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The best Presidents Day Apple deals — huge discounts on AirPods, MacBooks, iPads, Apple Watches, and more

Mashable - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 08:00
The best Presidents' Day Apple deals at a glance: Best AirPods deal Apple AirPods 4 $99 (save $30) Get Deal Best Apple Watch deal Apple Watch Series 10 (GPS + Cellular, 42mm) $299 (save $200) Get Deal Best iPad deal Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M3, WiFi, 128GB) $489.99 (save $109.01) Get Deal Best MacBook deal Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $849 (save $150) Get Deal Best Apple accessory deal Apple AirTag (1st Gen) $17 (save $12) Get Deal

If you were disappointed that you missed out on any decent Apple deals during the last Black Friday or Prime Day, Presidents' Day has come through with the good stuff. Compared to the Apple store's usually skippable price drops through sale seasons, third-party retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart can offer you far better prices for the same high value the brand is known for.

SEE ALSO: All the new products Apple could release in March: iPhone 17e, iPad Air, MacBooks

Pro tip: Opt for a last-gen model to save the most. Walmart has an Apple Watch Series 10 with cellular connectivity on sale for $200 off, which makes it the same price as a non-cellular Series 11. The big-box store is also selling first-gen AirTags for only $17 a pop. They sold out on Amazon earlier this week after falling to the same price there.

For more good Presidents' Day deals on non-Apple stuff, check out our dedicated guides to Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart's sales this weekend.

Best AirPods deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple AirPods 4 $99 at Amazon and Walmart
$129 Save $30   Get Deal Why we like it

The non-ANC AirPods are some of our top budget earbuds. They connect seamlessly with iPhones, sound great, and last for up to five hours at a time. (Their included charging case offers up to 30 total hours of juice.) Amazon and Walmart both have them on sale for $99, or 23% off. They're 99 cents pricier at Best Buy.

Read Mashable's full review of the Apple AirPods 4.

More Presidents' Day deals on AirPodsBest Apple Watch deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple Watch Series 10 (GPS + Cellular, 42mm) $299 at Walmart
$499 Save $200   Get Deal Why we like it

The previous version of Apple's flagship wearable has a thin, bright OLED display, fast charging, and tons of built-in health sensors, including a blood oxygen monitor. It supports all the latest watchOS 26 features like Workout Buddy, Sleep Score, and hypertension notifications. Compared to the newer Series 11, the only "upgrades" the Series 10 lacks are a slightly better battery life and more scratch-resistant glass.

Read Mashable's full review of the Apple Watch Series 10.

More Presidents' Day deals on Apple WatchesBest iPad deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad Air, 11-inch (M3, WiFi, 128GB) $489.99 at Amazon
$599 Save $109.01   Get Deal Why we like it

With a speedy processor and a long battery life, the M3 iPad Air is our favorite Apple tablet for most people. (The regular iPad is pokier and better for kids, while the iPad Pro is overkill.) "It will be your new go-to device for streaming, reading, or creative projects," writes Mashable's Samantha Mangino. The base model with 128GB of storage is on sale for $489.99 on Amazon, which is its lowest price since Black Friday. It's nearly $60 more expensive at Best Buy.

Read Mashable's full review of the Apple iPad Air (M3).

More Presidents' Day deals on iPadsBest MacBook deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) $849.99 at Amazon
$999 Save $149.01   Get Deal Why we like it

Apple's current MacBook Air is an exceptional value at full price, so it's a no-brainer recommendation whenever it goes on sale. It features a nice 12MP webcam, a snappy keyboard, and a crisp display, and its M4 chip is miles faster than any other Windows laptop at its price point. It also comes in a slightly pricier 15-inch size if you want a bigger screen and better audio quality. That one's on sale for $150 off at Amazon, too. (Both versions are $50 more expensive at Best Buy, so stick with Amazon.)

Read Mashable's full review of the Apple MacBook Air (M4).

More Presidents' Day deals on MacBooksDeals on MacsBest Apple accessory deal Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple AirTag (1st Gen) $17 at Walmart
$29 Save $12   Get Deal Why we like it

The original AirTag has fallen to its lowest price ever in the wake of its successor's release last month. They're very similar Bluetooth trackers; the newer one just adds a bigger tracking range and a louder speaker. If you need a couple extra for your keys, wallet, or pet, you can snag a four-pack on sale for only $64 at Amazon and Walmart (another all-time low). That works out to just $16 per AirTag. For reference, Best Buy is selling them individually for $24.99 and bundled for $69.99.

Read Mashable's breakdown of the differences between the first- and second-gen Apple AirTags.

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Dont Die cast confesses which apps have them addicted to their phones

Mashable - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 07:49

As the internet debates the pros and cons of AI, Gore Verbinski's outrageous action comedy Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is not afraid to take sides. And while some filmmakers (like Darren Aronofsky) are all too happy to toy with this technology, this movie has major beef with the rise of artificial intelligence.

Written by Matthew Robinson (The Invention of Lying), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die stars Sam Rockwell as a time traveler who crashes into a Los Angeles diner looking for a motley crew to help him stop the rise of an AI tyrant. Joining him in his quest are a pair of high school teachers, played by Zazie Beetz and Michael Peña, who've learned the hard way not to get between their students and their cell phone addictions.

In a virtual interview, Mashable Entertainment Editor Kristy Puchko asked Rockwell, Beetz, and Peña about what apps have them addicted to their phones and what the future of AI in filmmaking is as they see it.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is now playing in theaters.

John Oliver returns to Last Week Tonight and rips into ICE and DHS

Mashable - Mon, 02/16/2026 - 07:23

John Oliver returned to late night on Sunday with one hell of a Thomas Jefferson-style "so what'd I miss?"

Last Week Tonight premiered Season 13 on Sunday night after a three-month hiatus, with Oliver acknowledging that quite a bit has happened.

“We’ve been off for the last three months, and we have missed a lot. And I mean a lot, a lot," Oliver said before quickly recapping the news, from the latest release of Epstein files to Donald Trump threatening to take over Greenland / Iceland, Zohran Mamdani being elected New York mayor to Norwegian athlete Sturla Holm Lægreid confessing to cheating at the Winter Olympics.

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Then, in one of his signature, 30-minute deep dives, Oliver ripped into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), examining their colossal budgets and $100 million 'wartime recruitment' media blast that Oliver called a "disturbing pattern of what sure seems like white nationalist dog whistles." The host noted that Last Week Tonight did reach out to the department on this.

"We reached out to DHS for comment and they angrily denied any dog whistles, adding 'We will not apologise for using patriotic messaging and symbolism in our advertisements,'" he said. "They also told us, and I quote, 'One could say, we are Homelandmaxxing by removing illegal aliens and defending our borders' is a sentence I genuinely feel dumber for saying out loud."

Oliver also spent time unpacking Donald Trump's DHS secretary, social media promo opportunist, and insistent cosplayer Kristi Noem, who has faced fierce criticism from Republicans and Democrats after the fatal shootings of civilians Renée Good and Alex Pretti by ICE agents in Minneapolis.

"Noem's been put in charge of DHS at the moment when it's experiencing an unprecedented funding surge," Oliver explained. "Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill last summer essentially doubled DHS' funding over the next four years, and it's worth looking at where all of that money is and, equally importantly, isn't going. Because DHS' resources are now being pointed at immigration more heavily than ever before, to the point that has been called a 'veritable Department of Deportation.' ICE alone was handed an extra $75 billion to spend over Trump's term, tripling its annual budget."

Oliver concluded the segment with a strong statement about the future.

"We need to get rid of ICE, period. Public trust in it right now is hovering somewhere between the Purdue Pharma and the Titan submersible. It is just not salvageable," he said.

"And if you're thinking, well, who will force immigration law if ICE is gone? I don't know, maybe the agencies that did it for decades before 2003? As for DHS as a whole, I would argue it's no longer tenable in its current form. And while maybe there is an argument for having a larger agency coordinating different federal departments, it should probably be redesigned from the ground up — and deliberately, this time, not by suddenly gluing together org charts in a blind panic."

"Even if you get rid of Kristi Noem, which you should, Stephen Miller will still be there," Oliver continued. "And even if you get rid of him, this administration will remain. But even if they are gone and we get rid of ICE and DHS, we're still going to be left with the broken immigration laws that gave them permission to do what they have done. Millions of people will continue to be vulnerable, because, as we've discussed repeatedly before on this show, our current immigration system makes it somewhere from difficult to impossible for many to come in 'the right way.'"

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