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Twitch has been making several moves to cut costs lately, as Amazon doesn’t seem to be getting the return on investment it thought it would, after acquiring the popular streaming service. The tech giant even attempted to leverage the platform to try and make a competitive game hosting service to usurp Steam. These...
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Steam currently stands as king of the hill when it comes to PC game distribution, with Valve’s storefront operating as the default choice for almost everyone looking to play games on their computer. Many companies have tried to dethrone Steam, only to fall to the wayside. Ethan Evans, former VP of Prime Gaming at...
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Amazon announced it is shutting down its 'Amazon Appstore for Android' this summer as part of a broader effort to streamline and improve its services and programs. The app store was never nearly as popular as Google's own Play Store anyway, but it does mean one less officially vetted (and generally safe, though not...
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Are you ready for some football? How about some streaming goodness? Well, you can have both if you take advantage of Amazon's deals on its entire Fire TV Stick lineup, as well as its flagship Fire TV Cube, which is a more powerful streaming device that...brace yourself for this...is shaped like a cube. Imagine that!...
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Outside of camping out in front of a Micro Center location days ahead of the retail release, scoring a GeForce RTX 5090 has been a near-impossible proposition. Even pitching a tent was not a guarantee of procuring NVIDIA's newest flagship GPU, with the US retailer reportedly having just 233 units available on launch...
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The holiday season is pretty much over at this point, but hopefully you are still able to carve out some time to jump into PC gaming. Not just because there are a bunch of fancy new graphics cards on the horizon (NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 series and AMD's Radeon RX 9070 XT), but if you're an Amazon Prime member, you now...
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Did you receive an Amazon gift card for Christmas? If so, and if you're looking to upgrade or build a new gaming PC, AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D should be on your short list of options. Yes, it's a previous generation part at this point, but it's available at a great price and, just as importantly, it's actually in stock...
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Anker is recalling around 79,000 portable speakers that were sold exclusively on Amazon through Anker Innovations. The recall affects the Anker Soundcore speaker (A3102) and PowerConf Bluetooth speakerphone (A3302), both of which pose a fire risk due to a defect in the lithium-ion battery packs they use. There have...
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If for some reason you missed the Cyber Monday boat and are on the lookout for a new Android phone, we might be able to help you out. Some of the deals of we have for you range from flagships, to mid-range, and down to budget handsets. So without further ado...
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The age of the omnipresent headphone jack is long gone, and even adapters are rarely included with new devices. So, what's a music fan to do? Buy Bluetooth earbuds, it would seem. With holiday sales cranking up on Amazon today, it's as good a time as any to upgrade your audio, especially if you're an Apple...
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Life goes by exceedingly fast and believe it or not, it's already been more than six months since Apple refreshed its iPad Pro lineup with its custom M4 silicon. The M4 represents the latest generation of Apple's custom chips, culminating in the M4 Max that debuted alongside revamped MacBook Pro laptops in October...
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It's been rumored that Intel will unveil its Arc Battlemage GPUs in December, beating both AMD and NVIDIA to the punch with a next-generation graphics card lineup. Adding credence to the rumor is a listing on Amazon that apparently went live before it was supposed to. Amazon was somewhat quick to pull the listing, but...
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AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D with a heaping pile of 3D V-Cache to give gaming a boost is one of the best-selling CPUs on Amazon. It's also a brand new and highly-anticipated addition to AMD's Ryzen 9000 series, being the first X3D model in the Zen 5 desktop CPU family and all, and it's attracted scammers who are hoping to...
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Amazon has big ambitions for its Echo Show lineup, and by big, we mean it just unveiled its largest smart display to date. As you might have guessed from the model name, Amazon's new Echo Show 21 sports a 21-inch display (Full HD 1080p), which is 40% bigger than the Echo Show 15's display (we did the math)...
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The closer we get to this year's actual Black Friday (November 29), the more early deals and bargains retailers are serving up. We're already seeing some big discounts, too, and not just minor price cuts. Whether you're a gamer or in need of an appliance upgrade for your kitchen, there's a good chance you can score a...
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Finding a Ryzen 7 9800X3D in stock from a reputable vendor is proving the quite the challenge, as pent-up demand for AMD's newest generation processor with 3D V-Cache saw a flurry of sales deplete whatever initial inventory retailers might have had at launch—it's sold out practically everywhere. It should come as...
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Watch out, LG, Sony, and others, Amazon is coming for your lunch money. Well, sort of. For the first time ever, Amazon has launched its own-brand TV with mini LED backlighting, which in and of itself is a big deal. But that's not the only draw. Amazon's new Fire TV Omni Mini LED Series (quite the mouthful, eh?) is...
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In a surprise twist, Amazon confirmed it will not be hosting a Black Friday deals event this year, nor will it celebrate Cyber Monday with any bargains. Shocking, right? Well, it would be if it were true, but we're just kidding! Of COURSE Amazon will be partaking in the deals season, and it's so stoked about the...
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It's been 17 years since Amazon introduced its first Kindle e-reader, and since then, there has never been a model with a color e-ink display. That is, until now—meet the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, which is arguably the highlight of Amazon's lineup of refreshed Kindle devices. Amazon also released new...
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In the coming weeks, Prime Video customers in the United States will be able to subscribe to Apple TV+ through Amazon, as part of a streaming partnership between the online retail giant and Apple. The upshot is a consolidation of billing and access to streaming services, though before you get too excited, there's a...
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If you missed out on shopping for bargains yesterday, the first day of Amazon's two-day 'Prime Big Deal' event, today is your chance to take a mulligan. Discounts are still in effect, so whether your looking to a build a budget gaming PC with marked-down components or jam out to savings on headphones and earbuds, you...
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Brace yourself, a barrage of 'Prime Big Deal Days' bargains are coming, as well as discounts at retailers like Best Buy and Walmart in a mad dash to compete for your dollars. The two-day event kicks off tomorrow (October 8) and runs through Wednesday (October 9). As is typically the case, however, there are plenty of...
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