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Deals: AirPods Pro 2025 low at $160, black Apple Watch Ultra 2 best price ever at $150 off, Magic Mouse, AirTag, more

Amazon’s massive 4-day Prime Day sale might not officially start until early tomorrow morning, but the deals are definitely already flying. First up is AirPods – the AirPods Pro 2 just dropped to the best price of the year and one of the lowest totals we have ever tracked at $160 shipped, down from the regular $249 list price. We also have AirPods Max (USB-C) at $99 off the going rate as well as an amazing price on the black Apple Watch Ultra 2 that is now down at the lowest Amazon price ever wi

Amazon Prime Day deals are already live through July 11: Here are our top picks so far

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Amazon Prime Day has been a summer mainstay for years at this point and 2025 is no exception. Prime Day will return on July 8 to July 11 this year, marking the first time the shopping event has been more than 48-hours long. That just means you’ll have more time to shop the deals, but r

The latest Roku Ultra drops to $69 for Prime Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The newest Roku Ultra streaming device is on sale for $69 as part of the Amazon Prime Day festivities . That's over 30 percent off and a record-low price, as it usually costs $100. The Roku Ultra made our list of the best streaming devices . It can play content in 4K, which is always

The best Amazon Prime Day deals under $50: Save on gear from Samsung, Blink, Anker, and others

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . You don’t have to spend a ton to snag discounts from Amazon’s latest sale. Though Prime Day doesn't officially start until Tuesday, we've already gathered up some of the best prime Prime Day deals on tech that costs less than $50. Of course, it’ll help if you’re a Prime member to acces

Galaxy Z Fold 7 will reportedly be the thinnest one yet

Thanks to new reporting from WinFuture's Roland Quandt, we have a slew of presumptive details and specs for the next generation of Samsung's foldable phones. Reportedly lifted from official Samsung promotional materials, Quandt is reporting that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will be the thinnest iteration yet, measuring just 8.9mm when folded and 4.2mm unfolded. He also claims it will be the lightest Z Fold so far, weighing just 216g. Details reported by Quandy on the battery size, storage options and ca

The Dyson V15 Detect Plus cordless vacuum is $180 off for Prime Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Amazon Prime Day has returned for the summer, making it a good time to check to see if any big-ticket gadgets on your wishlist are on sale. A lot of our favorite tech is on sale at the moment, and that includes a number of Prime Day vacuum deals. One of the best is on the Dyson V15 Det

Prime Day deals include $450 off Apple's 15-inch M3 MacBook Air

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Picking up a new MacBook can be pricey, so we always like sharing when a great model is having a steep sale. Prime Day deals have brought a high-end configuration of the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air M3 down to $1,249 — or a whopping $450 off its regular price. This model includes 24GB of

I take this Sony speaker to the beach every summer - and it's on sale ahead of Prime Day

Sony Ult Field 1 ZDNET's key takeaways The Sony Ult Field 1 is a portable speaker available for $130 (but it's currently $88 on Amazon) The speaker prioritizes crystal-clear sound and pronounced bass, with vibrant audio that sounds like it's coming from a much more expensive device It doesn't boast as long a battery life as its predecessor, but what it lacks in battery, it makes up for in stellar sound. $89.99 at Target Amazon is discounting this Sony Ult Field 1 speaker by $40 right now, one

Best early Prime Day monitor deals: 20+ discounts you can get right now

It's that time of the year again -- Amazon Prime Day starts tomorrow, July 8. This is a massive sales event where tech brands roll out many discounts for a wide selection of products, including computer monitors. You'll find just about everything from office displays that are $50 off to gaming displays that are hundreds of dollars off. If you're looking to upgrade your desktop setup or just want a second or even a third monitor, now is one of the best times to buy a display. Get daily deals str

Amazon Is Going All In, AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Processor Is 45% Off If You’re a Prime Member

Prime Day is the perfect time to shop for electronics on Amazon with prices that are often the lowest you’ll see all year. Amazon is determined to make this event a massive success, and that’s why you’ll find deep discounts across the board, especially on AMD Ryzen processors. Among all the deals, the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X is the top-rated processor with the biggest price drop, which makes it a highlight of this year’s Prime Day sales. This is a Prime-exclusive offer, so you’ll need a Prime members

People Hated the ‘Squid Game’ Ending, so They’re Using AI to Make New Ones

Pissing people off with your series finale is practically a rite of passage for beloved TV shows at this point. Just ask fans of The Sopranos, or Dexter, or Game of Thrones. And if you’re feeling butt hurt by your favorite TV show’s subpar ending, you may be tempted to imagine a whole new one—an ending where Tony gets whacked, or survives some kind of epic John Wick-style shootout, or, I don’t know, assembles all the Infinity Stones and becomes the supreme ruler of mobsters across the universe.

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Why Jolly Ranchers Are Banned in the UK but Not the US

On June 11, the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued an alert declaring several candies manufactured by The Hershey Company “unsafe to eat.” Four products from the flagship Jolly Rancher brand—Hard Candy, “Misfits” Gummies, Hard Candy Fruity 2 in 1, and Berry Gummies—contain mineral oil hydrocarbons, banned from food in the UK. The offending substances are mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) and mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH). Both are derived from crude oil and are often use

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Threads is nearing X’s daily app users, new data shows

Instagram Threads is close to catching up to top competitor X in terms of mobile app users, according to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb. In June 2025, Threads’ mobile app for iOS and Android saw 115.1 million daily active users, representing 127.8% year-over-year growth; X reached 132 million daily actives, as its year-over-year growth declined by 15.2%. By comparison, decentralized social network Bluesky grew a sizable 372.5% year-over-year as of June, but its worldwide

Tesla shares drop 7% after Elon Musk says he is launching a political party

Tesla stock fell about 7% on Monday after CEO Elon Musk announced plans to form a new political party. The stock was on pace for its worst day since June 5, when it fell 14% as the clash between Musk and President Donald Trump erupted. Musk said Saturday that the party would be called the "America Party" and could focus "on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts." He suggested this would be "enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the tr

The digital future of industrial and operational work

Across all these scenarios, IT fundamentals—like remote access, unified login systems, and interoperability across platforms—are being handled behind the scenes and consolidated into streamlined, user-friendly solutions. The way employees experience these tools, collectively known as the digital employee experience (DEX), can be a key component of achieving business outcomes: Deloitte finds that companies investing in frontline-focused digital tools see a 22 % boost in worker productivity, a dou

The best Amazon Prime Day robot vacuum deals that you can get right now for 2025

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Robot vacuums can be a big help around the house by automating a regular chore, but they can be pretty expensive. That’s why it’s a wise decision to wait for a shopping event like Amazon Prime Day to buy one, when you can usually save hundreds off the sticker price. Amazon Prime Day 2

Hackers abuse leaked Shellter red team tool to deploy infostealers

Shellter Project, the vendor of a commercial AV/EDR evasion loader for penetration testing, confirmed that hackers used its Shellter Elite product in attacks after a customer leaked a copy of the software. The abuse has kept going for several months and even though security researchers caught the activity in the wild, Shellter did not receive a notification. The vendor underlined that this is the first known incident of misuse since it introduced its strict licensing model in February 2023. "

Best Prime Day tablet deals: My 20 favorite deals live now

Amazon's annual Prime Day sale is one of the best times of the year to get major discounts on tech devices. Whether from Apple, Samsung, or Amazon itself, tablets are always one of the big-ticket items that see major discounts during Prime Day sales. If you know where to look -- on Amazon or other retailers -- you can find some excellent deals on tablets of all shapes and sizes, specifications, and generations for note-taking, entertainment, reading, or to replace your laptop. Get daily deals s

Amazon Prime Day starts tomorrow: Here's everything to know

Tharon Green/ZDNET Prime Day is nearly here. Amazon confirmed in a June press release that its annual Prime Day event will return Tuesday, July 8, through Friday, July 11. For the first time ever, Prime Day will be a four-day extravaganza two days longer than last year, confirming early rumors that swirled back in March. Now, the event is less than 24 hours away. Also: The best Prime Day deals live now: Expert-vetted In June, the retailer also unveiled early offers for Prime members, like sa

Showh HN: Microjax – JAX in two classes and six functions

Microjax: JAX in two classes and six functions or Read on Github (I recommend actually running the notebook, either on your own computer or Colab). This is inspired by Andrej Karpathy's Micrograd, a PyTorch-like library in about 150 lines of code. Despite PyTorch's popularity, I prefer the way JAX works because it a more functional style. This tutorial borrows heavily from Matthew J Johnson's great 2017 presentation on the predecessor to JAX, autograd: Video / Slides / Code. My main contribut

I used o3 to profile myself from my saved Pocket links

Welp, Pocket shuts down tomorrow despite our pleas for it to stay. While migrating all of my saved articles, I noticed that I’ve got almost 900 saved articles spanning nearly 7 years. That’s a goldmine of stuff-I-like data! Some quick analysis using xsv: 𝄢 unzip pocket.zip && xsv headers part_000000.csv 1 title 2 url 3 time_added 4 tags 5 status 𝄢 xsv sample 1 part_000000.csv | xsv flatten title The Uncertain Future of American Libraries url https://mek.fyi/posts/the-uncertain-future-of-america

Mars Needs Unions in This Far-Future (Yet Timely) Sci-Fi Short Story

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The Lord of Mars” by Megan McCarron. Enjoy! The Lord of Mars by Megan McCarron The grow pods clung to a red, humped ridge about a twenty-minute hike west from the habitats. Inside one of their plastic domes, a farmer named Oliver Judd nestled potato starts in the ground with nimble hands. It was tricky work in a forty-pound outside suit, but he

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Cracking AI’s storage bottleneck and supercharging inference at the edge

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now As AI applications increasingly permeate enterprise operations, from enhancing patient care through advanced medical imaging to powering complex fraud detection models and even aiding wildlife conservation, a critical bottleneck often emerges: data storage. During VentureBeat’s Transform 2025, Greg Matson, head of products and marketing, S

Prime Day deals include a bundle of two Blink Mini 2 cameras for $35

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . The best value in security cameras is back. This Prime Day deal has two Blink Mini 2 cameras for only $35. That's half off — and $5 less than you'd usually pay for only one of them. This matches a Black Friday record low for the pair. The Blink Mini 2 is a recent offering, arriving in

Apple's AirPods Pro drop to $160 for Prime Day

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . It’s Amazon Prime Day again, except this time it’s a four-day affair, the longest Prime Day ever. There are an overwhelming number of deals and discounts to sift through, but this steep sale on Apple AirPods Pro 2 is one of the best out there. For Prime Day, these wireless, noise-cance

How Let's Encrypt made the internet safer and HTTPS standard - and free

KTSDESIGN/Getty Images In 1996, I registered my first website, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates. After setting up the site, one of the first things I did was to secure connections with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate. The then-new security network protocol provided an encrypted connection and a digital certificate that authenticates a website's identity. SSL was then, and is now, the minimum security a safe website should provide to its users. The protocol was also a major pain to set up

Showh HN: Microjax - Jax in two classes and six functions

Microjax: JAX in two classes and six functions or Read on Github (I recommend actually running the notebook, either on your own computer or Colab). This is inspired by Andrej Karpathy's Micrograd, a PyTorch-like library in about 150 lines of code. Despite PyTorch's popularity, I prefer the way JAX works because it a more functional style. This tutorial borrows heavily from Matthew J Johnson's great 2017 presentation on the predecessor to JAX, autograd: Video / Slides / Code. My main contribut

The New ‘Spaceballs’ Movie Might Become a Whole Trilogy

James Gunn talks about the politics of Superman. A new Fantastic Four: First Steps clip reveals Sue and Reed’s big news. Plus, set pictures from The Witcher‘s final season. Spoilers now! Spaceballs 3 According to a new report from entertainment insider @Mytimetoshinehello (via Superhero Hype), MGM is developing a third Spaceballs movie in tandem with Spaceballs 2. Untitled Tim Burton Project During a recent interview with Milenio (via Screen Rant), Tim Burton revealed his next project is an

Live Updates From Samsung Unpacked 🔴

New Samsung foldables and wearables are coming on Wednesday, July 9. The tech giant is throwing a summer “Unpacked” event in Brooklyn, NY, starting at 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT, to announce new versions of its Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip foldables, and refreshed Galaxy Watch smartwatches. Teased last month, we’re expecting “Ultra-worthy” design and tech specs that will—hopefully—wow consumers into paying top dollar for phones with screens that bend in half. What does Samsung need to finally impress?