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Paul Lilly - Sat, Apr 25, 2026
It didn't take long for AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition to processor to assert itself into Amazon's list of best selling CPUs. Despite reservations over the chip's premium pricing, the $899 part cracked the top 10 to take spot No. 8...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 17, 2026
Retailers are prepping their online storefronts for the upcoming release of AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor, and for a brief period, Amazon was even accepting preorders. The caveat? While preorders were still live, Amazon had set the asking price at $999, which is $100 above...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Apr 16, 2026
Amazon is refreshing its least expensive Fire TV Stick dongle with a new model that offers a range of improvements, not the least of which is a farewell bid to the requirement for a power adapter that plugs into your wall. Instead, the...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Apr 15, 2026
Amazon Prime Video subscribers are getting a new option to bolster the content available to them through the service’s streaming channels, as the company is adding an Apple TV and Peacock Premium Plus bundle. Amazon says this new offering...
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Aaron Leong - Tue, Apr 14, 2026
Amazon has announced the $11.57 billion acquisition of satellite operator Globalstar, thus upping the game in the whole Musk-Bezos space race. By absorbing Globalstar’s established orbital infrastructure and lucrative spectrum licenses...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 08, 2026
Heads up, Amazon is getting ready to abandon several older Kindle e-reader devices and Fire tablets released over a decade ago, long before the introduction of its first color display model. Once Amazon flips the switch, which it plans to...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Mar 31, 2026
Amazon is hosting its Big Spring Sale with explosive savings on hardware that, incidentally, coincides with what NASA has declared the start of the 2026 fireball season. What do the two events have in common? Not much, though the bargains...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Mar 26, 2026
Sometimes it makes sense to look at an older generation processor to build a PC around, particularly if you're looking to maximize your budget. We bring this up because AMD's Ryzen 9 7900X based on Zen 4 is selling for an all-time low...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Mar 20, 2026
You can be forgiven for having forgotten all about Amazon's ill-fated Fire Phone. It released a long time ago and despite an initial flurry of sales, it wasn't all that long after launch that Amazon held a fire sale of its Fire Phone due...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Mar 17, 2026
Amazon is constantly working on making the shopping experience as convenient as possible, both to fend off its competitors and to entice customers to hit the add to cart button. Its latest move is rolling out blazing fast delivery times to...
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Paul Lilly - Sat, Mar 14, 2026
You'd be hard pressed to find a TV these days that does not come with a baked-in smart platform for easy access streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and the sort. Older models tend to be slow, though, and really old models are sometimes...
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Aaron Leong - Fri, Mar 13, 2026
Amazon is letting Alexa off the leash with a new, sassy adults-only mode, whereby the AI assistant will dole out witty sarcasm and mild profanity. Part of us are thinking this might be an early April Fool's joke, but the other part also hopes this catches on with Apple and Google...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Feb 27, 2026
The AI money spigot shows no signs of being turned off any time soon, as OpenAI shared that it has received $110B of investment in a new round of funding. OpenAI says these investments will enable it to meet the demand for its services...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Feb 26, 2026
Amazon upgraded its longtime digital assistant to Alexa+ with AI smarts last year, in an effort to compete with other tech giants participating in the AI race. While it launched in a state that didn’t quite match what Amazon had promised...
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Aaron Leong - Fri, Jan 09, 2026
An eyewear breakthrough by an Amazon-backed Finnish startup, IXI, is promising to end the era of clunky bifocals and the "head-tilt" struggle of progressive lenses, replacing them with a pair of glasses that focus as naturally as the human...
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Aaron Leong - Wed, Nov 26, 2025
Amazon has doubled down on its promise of premium audio accessibility by unveiling not only a new lineup of Echo smart speakers but also a major expansion of the Alexa Home Theater feature that turns Amazon Echo speakers into all-in-one...
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Aaron Leong - Thu, Nov 20, 2025
The days of desperately scrolling through fan wikis and/or skimming episode summaries to remember who shot whom in the Season 2 finale could very well be coming to an end. Amazon Prime Video has unveiled a new feature called Video Recaps...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Nov 04, 2025
The AI arms race is afoot and in a bid to stay in front of the 8-ball, OpenAI is forming a multi-year partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to rapidly scale agentic workloads. As part of the massive $38 billion deal, OpenAI will have...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Oct 20, 2025
Fall is a perfect to go Apple picking, especially with Amazon serving up lots of great deals on a variety of hardware. Need a new set of earbuds with active noise cancellation? How about a tablet or a laptop? Whatever the case, if it's an...
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Aaron Leong - Mon, Oct 20, 2025
A massive outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest cloud computing provider, crippled major websites, apps, and corporate services across the globe this morning. Thankfully, Amazon has been on the case (having dealt with...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Oct 08, 2025
Working on a LEGO set can be a fun and relaxing way to spend an afternoon, but some of the crossover sets that tap into popular IP—such as Star Wars can be on the pricey side. Thankfully, several sets are currently included in Amazon’s Big...
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Chris Harper - Tue, Oct 07, 2025
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days for 2025 are happening at the moment, and there are a myriad of items deeply discounted for buyers hoping to score some hot tech on the cheap. Here's a list of recommendations in a broad range of categories...
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