GoKawiil
Tech News
Woot is selling the 2023 Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K for $16.09 through September 13 when shoppers apply the code FIRE30 at checkout. The device supports Wi-Fi 6 and includes 2GB of memory, making it capable of running cloud gaming services like Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia GeForce Now.
Apple introduced Siri Recaps, an Audio Intelligence feature on the new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 that continuously monitors ambient audio to generate summaries of a wearer's day, including conversations. Apple says the feature processes sound in real time without recording, storing, or transcribing audio, distinguishing it from wake-word-only listening used for Siri commands.
Amazon's Prime Video has rolled out an AI-powered lip-sync feature for its German-language hit Maxton Hall, adjusting actors' mouth movements in post-production to better match the recorded English dub. The tool is live for the first two seasons worldwide and will extend to the third season premiering in early December, though human dubbing still remains part of the process.
Amazon has cut $40 off the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 FE, bringing the noise-canceling earbuds down to $109.99. The retailer says it's the lowest price on these buds since Prime Day.
Amazon announced that Kevin Mandia, who founded Mandiant and sold it to Google for $5.4 billion, will join its board. Mandia left Google in 2024 and has since started an AI-driven vulnerability-detection company called Armadin while remaining a general partner at Ballistic Ventures. As part of the appointment, he received roughly $1 million in stock that vests starting in 2027.
Four women who worked at Amazon warehouses in New York filed a federal class-action lawsuit alleging the company refused basic pregnancy accommodations such as bathroom breaks, extra rest time, and permission to sit instead of stand. They say Amazon punished them for taking medically necessary breaks by depleting their unpaid time off, eventually leading to their termination between April 2025 and July 2026. Amazon disputes the claims, saying the lawsuit contains inaccuracies and that it complies with federal pregnancy accommodation law.
An Entrepreneur op-ed argues that businesses making AI-driven layoffs, like Amazon and Klarna, often rebuild their workforces the same way they were structured before the cuts, risking a repeat of the inefficiencies that triggered the layoffs. The piece urges companies instead to use real-time workforce data and better-trained managers to redesign teams and hiring decisions rather than simply refilling old roles.
Amazon is temporarily selling the 14-inch 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro with 24GB RAM for $2,699, down from its $3,199 list price. The retailer also continues discounting AirPods Pro 3 by $50, AirPods Max 2 by $100, and has restocked the AirTag 2 at its lowest recorded price.
Amazon has slashed the price of the flagship Bowers & Wilkins Px8 noise-cancelling headphones by 36%, bringing them down to $479 from their original price. The discount currently applies to the Royal Burgundy colorway, though stock at this price is limited.
Several U.S. states that previously granted multi-decade tax exemptions to lure data center investments from Amazon, Meta and Google are now reconsidering or rolling back those deals. The reversal follows growing public backlash over the facilities' strain on local resources and limited job creation relative to the tax revenue forgone.
Amazon Prime Video has rolled out an AI-driven visual effects feature that adjusts actors' lip movements to match dubbed audio tracks, starting with the English dub of the German series Maxton Hall's first two seasons. The company says the tool blends AI and VFX to sync mouth movements with human-translated dialogue, and plans to bring it to season 3 in December and more titles later.
Corning shares jumped 8% after announcing a multibillion-dollar partnership with Verizon to build fiber-optic cables for AI data centers, extending its 2025 gain to 90%. Qualcomm also rose after disclosing it issued Amazon warrants worth up to $4 billion in stock as part of a deal where AWS will buy up to $60 billion in Qualcomm server chips, with revenue starting in the December quarter. The news lifted other AI infrastructure stocks including Intel, AMD, HPE and Coherent.