link has been under investigation for security

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TL;DR: Make an old PC feel new again for just $9.97 with this Microsoft Windows 11 Pro license through Nov. 16 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

If you've spent any amount of time swiping on Hinge, you've probably hit that inevitable wall — either you've run out of potential matches or your queue just isn't hitting like it used to. Eventually, the thrill fades, the dopamine drops, and you might start thinking it's time for a break.

Taking a break can mean a few things. For the terminally online daters dissecting the algorithm to beat the

• This week, baristas at unionized Starbucks stores launched their fourth strike in two years.
• Flyers supporting the strike have begun quietly appearing at the company's Seattle headquarters.
• Two corporate employees said HR urged staff to report if they see pro-union actions at work.

Dozens of pro-union flyers have appeared around Starbucks

• Amazon announced plans in late October to cut 14,000 corporate jobs.
• Six people who lost their jobs shared how they found out, how they responded, and what comes next.
• Some said they're worried about finding

The core of the modern American dream is cheap stuff, and contrary to the president's suggestion earlier this year, it turns out little girls do need 30 dolls. Or, at least, their families want to be able to afford them, and they don't want the White House telling them otherwise.

The Trump administration's line on its economic policies in

• NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani promised universal childcare for every child under the age of 6.
• New Mexico's universal childcare policy could be a model for the new mayor.
• Mamdani plans to fund NYC's program by taxing wealthy residents and corporations to expand childcare.

New York City's

Wondering where the moon is disappearing to? This is due to the lunar cycle, meaning each night a bit less of it is lit up until it disappears completely at the New Moon.

What is today’s moon phase?

As of Sunday, Nov. 16, the moon phase is Waning Crescent. This means 12% of the moon is lit up tonight, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation.

There's not as much to see tonight, but if you look hard

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We're still in the early stages of the new NBA season, but you can already see how this campaign is likely to play out for the Spurs and Kings. Wemby's Spurs look very strong at 8-3. The Kings however are

• Starbucks baristas began an open-ended strike on Thursday amid stalled contract negotiations.
• NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is calling on people to avoid Starbucks during the strike.
• It's an early indication of how

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you love a burrito.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's