Black Friday 2018 ad roundup: All the biggest sales from every major retailer
Gone are the days when Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals could only be available on those two shopping days. Most retailers start their promos …
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Walmart, Amazon, and Best Buy just launched a new wave of early Black Friday deals
We’re just one week away from the official start of Black Friday 2018! Of course, everyone knows that Black Friday deals are available long before …
Judge orders Amazon to deliver Echo recordings to prosecutors for a murder case
The way that Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant is ready to respond to your queries is that Echo speakers are always listening for the hotword that …
The best early Black Friday deals you’ll find right now at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy
Black Friday 2018 officially kicks off on Thanksgiving Day next week, but we all know the drill by now. The actual Black Friday shopping event …
Apple strikes a deal to bring the iPhone, Apple Watch, and more to Amazon
Apple and Amazon have had something of a contentious relationship over the past few years, but the two tech behemoths recently decided to embark on …
Amazon confirms it’s launching a mini-FedEx to deliver packages to Prime members
Amazon is making some major changes to its business for the upcoming holiday season. One of the big moves includes offering free shipping to all …
Amazon just announced its best Black Friday deal: Free shipping on everything
A few weeks ago, Target announced that it’s going to offer customers free 2-day shipping during the holiday season, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday, …
Walmart: Hey Amazon, we can do cashier-free stores too
Amazon’s biggest retail rival wants to grab its own piece of the cashier-free store pie. Walmart’s answer to the Amazon Go convenience store concept (which …
How to enable Alexa’s whisper mode, rolling out now for Echo devices
Amazon announced over a dozen brand new products last month at its hardware event in Seattle, such as the Echo Sub, Echo Link, Echo Auto, …
Bloomberg reports bombshell Chinese hardware attack on US tech companies, met with swift denials
A bombshell report claims that China has been developing a massive spying operation for a few years that involved building hardware backdoors into critical server …
The EU is investigating whether Amazon rips off popular products from its own sellers
The EU’s antitrust division, famous for its multi-billion-dollar fines on tech companies like Google and Microsoft, apparently now has its sights set on Amazon. Last …
Amazon’s new retail store in NYC only sells items rated at least 4 stars on its website
Amazon has physical bookstores, physical grocery stores, it recently acquired Whole Foods — and it’s still not done finding new opportunities to extend its reach …
I went to a cashierless Amazon Go store and it absolutely lived up to the hype
In a lot of ways, Amazon today is reminiscent of the Microsoft of old, if only because it’s become increasingly hard to keep track of …
Some Amazon delivery drivers have been forced to use trucks with bald tires and broken doors
Amazon is a notoriously frugal company, its thrifty nature so pervasive that the company has turned doors into employee desks. But there’s also a darker …
Amazon lays creative traps to catch drivers that steal packages
Losses attributable to things like theft and fraud cost retailers almost $50 billion in 2017, according to the National Retail Federation. Given the scale of …
FCC leak suggests Google’s Home Hub display is about to be released
Google is holding an event on October 9th, at which we’re expecting to see the new generation of Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. But …
The 12 biggest announcements from Amazon’s surprise Echo event on Thursday
Amazon held a surprise event on Thursday morning in Seattle to announce a variety of Echo-branded smart home devices, including a subwoofer and a smart …
Report: Amazon will unveil 8 new Alexa devices at an event later this month
Amazon is about to add its popular voice assistant Alexa to more than half a dozen new products — devices that range from a microwave …
Some Amazon drivers are going to extremes like peeing in bottles to make deliveries on time
Neither rain nor snow nor the absence of a bathroom facility will apparently stop Amazon drivers from their appointed rounds. With apologies to our vamp …
It looks like Amazon is leaning towards Washington DC for HQ2, based on a ton of clues
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to headline a meeting on Thursday of The Economic Club of Washington DC, a city that just so happens …
Amazon listing suggests that ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ is coming to PC
Fans of the legendary first-person shooter franchise have waited nearly three years for Microsoft to announce that Halo 5: Guardians will be ported to PC, …
Tablet sales are plummeting, but Amazon hopes you’ll buy its new dirt-cheap models anyway
Amazon has unveiled a pair of new tablets today that, while we all know tablet sales in general are sinking like a stone, the company …
Netflix is trailing HBO, Hulu and Amazon when it comes to quality content, one analysis shows
Netflix by the end of this year will have spent an insane amount of money on content — some $13 billion, according to an Indiewire …
Report: Amazon is going to launch a free streaming TV channel for Fire TV owners
Amazon Prime Video, the Netflix-esque service that the company gives away to its hundreds of millions of Amazon Prime members, is a multi-billion-dollar reminder of …
The collaborative lists that Amazon users have wanted forever are finally here
Amazon confirmed last month that collaborative wish lists, a feature that users have wanted for a while now, are on the way. Which always made …
Amazon enlists more universities to help it give Alexa a leg up on the Google Assistant
If you’re Amazon and a big believer that voice inputs form an increasingly important technology platform, then the natural reaction is to put your Alexa-powered …
How to keep ads away from your Twitch Prime experience
Avid Twitch content consumers should know that ad-free viewing is going away soon because Amazon wants Twitch and content creators to make more money. That …
Google is making another ‘smart display’ that nobody asked for
Since the Amazon Echo Show launched last summer, the $129.99 tablet with an Amazon Echo built in has been modestly popular, at best. But since …
Amazon reportedly in talks to acquire a chain of movie theaters
One day, there will be no worlds left for Amazon to conquer, as it slowly absorbs every industry on the planet. Today is not that …
Video games are nice, but Amazon badly wants Twitch to be the next YouTube
This could get interesting. Twitch has reportedly been approaching big stars like Will Smith about streaming live, and it’s likewise been quietly making overtures to …
