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Prime deal brings first price drop on the Amazfit Active 2 fitness trackers

Ryan Haines / Android Authority Summer is the time to work on your fitness goals, and Prime Day has thrown up a great chance to save on a motivational companion to your journey. The Amazfit Active 2 Premium is currently available for just $99.99, down from its regular price of $129.99. That’s a 23% discount relative to its retail price, making it its first-ever price drop. Amazfit Active 2 Premium for $99.99 (23% off) If you’re more allured by the Amazfit Active 2 Sport, it’s also subject to a

Synology masters both ease and control with BeeStation and DiskStation

Synology is synonymous with NAS, or network-attached storage, and there’s good reason for that. The DiskStation line of products is reliable and robust with a great community that supports consumer and professional use cases. More recently, Synology has reached beyond traditional NAS solutions with BeeStation, a private and family cloud storage solution. I’ve recently been testing the BeeStation Plus, a somewhat less capable, but much more approachable, product, and the DiskStation DS925+, a tra

Apple trade-in values cut for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch

Apple trade-in values have been cut for most models of iPhone, all Macs, several Apple Watches, and one iPad. Additionally, there are two older Apple products the company will no longer accept as trade-in against a new one, making them officially worthless … While Apple trade-ins represent very poor value compared to selling privately or using third-party resellers, some people prefer the ease and convenience of just taking their old device into an Apple Store when buying a new one. MacRumors

Prime Day deal: The Google TV Streamer 4K drops to $84

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 . Our top favorite streaming device is on sale for Prime Day and still in stock today. The Google TV Streamer 4K has dropped to $84 for the shopping event, which is a much better price than its normal $100 price tag. That's nearly an all-time low for the wedge-shaped gizmo. The Google T

FBI's CJIS demystified: Best practices for passwords, MFA & access control

Imagine your organization has just won a contract to handle sensitive law-enforcement data – you might be a cloud provider, a software vendor, or an analytics firm. It won’t be long before CJIS is top of mind. You know the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy governs how criminal histories, fingerprints, and investigation files must be protected, but beyond that, it all feels a bit opaque. Whether you’re a veteran security pro or new to the world of criminal-justice data

As a millennial, I love this digital photo frame to display memories, and it's discounted for Prime Day

Allison Murray/ZDNET The Nixplay Touch 10 Smart Frame is $20 off at Amazon when you apply the coupon before adding it to your cart. This deal only applies to the black/silver color combo, allowing you to snag it for just $120. Also: The best Prime Day deals you can shop now ZDNET's key takeaways The Nixplay smart frame retails for $199 and comes in black, white, or wood. It's easy to set up, and you can invite family and friends to add photos to your frame (even if they don't own a Nixplay)

I can't recommend this rugged power station enough to drone users (and it's at the lowest price ever)

The DJI Power 1000 power station in action. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET For Amazon Prime Day, the DJI Power 1000 is now down to $417, the lowest price we've seen and an excellent discount on a 1,000Wh power bank, making this a must-have for drone enthusiasts. Also: The best Prime Day deals we've found ZDNET's key takeaways The DJI Power 1000 power station It's a powerful, premium quality power station that's built to satisfy the needs of professional drone pilots. Unfortunately, there

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Get your pup the smart Halo Collar 4 that's $50 off for Prime Day

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

Microsoft Outlook goes down around the world - here's what we know

NurPhoto / Contributor/Getty If you're having trouble logging in to your email this morning, you're (probably) not fired. A massive outage is affecting Microsoft's Outlook service, leaving many people unable to access their email accounts. Also: How passkeys work: The complete guide to your inevitable passwordless future Reports of problems started shortly before 10 p.m. ET Wednesday, but surged just before 7 a.m. ET. As of 9 a.m., reports were still on the rise, indicating there was no resol

Best Prime Day PC gaming deals: My 50+ picks for top deals live now

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

The price of these workout earbuds from Beats just dropped even lower

ZDNET's key takeaways The Powerbeats Pro 2 retail for $250 in vibrant Black, Quick Sand, Hyper Purple, and Electric Orange colorways. The earbuds can replace your smartwatch or fitness tracker, offering exercise and activity data via companion apps. The sound isn't very robust, delivering weak bass and hollow mids. View now at Apple The Powerbeats Pro 2 are $80 off right now on Amazon, during Amazon's third day of Prime Day. This is $30 more savings compared to the past two days of Prime Day.

My 21+ favorite anti-Prime Day deals 2025 from Best Buy, Walmart, & more: Top sales from Amazon's competition

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

This new Gmail tool lets you declutter your inbox in seconds - here's how to use it

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET A few months ago, Google rolled out a new feature for Gmail on Android that makes it easier to clean out your inbox by showing a single list of all your subscriptions and providing a simple way to unsubscribe from these lists. Also: Run out of Gmail storage? How I got another 15GB for free and without losing any files Google officially expanded the feature today, making the announcement in a blog post that "Manage Subscriptions" is now showing up on Gmail for desk

Looking for a tablet for your kid? They're as low as $55 during Amazon Prime Day

My kids love their Fire tablets, and I love the convenience of parental controls they offer. Maria Diaz/ZDNET Amazon is offering some huge deals on its latest Fire Kids Tablets during Prime Day, my kids' favorite device for home and on-the-go entertainment. The newest Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids tablet is 54% off at $65, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Pro tablet for older kids is also down to $65, and the larger Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Pro is down to $105. Also: The best Prime Day deals you can shop now

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Prime Day portable power station deals 2025: Best 11 generator sales up to 60% off

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

Get the Oura Ring 4 on sale for the first time this Prime Day while the deal lasts

ZDNET's key takeaways The Oura Ring 4, the newest generation of the popular smart ring is now available at a discount for the first time ever. The Oura Ring 4 emphasizes a comfortable build with flatter and smarter sensors, more sizes, upgraded software, and an alleged eight-day battery life. The eight-day battery life is actually more like five and a half days. $339.15 at Amazon $399 at Best Buy more buying choices The Oura Ring 4 is discounted by up to $75 right now, on the third day of Ama

I've got my eye on this Kindle Essentials bundle deal during Amazon Prime Day (and its price dropped lower)

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Looking to take some books on your summer vacation? If you've got several novels you're hauling on flights, to the beach, or in your backpack, I can think of one lightweight solution to your book-induced back ache. A Kindle. A Kindle is a portable, e-reading powerhouse that is loaded with every book on your to-read list. Right now, Amazon is running a deal on its Kindle Essentials bundle, which includes its latest Kindle, a fabric cover case, and a power adapter for 31% off.

10 ways an IT home lab can help you land your next job - and how to get started (it's easy!)

EschCollection/Getty Images When I was a kid, my home lab consisted of test tubes and beakers, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), acetic acid (vinegar), and the occasional boom, followed closely by the sound of my mom in the distance yelling, "David Allen Gewirtz, you stop that right now." When the scold transitioned from "David Gewirtz" to "David Allen Gewirtz," I knew I was in trouble. To be fair, nothing prepared my nontechnical mom and dad to raise a future engineer. I was forever taking th

The best headphones for watching movies received a huge upgrade right before Prime Day sales

Jada Jones/ZDNET The Sonos Ace headphones are currently discounted to $299, $150 off their original price of $450. You can find this deal at Amazon, Best Buy, Sonos, and Walmart. It's been one year since Sonos released its first pair of consumer headphones, and although they made waves when they first dropped, how have they fared after the hype has died down? You can often find the Ace discounted, and if you're interested in them, that's the best time to buy them. Also: The best headphones of

Too hot to mow? I tested a robot lawn mower with no boundary wire - right now it's $900 off

ZDNET's key takeaways The Eufy E15 Robot Mower for yards up to 0.2 acres is normally $2,300, while the Eufy E18 covers up to 0.3 acres and costs $2,600, though both are currently on sale This robot mower uses visual recognition, AI algorithms, and 3D sensors to distinguish the boundaries of a lawn and avoid obstacles in real time While it's good for smaller yards, I'd recommend it for fenced-in, flat yards, as it can get stuck on uneven terrain. $1,499.99 at Amazon The Eufy E15 is currently 3

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Large-scale DNA study maps 37,000 years of human disease history

A new study suggests that our ancestors’ close cohabitation with domesticated animals and large-scale migrations played a key role in the spread of infectious diseases. The team, led by Professor Eske Willerslev at the Universities of Cambridge and Copenhagen, recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from Eurasia. They found that the earliest evidence of zoonotic diseases – illnesses transmitted from animals to humans, like COVID in recent times – dates back t

Could a Paper Plane Thrown from the ISS Survive the Flight?

Sometimes there are profound questions in life that must be answered, like "What is the meaning of existence?", "Are we alone in the universe?" or "What happens if you throw a paper airplane from the International Space Station?" Luckily, that third one has finally been answered, because of course someone would eventually. A new paper from Maximilien Berthet and Kojiro Suzuki from the University of Tokyo looks at "the dynamics of an origami space plane during Earth atmospheric reentry" – in ot

Automatically Packaging a Haskell Library as a Swift Binary XCFramework

Announcing xcframework or: the happy path for wiring a Haskell dependency to your Swift app I’ve written about Haskell x Swift interoperability before. Calling Haskell from Swift is about marshalling and the foreign function interface. But Creating a macOS app with Haskell and Swift tells the much messier tale of hijacking XCode to vodoo together the Haskell library, its headers, and two handfuls of other magic ingredients into one buildable SwiftUI application. Stop! Don’t click on the last l

Lego’s Transforming Soundwave Actually Makes Some Noise

Lego’s returning to Cybertron for its latest big set, but with a twist: after giving us the Autobot leader Optimus Prime and one of his most loyal soldiers in Bumblebee over the past few years, now it’s finally the turn of the Decepticons to get their brick-based glory. Except it’s not who you might have expected to get that early honor. This morning Lego revealed that the first Decepticon joining the ranks of the Transformers line is none other than Soundwave himself. It’s a surprise to not se

Apple’s Next Vision Pro May Come Sooner Than You Think, but With One Big Letdown

It may feel like Apple has given up on its used car-priced “spatial computer,” the Vision Pro, but according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the iPhone maker’s next-gen headset might arrive a lot sooner than you think, and that price may not be coming down. According to Gurman, an “upgraded” Vision Pro could be released “as early as this year.” The headset will reportedly be aimed at “improving performance” and enhancing “comfort.” Bloomberg says this next iteration of the Vision Pro

Galaxy Chromebook Is Cheaper Than AirPods, Samsung Is Clearing Out All Remaining Stock

Samsung is an electronics giant that retails everything from smartphones to laptops and TVs. Prime Day includes nearly the entire Samsung range at discounted prices, and one of those is the Galaxy Chromebook Go. Right now, this Chromebook is Amazon’s #1 Best Seller in “Traditional Laptop Computers” which goes to show just how much it’s in demand during this sale. The price has a lot to do with it: For Prime Day, the Samsung 14″ Galaxy Chromebook Go will only set you back $219, down from its nor

Ars Technica and GOG team up to bring you a pile of our favorite games

Greetings, Arsians! We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, and I'm not just talking the latest AAA blockbusters—we love all kinds of games, from modern to ancient and all points in between. With that in mind, we're trying something different for the next few months to see how it goes: We've partnered with the folks at GOG.com to create a store page featuring a hand-curated list of some of our favorites from GOG's catalog. At the end of every month, we'll rotate a couple of titles off the li

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Dyson’s V15 Detect Is $200 Off for Prime Day (2025)

We're big fans of Dyson around here, whether it's for vacuums or for hair tools. We've tried every single one of Dyson's powerful vacuums, and the V15 and its variants are our overall favorites for a ton of reasons: powerful suction! Particle tracking! A handy green light to spot dust! Lots of attachments! The V15 has a trigger button so you can easily turn the vacuum on and off, which is especially handy when vacuuming things like stairs. It's a great and powerful vacuum I've used all over my t

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized

To play polo at the highest level, you have to love horses or be filthy rich. Ideally both. A team might field around 40 ponies for each game and draw on a roster of hundreds of potentially playable horses for each tournament. In the gaps between tournaments, top players scour the globe for new equine talent—trying to snaffle foals from elite bloodlines or looking to ex-racehorses to uncover a polo star in the rough. Andrey Borodin, the billionaire patron of Park Place Polo, wears the No. 1 jer

19 Best Prime Day Fitness Tracker Deals and Smart Ring Sales (2025)

In the northern hemisphere, it's hard not to spend the winter in a state of slumbering sloth, just waiting for sunshine and good times to start again. Conveniently, Prime Day fitness tracker deals (all four days of them) drop right in the middle of summer, which makes this a great time to pick up the smartwatch or smart ring that you just didn't have the cash for at Christmas. This year, you have four whole days to shop the Amazon deals, but if you don't want to take that much time, I've highli