These Cordless Power Tools Are up to 55% Off for Home Depot’s 4th of July Sale

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Fourth of July weekend brings many traditions in the U.S., but my favorite is using the extra time to tackle DIY home improvement projects I’ve been putting off. There are often great sales on power tools and home improvement supplies, with retailers banking on the holiday to draw in DIY enthusiasts who have hosting and entertaining top of mind. It's one of the best times to look for deals on quality tools, and this year, the Fourth of July sale at Home Depot includes some big discounts on cordless power tools and batteries, up to 55% off.

Take advantage of these Home Depot sale on cordless power tool sets

If you’re just starting your DIY tool set or looking to upgrade old or damaged tools, investing in a combo set can save you money when you're just starting out. Choose a tool set with a wide variety of tools compatible with its batteries; that way, you can continue building your set without needing to buy multiple battery systems and chargers.

One of the best deals on quality cordless tools from Home Depot is the DeWalt 20-volt, 6-tool combo set on sale for $499, 44% off its regular price. It comes with a drill, an impact driver, an angle grinder, a sawzall, a circular saw, an oscillating multitool, a 5-amp-hour battery, a 2-amp-hour battery, and a charger. This is a pretty comprehensive starter set that will allow you to tackle basic DIY projects like hanging shelves, but also allows you to do some woodworking and repair work, like replacing fence boards or decking.

A DeWalt 20-volt, 6-tool combo set and rolling case is on sale for $549, 39% off its usual price. This set is a little different than the previous one: it comes with the drill, impact driver, angle grinder, and circular saw, but it has an orbital sander instead of a sawzall. It comes with a 2-amp-hour battery and a 5-amp-hour battery, a charger, and a hard-sided rolling case. The case is a good option if you need to take your tools outside your home workshop, as transporting a full tool set can be cumbersome without the right equipment.

Last but certainly not least, the Milwaukee 18-volt, 6-tool combo set is on sale for $449, 55% off its typical price. This set comes with a drill, an impact driver, an angle grinder, a circular saw, an oscillating multitool, a work light, two 4-amp-hour batteries, a charger, and a tool bag. This is a good set for most DIY home improvement projects, allowing you to handle basic and intermediate repairs as well as some woodworking.

Power drills and drivers are also on sale, up to 45% off

Drills and drivers are basic tools you’ll need for DIY home maintenance, useful for anything from hanging a picture to replacing door hardware. This Ryobi 18-volt drill and driver starter set is on sale for $99, 34% off its regular price. This is an excellent beginner set, including the batteries and charger you need to use it right out of the box. It comes with a drill, an impact driver, two 2-amp-hour batteries, a charger, and an insulated case.

The DeWalt compact 20-volt cordless impact driver is also on sale for $99, 45% off its usual price. This is a good addition to a DeWalt drill set, or on its own, for tackling basic DIY projects. It comes with a 2-amp-hour battery and a charger, so you can use it right out of the box.

Power tool batteries are also on sale at Home Depot, up to 40% off

Batteries are often the most expensive part of a cordless tool set, and they're sometimes the first thing to wear out because even the best-quality batteries tend to lose their ability to hold a charge over time. A good deal on batteries for your tool set will set you up for success, and this set of two DeWalt 20-volt, 5-amp-hour batteries is on sale for $149, 40% off its typical price. This is a battery-only deal, so you’ll need a DeWalt 20-volt charger to use them. These are a good choice if you already have a DeWalt tool set or are buying DeWalt 20-volt tools and want extra batteries.

And the Ryobi 18-volt, 3-battery set is on sale for $179, and it comes with a free tool as well. To get the free tool, click on the “shop this deal” on the menu to the right, then choose what you want from the menu. The final sale price will show up in your cart. The biggest discount on this deal is to add the two-pack of 18-volt batteries from the free tool menu, which gets you four 4-amp-hour batteries, one 2-amp-hour battery, and a charger for $179, 70% off its regular price. This is a good deal if you want to add to your Ryobi tool collection and need extra batteries, or if you use an inverter in your emergency kit, because it lets you keep multiple batteries charged in advance.

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I Tried Proton’s Privacy-First AI Chatbot to See If It’s Better Than ChatGPT

If you're a regular Lifehacker reader, you'll know Proton develops a range of privacy-first products, including an email service, a VPN, and cloud storage. It also now has its own AI chatbot, called Lumo—first launched in August 2025, and recently upgraded with a host of new capabilities, including image generation.

Having given Lumo 1.0 a test run last year, I found it a capable AI assistant. While it wasn't on the same level as apps like ChatGPT and Gemini, it got close enough to make it worth considering if you didn't want to deal with OpenAI and Google. Now that Lumo 2.0 is live, I was keen to give it another go.

Lumo is available on the web, on Android, and on iOS, and you can get started for free—you don't even need a Proton account. As you might expect, there's a $12.99 per-month Pro tier available, which gets you features like a full chat history, more advanced AI models, and higher usage rates in terms of chats and file sizes. Unfortunately, the Pro tier is not included in Proton's other subscription packages—it's separate.

How Proton's privacy stacks up

Read the Lumo 2.0 launch post, and you'll see the company is very keen to make its AI assistant stand out in terms of how little data and personal info it keeps. Of course, some data storage is necessary for the bot to actually work, and if you want, you can keep your chats around to refer back to.

First of all, your chats aren't used to train the AI models Lumo is built on. That's something you'll find as an option you can toggle in bots such as ChatGPT and Gemini, while it's also a selling point for Apple Intelligence. Other AIs are less transparent when it comes to this aspect, so it's good to see Proton mentioning it up front.

ChatGPT will use your chats to train its AI, though you can opt out. Credit: Lifehacker

There's also zero-access encryption for your chats, which means no one can take a peek at what you're reading—not law enforcement, government agencies, or even Proton staff. That's a clear advantage over other AI platforms, though the likes of Google and OpenAI would argue there are strict legal procedures and strong regulations in place to keep your saved chats private. However, like other AIs using LLMs, Lumo can't offer full end-to-end encryption, as Proton explains here.

It's hard to be definitive here in comparing Lumo to other services, because a lot depends on whether you're saving or erasing chats as you go. To complicate matters further, OpenAI is currently having to hang on to a good chunk of all user chats (even the deleted ones) as part of its ongoing lawsuit with the New York Times.

What is clear is that Proton takes the issue more seriously than just about anyone else at the moment. There is no review of chats by humans, which happens with other chatbots like Gemini—in order to "help improve Google services" for you and everyone else, supposedly (which is why you should never share anything too private with an AI chatbot).

Gemini's auto-delete feature for chats. Credit: Lifehacker

What's more, Lumo runs on open source AI models, which should mean more transparency. There's no partnership with any third party in terms of how the service is run, so you can be sure that the policies and protections Proton has implemented aren't going to be compromised through connections to other companies.

You can read more on Lumo privacy on the Proton website, including information on the large language models (LLMs) used by the chatbot. As ever with Proton, it's worth remembering that it operates out of Europe—meaning it's not subject to the same kind of data surveillance and retention policies as somewhere like the U.S.

Lumo 2.0 vs ChatGPT

In my Lumo 1.0 hands-on, I mentioned that image generation and deep reasoning were a couple of the features that it lacked compared to other chatbots—but that's no longer the case. To begin with, Lumo 2.0 can both generate and analyze images, so I was eager to give this new functionality a go right away.

I set Lumo to work on generating an image of a spaceship, a forest cabin, and a cartoon cityscape, and the results were pretty even: Lumo can certainly hold its own against ChatGPT in terms of the pictures it creates, and I actually preferred its space one. ChatGPT's efforts were a little bit more impactful overall, though they also went off-script (or off-prompt) more.

Lumo's AI images are high quality overall. Credit: Lifehacker / Lumo

The same prompts but in ChatGPT. Credit: Lifehacker / ChatGPT

Lumo lets you modify images you've created through follow-up prompts like ChatGPT does, and it really impressed me in terms of how quickly the images were generated—it produced something usable in fewer seconds, though to be fair, the graphics it produced were also at slightly lower resolutions.

Lumo 2.0 comes with a new Thinking mode, which is slower than the alternative Fast mode but better at reasoning. I put it to work on a few dense scientific research papers, and its analysis and summaries appeared to be on a par with ChatGPT's in terms of how well they were written and structured. On a couple of occasions, Lumo actually presented the relevant information in a more accessible way than the OpenAI chatbot.

Web search is another area where Lumo 2.0 brings improvements, and again, Proton's AI app matched ChatGPT in terms of how it collected and organized information from the web. I got both bots to summarize a few current tech news stories, and they were equally capable in terms of summaries, complete with updates on search progress along the way, and references at the end. ChatGPT tended to be a little more thorough, but I liked the way Lumo presented its info.

Lumo is now better at finding and presenting info from the web. Credit: Lifehacker

Other upgrades in Lumo 2.0 include improved memory recall and management, and Custom Lumos that match the Custom GPTs in ChatGPT: They let you create siloed AI assistants for specific tasks, like polishing text or outputting web searches in specific formats. Lumo has clearly come a long way since the initial release, both in terms of the quality of its answers and the features on offer.

ChatGPT is still the more mature AI product, with features like live voice mode and professional coding assistants, but the gap between Lumo and the established AI chatbots is now significantly smaller—certainly for casual, everyday use. If you're looking for AI with a few more principles built in, it's worth considering.

The Top 10 Movies Right Now, According to Streaming Data

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The two most streamed movies in June were about the end of the world, but they offer wildly different takes on how it will go down. This month's top streamers indicate a collective subconscious that's split down the middle. For every violent, cynical, dog-eat-dog survival thriller like Send Help, there is an equally popular, life-affirming antidote like The Sheep Detectives waiting to restore your faith in humanity (or at least in farm animals). What does it all mean? Beats me. I just want to turn on the air conditioner and watch some movies.

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Project Hail Mary (2026)

In this crowd-pleasing sci-fi, Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher who is blasted into the firmament in a last-ditch effort to save the world. Grace is the only person on Earth who might know how to protect the sun from a cosmic infection that threatens all life, but he's definitely not an astronaut and doesn't see himself as a hero either. Will he rise to the occasion and learn something about his inner strength and resilience while saving us all from death? My money is on, "yeah, probably." Project Hail Mary is streaming on FuboTV and MGM+.

Project Hail Mary

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026)

Legendary director Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean) is back with a satirical, gleefully maximalist science fiction comedy that takes on AI, social media addiction, VR, and the modern world itself. Sam Rockwell plays a man from the future who shows up in an LA diner demanding that customers help him save the future from an artificial intelligence that is about to be born. Being a time traveler, Rockwell has tried this many times before, and has always failed, but this time, it's going to be different—or everyone is going to die again. Part Terminator, part Black Mirror, Don't Die is a throw-everything-at-the-wall movie that goes so far over the top, you'll be forced to submit to its weird logic and style out of sheer exhaustion. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is streaming on Hulu and Prime Video.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

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at Prime Video

The Sheep Detectives (2026)

A family movie with enough darkness to balance out all the cute sheep, The Sheep Detectives tells the tale of a English farmer played by Hugh Jackman who reads mysteries to his flock of sheep every night. When he's found dead, the authorities attribute it to natural causes, but his sheep know better, and they set out to find the culprit using what they've learned from all those whodunnits. If you like the Babe movies, you'll like The Sheep Detectives, and if you think you're too cynical to get into a movie like this, you're probably wrong; it is charming and fun. The Sheep Detectives is streaming on Prime Video.

The Sheep Detectives

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at Prime Video

Send Help (2026)

Horror master Sam Raimi is the perfect director for this violent, unhinged, darkly funny thriller. Send Help stars Rachel McAdams as Linda, a dorky cubicle drone in an office full of well-dressed sharks. Her boss is Bradley (Dylan O’Brien), a nepo baby executive with unlimited funds and zero compassion. The pair end up stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. It turns out Bradley's skill at belittling people is no help in the jungle, but Linda is something of a survivalist. She's also insane. It's a perfect setup for a twisty plot that ends in a bloody showdown. Send Help is streaming on Hulu and Disney+.

Send Help

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at Disney+

They Will Kill You (2026)

Director Kirill Sokolov (Why Don't You Just Die!) delivers a fast-paced action-horror-comedy packed with violence and blood—my favorite genre at this point. They Will Kill You stars the great Zazie Beetz as Asia, an ex-convict who answers an ad to be a live-in housekeeper at a luxurious New York City high-rise. She soon learns that the building's eccentric tenants—including characters played by Patricia Arquette, Tom Felton, and Heather Graham—are a bloodthirsty Satanic cult who want to sacrifice her. But she's not going out easy. If you liked Ready or Not and/or You're Next, you'll like They Will Kill You. Stream They Will Kill You on Max.

They Will Kill You

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at HBO Max

Hoppers (2026)

Directed by Daniel Chong (creator of We Bare Bears), Hoppers stars Piper Curda as Mabel, a passionate college environmentalist who transfers her mind into a lifelike robotic beaver to get closer to nature. But she soon finds herself leading an animal uprising against her own kind. Jon Hamm lends his voice to the enemy, Mayor Jerry, a smarmy politician who wants to bulldoze the nature preserve in favor of a highway. Pixar has carefully engineered this movie so that you will be charmed. It's what they do. Hoppers is streaming on Disney+.

Hoppers

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at Disney+

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Steven Spielberg’s 1977 sci-fi masterpiece experienced a streaming resurgence in June in connection with the director's latest alien-conspiracy thriller Disclosure Day in theaters. Dude just can't help making movies about space creatures, but Close Encounters is the best of them all. Richard Dreyfuss plays Roy Neary, an everyman electrical lineman whose quiet suburban life unravels after an encounter with a UFO. He devotes his life to figuring out what the hell happened to him, and the answer is gentle and beautiful in a way we rarely imagine aliens anymore. Stream Close Encounters of the Third Kind on The Criterion Channel.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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at Criterion Channel

The Housemaid (2025)

Director Paul Feig's The Housemaid is a psychological thriller equally influenced by steamy suburban potboilers like Gone Girl and suspense classics like Vertigo. Based on Freida McFadden’s 2022 novel, The Housemaid has a classic setup: Millie (Sydney Sweeney), a young woman with a secret past, lands a job as a live-in housemaid for wealthy couple Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew Winchester (Brandon Sklenar). Millie soon discovers that the nice couple who hired her is hiding some very dangerous secrets. Stream The Housemaid on Starz.

The Housemaid

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Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

In this feel-good woman-meets-octopus drama, Sally Field plays Tova, a widow who spends her days cleaning the tanks at the local aquarium and grieving the death of her son. Lewis Pullman plays Cameron, a drifter who needs a mentor and a mom. Alfred Molina voices Marcellus the Octopus, the cephalopod who brings them together. If you like smart, sensitive movies with amazing performances, it's a great pick. Stream Remarkably Bright Creatures on Netflix.

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Office Romance (2026)

People love Jennifer Lopez, even when she's starring in weird sci-fi movies like Atlas and even weirder sci-fi movies like This is Me...Now: A Love Story. She's more at home here, playing the lead in a by-the-numbers, raunchy rom-com. In Office Romance, J.Lo is Jackie Cruz, a high-powered airline CEO who rigidly enforces a strict zero-tolerance anti-fraternization policy at work. But then Daniel Blanchflower, a charming lawyer played by Ted Lasso breakout Brett Goldstein, shows up for work, and things get a lot less strict. It's sexy and funny and lightweight, just the thing for a summer movie fling. Stream Office Romance on Netflix.

Office Romance

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These Bose QuietComfort Headphones Are at Their Lowest Price Ever Right Now

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Bose has built much of its headphone reputation on noise cancellation, and the standard Bose QuietComfort headphones are a practical entry point to that lineup without paying for the company’s most expensive model. They’re currently $179, down from $229, which price trackers show as their lowest price so far. For someone who wants strong active noise cancellation, long-wearing comfort, and the Bose sound profile without moving into premium pricing, this is the model to look at first.

Bose QuietComfort Headphones

$179.00 at Amazon

$229.00 Save $50.00

$179.00 at Amazon

$229.00 Save $50.00

The important distinction is that these are not the QuietComfort Ultra headphones. Bose released both models in 2023, and the Ultras sit higher in the lineup with extras like Bluetooth 5.3 and Immersive Audio, which makes the sound feel as if it is coming from different directions. Those features may be useful for some listeners, but they are not essential for everyone. The regular QuietComfort headphones still cover the basics most people care about: effective noise cancellation for commutes and work, a transparency mode to hear what is happening around you, and multipoint Bluetooth so you can stay connected to two devices and switch between them more easily.

PCMag rated the Bose QuietComfort headphones “excellent,” and the 24-hour battery life is one of those details that makes them easy to live with. You can charge them, toss them in a bag, and get through a few workdays or a long travel day without thinking about the battery. The adjustable equalizer is helpful as well, especially because not everyone likes the same Bose tuning out of the box. The physical buttons may be the most divisive part here—they don't look as modern as touch controls, but they are easier to use without looking, which is useful on a walk, on a train, or while wearing gloves.

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