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Amazon is selling the Bose SoundLink Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $179, down from its $269 list price, a $90 discount. The speaker offers up to 20 hours of battery life, USB-C charging, an IP67 rating for water and dust resistance, and Bluetooth support for aptX Adaptive and Snapdragon Sound. It carries a 4.6-star rating on Amazon.
Amazon is selling the Elgato Stream Deck XL for $199.99, down from its $249.95 list price, a 20% discount. The device is a 32-key macro pad with individual LCD keys that can be customized to trigger shortcuts, scene changes, lighting and sound controls for streaming or productivity work.
Amazon CEO Matt Garman announced in a blog post that the company no longer requires nondisclosure agreements with county officials negotiating data center projects. He also pledged $1 billion over five years for community college programs, workforce training, and energy efficiency upgrades in areas hosting Amazon data centers.
As AI shopping agents emerge, retailers are responding in different ways: QVC is opening its platform to them, Kate Spade allows agents to browse but not complete purchases, and Amazon is blocking them outright.
Amazon announced a new initiative to add $1 billion in community support as it seeks local buy-in for its ongoing data center build-out. The company is also promising greater transparency about its facilities, aiming to address concerns from residents and officials near proposed and existing sites.
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman published a lengthy blog post urging Americans to support AI data center construction, warning that blocking projects could harm US economic and national security interests. Garman cited more than 100 data center moratoriums under consideration nationwide and announced a 'Data Center Commitment' including job creation pledges, protections against local electricity rate hikes, and over $1 billion in community investment. Amazon also said it has stopped using nondisclosure agreements with government agencies after a lawmaker's inquiry into such deals.
Amazon unveiled two new Kindle accessories: a $34.99 Bluetooth remote called Kindle Click for turning pages and adjusting brightness without touching the screen, and a $79.99 magnetic cover with physical page-turn buttons for new Signature Edition Paperwhite and Colorsoft models. Both ship Oct. 28 alongside a refreshed Kindle lineup featuring flush screens, wraparound color, optional aluminum housings, and user-replaceable batteries to meet EU rules.
Amazon unveiled a refreshed line of Kindle e-readers, which the company says were redesigned from the ground up. Among the new accessories is an optional physical button clicker, priced at $35, that lets readers turn pages without tapping the touchscreen, along with new cover options.
Amazon Web Services released Strands Decider 2B, an open-source model built to choose between preset options and output a confidence score rather than generate text. It is small enough to run locally, launched the same week OpenAI unveiled a similar tool, and originated as a side project by AWS distinguished engineer Marc Brooker after he saw TypeSafe's Jev model.
Amazon has discounted the Logitech G515 Lightspeed TKL Wireless Gaming Keyboard by 50%, bringing it down from its $159.99 list price to $79.99. The tenkeyless board uses GL Brown tactile switches, offers LIGHTSPEED 2.4GHz, Bluetooth and USB-C connectivity, and includes per-key RGB lighting with roughly 36 hours of battery life.
Amazon introduced updated versions of its base Kindle, Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Paperwhite e-readers, alongside a new lineup of accessories including a Bluetooth page-turning remote called Kindle Click. The base Kindle is now smaller, lighter and 30% faster to start up, with 16GB and 32GB models priced around $150 and $180 in colors like Ube, Graphite, Alpine Sky and Seaglass Green. The Paperwhite gets a thinner, lighter, waterproof design with a high-contrast screen, priced from $200 to $250 depending on storage and finish.
Amazon has dropped the price of its 2024 Kindle Colorsoft Kids to $209.99 from $299.99, a 30% cut matching the lowest price seen since Prime Day. The 16GB color E-Ink reader includes 6 months of Amazon Kids+, USB-C charging, an auto-adjusting front light, Dark Mode, and up to 12 weeks of battery life.