HEY-HEEEEYYYYY. All aboard the Babu Frik hype train. 

People have officially fallen in love with the tiny alien droidsmith in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and we can’t blame them. In fact, there’s even some debate over whether little Babu’s adorableness rivals that of the now legendary Baby Yoda. 

But we’re not here to take sides, and we’re not going to argue. We just want to gather all the wholesome Twitter reactions to our hero and rising star, Babu Frik. Enjoy these Frik-kin’ tweets.

It’s unavoidable. Babu Frik is a Disney marketing dream

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TL;DR: The award-winning Lenovo Smart Tab P10 is currently on sale on Amazon for less than $200. It keeps waffling between a couple of different prices, but the last time we checked, it was listed at $194.46 — that’s 44% off its usual retail price of $349.99.

Every once in blue moon, the Mashable Shopping team comes across a product on Amazon that gives us what can only be described as an acute case of “pricing whiplash.” First it’s on sale for amount A. It sells out minutes later, then comes back in stock at amount B when we refresh the page. Then it’s back at price A upon another refresh, etcetera, etcetera, rinse and repeat. Read more…

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TL;DR: Try a new wine with Winc and get 35% off your first four bottles.

The countdown to New Year’s has begun. If you’re one of those brave souls who likes to have people over for the celebration, you know it’s more complicated than it looks. There’s a lot that goes into the preparation before glasses can be clinked. 

One thing you’ll definitely need to have in stock is alcohol. Luckily, Winc is around to save you the trip to the liquor store. 

Winc is a subscription service that delivers bottles straight from the vineyard to your doorstep. You start by taking a quiz so they can learn more about your palate and then send you stuff you haven’t tried before but will actually like.  Read more…

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Through the darkness of teeth, comes a beaming light — a light we shall call Baby Sonic. 

On Thursday, Paramount Japan dropped a trailer and poster for the upcoming release of Sonic the Hedgehog. The brief clip, voiced entirely in Japanese, gives audiences their first glimpse at Sonic’s origin story, embodied by a little blue ball with a case of the zoomies. 

Exiting a year that gave us too many cute creatures to count, Baby Sonic is making 2020 look even brighter. But we have questions. Will Baby Sonic have teeth? Will they be regular teeth or baby teeth? Does Baby Sonic need my teeth? Here, take these teeth.  Read more…

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This November, Pig the dugong celebrated his 21st birthday at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium. The birthday boy was presented with a bean sprout cake and new toy at a party thrown in his honor, complete with conical hats and party games.

Sadly, Pig couldn’t blow out any birthday candles, because he is a dugong. However, his carers did pass on a birthday wish: for humans to help conserve his native habitat and save his species.

The IUCN Red List categorizes dugongs as vulnerable, with a population on the decline. According to SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium’s dugong supervisor Kerrie McDonald, conservation campaigns are hampered by the simple fact that many people don’t know what dugongs are.  Read more…

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Break out the Johnny Cash and your best paper sunglasses for the final solar eclipse of the year, and the decade.

An annular solar eclipse traveled over Indonesia and surrounding regions on Dec. 26, visible in areas stretching from Saudi Arabia to Guam. 

The phenomenon is also known as a “ring of fire” eclipse — occurring when the moon doesn’t completely cover the sun’s disk, meaning that instead of a total blackout, the slightly smaller shadow is surrounded by a bright circle of light when it’s centered.

You can see the path of the moon’s shadow across Asia in the below tweet from NOAA:

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You better hope that new Tesla electric car you ordered gets delivered by Dec. 31.

That’s because the last batch ever of Tesla electric vehicle buyers will receive a federal tax credit by the end of the year. Tesla is at the tail end of a government incentive program for all EVs sold to receive a $7,500 subsidy. For Tesla buyers now in December 2019, the subsidy is down to only $1,875. Tesla will be the first carmaker to deplete the federal program.

Once any automaker sells 200,000 units of electric, low-emission vehicles, the credit starts dwindling. Congress decided on that number back in 2009. Tesla —a company that only makes all-electric vehicles — was the first company to hit the threshold in 2018. Since July, the amount was down to just $1,875 in federal credits. On the last day of the year, that subsidy runs out completely. Read more…

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A proposal to track nearly all remote-controlled drones went public Thursday.

This new rule from the Federal Aviation Administration would affect nearly all drones in the U.S., both recreational and commercial. The only exception are drones under .55 pounds, which don’t require FAA registration. 

Most photography drones, like the DJI Mavic, weigh about a pound and would need to comply with the new regulations. (FYI, the Propel Star Wars Quadcopter is 6 pounds.)

Called “Remote ID,” the new system would make it easier to track the location of nearly every drone flying, and identify its registered operator. The new process would be similar to registration for airplanes. Drone manufacturers would have to start incorporating tracking tools into their devices. Read more…

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Kristin Stokes is no stranger to art but painting along with Bob Ross presents all new challenges to the Broadway star! Read more…

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GM is asking for a permit to build autonomous cars without steering wheels. Read more…

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