Best Buy Presidents’ Day deals at a glance:

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The Best Buy Presidents’ Day sale is officially live. The official sale runs through Feb. 16, meaning you can grab discounts on Apple, Sony, and Samsung right now.

A quick heads-up: Amazon is matching most of these prices, so your decision really comes down to shipping speed and preference. I combed through the listings to find the best deals on TVs, laptops, and headphones you can shop now.

Best TV deal

Why we like it

Insignia is Best Buy’s house brand, and while people love to hate on generic labels, the 55-inch Insignia Class F50 Series has a pretty good track record. It’s known for being budget-friendly, but it doesn’t lack in performance. I’m considering buying this for my living room because the price is right and it hits all the specs I want, like DTS Virtual-X audio and Fire TV integration. It currently holds a 4.7-star rating across thousands of reviews on Best Buy and Amazon, proving that you don’t need a premium nameplate to get a reliable, wall-mountable smart TV.

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Best laptop deal

Why we like it

The Yoga 7i gives you enough screen real estate for multitasking while also being portable enough to throw in your bag, and the 360-degree hinge lets you prop it up for movies without the keyboard getting in the way. At $400 off, the specs are hard to beat: you get the snappy Intel Core Ultra 7 and a 1TB SSD, which is double the storage you typically see in this price bracket. It’s a little heavy to use as a handheld tablet for long, but as a flexible workstation, it’s solid.

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• Acer 15.6-inch Chromebook 315 (Intel Celeron N4500, 4GB LPDDR4X, 64GB eMMC) — $129 $299 (save $170)

• HP 14-inch Chromebook (Intel Celeron N4500, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $139 $329 (save $190)

• Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (WiFi, 64GB) — $139.99 $219.99 (save $80)

• Lenovo 14-inch IdeaPad Slim 3 (MediaTek Kompanio 520 2022, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC) — $169 $399 (save $230)

• Apple 11-inch iPad (A16 chip, WiFi, 128GB) — $299 $349 (save $50)

• HP 15.6-inch Full HD Touch-Screen Laptop (AMD Ryzen 5 752OU, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $319.99 $599.99 (save $280)

• ASUS 14-inch CX34 FHD Chromebook Plus (Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) — $379.99 $599 (save $219.01)

• Samsung 15.6-inch Galaxy Book4 (Intel Core 7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $499.99 $899.99 (save $400)

• HP OmniBook X Flip 2-in-1 (AMD Ryzen AI 340, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) — $549.99 $849.99 (save $300)

• Apple 13-inch MacBook Air (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) — $899 $999 (save $100)

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Best headphone deal

Why we like it

Read our full review of the Apple AirPods Pro 3.

There’s a reason we named these the “Best AirPods” in our 2026 headphone roundup. Apple claims the noise cancellation is twice as powerful as the previous generation, and our testing backs that up — reviewer Adam Doud found they could silence a crowded room instantly. They also feature a new built-in heart rate monitor and live translation, making them a major functional upgrade over the Pro 2. At $40 off, they’re an easy buy.

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By Chris Snellgrove
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While many Star Trek fans dislike various characters in Starfleet Academy, the one they hate the most isn’t one of the main characters. Like members of the early Discovery bridge crew, she has a name, but almost nobody watching actually knows it. To them, she’s mostly “the girl who ate her comm badge.”

This character (who is actually named Pickford) has only appeared in three episodes so far, and she’s always in the background, being generally useless. So useless, in fact, that you might find yourself wondering why the writers put such a stupid character in their prestige sci-fi show. Now, some Star Trek fans have a compelling theory about Pickford: that her stupidity is just an act, and she’s secretly a spy for Nus Braka!

The Woman Who Knew Too Little

In the very first episode of Starfleet Academy (“Kids These Days”), Pickford stood out in the worst possible way, nervously admitting to the Doctor that she had swallowed her comm badge. Critics pointed to this as an example of the new show having the kind of broad comedy more suitable to a Saturday morning cartoon than a new Star Trek show. After all, this was a character training to be the best of the best, but she appeared to have the wits and intelligence of a toddler in her first appearance.

She doesn’t acquit herself very well later, either: in that premiere episode, she has a full-on meltdown after Nus Braka’s pirate attack. Later, she’s rude to the holographic SAM, and in the most recent episode (“Come, Let’s Away”), she had another panic attack in a tense situation and had to be escorted off the bridge. So far, Pickford has revealed herself to be rude, stupid, and completely useless in almost any situation, prompting a growing number of Star Trek fans to ask why she was put in the show in the first place.

A Secret Spy?

Apart from just being annoying, the biggest issue with Pickford is that she doesn’t seem to be Starfleet material. Sure, she’s in the academy and wears the uniform, but she seems to have none of the emotional and mental discipline you’d expect from a future Starfleet officer. This is in direct contrast to Starfleet Academy‘s Big Bad Nus Braka, who presents himself as a goofy joke (complete with cackling monologues about time being an origami chicken) but is secretly hypercompetent.

That competence was on full display in “Come, Let’s Away,” an episode where Starfleet asks for his help in defeating nefarious villains known as the Furies. Braka pretends to cooperate, but he manipulates the situation to his advantage and has his flunkies destroy a Starfleet vessel. Later, he disables and ransacks an entire Starbase, which is quite the accomplishment; sure, the Klingons in Discovery took out a base, but now, a simple space pirate was able to obtain the same accomplishment as one of the fiercest space empires the galaxy has ever known.  

In “Come, Let’s Away,” this is presented as evidence that Nus Braka is a criminal genius, but some fans aren’t buying it. A growing number of viewers believe that the only way this skeezy pirate is able to so consistently outwit the smartest people in the quadrant is because he has someone on the inside, feeding him information. The primary suspect, surprisingly enough, is the girl who fed herself a comm badge!

Hiding In Plain Sight

Why do people think Nus Braka has a spy within Starfleet? For one thing, he has shown up whenever Chancellor Ake takes her students into space; this was explained in the first episode (he tracked Caleb’s transmission), but in the second episode, he seems to know enough about the Furies and their plan to coordinate an attack that destroyed a Starfleet ship and crippled a Starbase. He was likely coordinating with the Furies and possibly with his spy, which might be why he attacked a Starbase that focuses on researching (as Nelrec says) “classified things.”

Obviously, there are many characters that could be potential spies for Nus Braka: Genesis is still very mysterious and seems to share the space pirate’s Daddy issues. Nelrec is continually disillusioned by working with Starfleet, so he might very well team up with Chancellor Ake’s biggest enemy. Heck, even the Doctor may have become disillusioned enough (or just reprogrammed) to change sides, and since multiple versions of this character exist in the galaxy, Braka might have even replaced the Voyager Doctor with a copy loyal to him.

However, I agree with the fans who think Pickford is a secret spy: antics like swallowing her comm badge are a great way to ensure that nobody thinks she is smart enough to be a double agent. Plus, her frequent meltdowns could just be a convenient way to take her out of the action. For example, she could have easily communicated with Nus Braka in “Come, Let’s Away” after being escorted from the bridge, transmitting to the pirate once she is in her quarters and away from prying eyes and ears.

Is Starfleet Academy About To Redeem Its Worst Character?

There is no definitive proof that Nus Braka has a spy, and he may very well just be the criminal mastermind he presents himself as. But now that the Federation has placed him at the top of their Most Wanted list, it stands to reason we’ll see more of this villain going forward. Honestly, it would be downright shocking if we don’t get some big reveals in the season finale, and a secret spy update would be the biggest reveal of them all.

Right now, all my latinum is on Pickford, if only because it would be such a delightful heel turn: how cool would it be if the dumbest, most incompetent cadet turns out to be the biggest traitor since Seska? This would redeem Starfleet Academy’s throwaway character in the most unexpected way and give us a new villain to hate. If nothing else, she and Nus Braka could have an earnest, onscreen debate about the most pressing question in the galaxy: what tastes better, a comm badge or an origami chicken?

Detox your life! Sabrina Sweet, better known as Miss Lymph, has become the go-to for Hollywood It-girls looking to de-puff and de-stress. Now, the California based lymphatic drainage expert is sharing her tips for feeling lighter from the inside out with ET.

Sweet’s approach blends traditional manual lymphatic drainage with Brazilian techniques, myofascial release, and hands-on muscle manipulation, all designed to help you let go from head to toe.

“The lymphatic system and nervous system are deeply connected. When we slow the body down, use gentle, intentional touch, and bring the system out of fight or flight, the body finally feels safe to relax,” she shares.

“A lot of stored stress and emotion lives in stagnation. When flow is restored, release happens naturally without forcing it,” the founder adds.

As for how her particular technique works: “I’m very intentional and purposeful. It’s a less-is-more style that’s slow, rhythmic, and deeply calming.”

And what it’s never? “Nothing is rushed or aggressive. … Harder is not better, and just using tools or machines is not lymphatic drainage,” the professional dancer explains.

Instead, Sweet focuses less on before-and-after photos and more on helping the body get rid of stored tension, stress, and negative emotion.

“There are physical results, of course, but beyond that it’s a feeling of clarity and softness. … People leave feeling calmer, more grounded, and more connected to their bodies. That’s where the real transformation happens.”

Between monthly appointments, the podcast host recommends adding feel-good habits into your routine for the best results.

“Drinking clean, high-quality water, eating nourishing whole foods, and doing light movement like yoga, stretching, dancing, or swimming is huge,” she notes.

For wellness enthusiasts, she also suggests regularly using a sauna, gua sha, and vibration plate, or dry brushing and rebounding on a mini trampoline.

But according to the CEO, true detoxification involves more than finding ways to reduce water retention.

“Try to work through any emotional blocks or unresolved trauma so that it doesn’t create stagnation in the body. … Cut out toxic partners, friendships, or jobs, and overall negativity. … Where you place your attention matters, so choose wisely. It all starts with you.”

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