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Amazon is selling Anker's Soundcore Liberty 5 wireless earbuds at a 37% discount, saving buyers $47 off the regular price. The earbuds feature adaptive active noise cancellation, Bluetooth multipoint connectivity, and up to 48 hours of total battery life with the charging case.
The Soundcore Nebula P1 projector, which features 20W detachable speakers and Dolby Audio support, is currently selling on Amazon at 20% off, a $160 price cut from its normal cost.
Amazon, American Electric Power and X-energy announced plans to build a 960-megawatt nuclear facility using 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors at the site of a demolished coal plant near Terre Haute, Indiana. Amazon will be the first buyer of the plant's power, which AEP will operate, and it marks Amazon's second, and three-times-larger, commercial deal with X-energy following a 2022 agreement.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE Plus, a 13.1-inch Android tablet with 256GB of storage and included S Pen support, is now priced at $599.99 on Amazon, a $220 cut from its original price.
The Garmin Venu 3S smartwatch is now selling for $319.99 on Amazon, matching its lowest recorded price. The device offers up to 10 days of battery life along with wellness and fitness tracking features.
Amazon has cut $10 off an Acer HDMI switch that offers five input ports and supports 4K resolution at 60Hz, bringing it to its lowest recorded price. The device lets users connect multiple HDMI sources to a single display without manually swapping cables.
Amazon is currently selling Bose's newly released Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar at a 23% discount, cutting $254 off its price. The soundbar supports Dolby Atmos surround sound and includes Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity along with a speech-enhancement feature.
Amazon has agreed to fund a nuclear energy facility in Fairbanks, Indiana, developed with X-energy and American Electric Power, on the site of the retired Breed coal plant. The project would deploy 12 Xe-100 small modular reactors capable of generating up to 960 megawatts for the regional grid and Amazon's data centers, though no construction timeline or cost details have been released.
Amazon Echo devices always listen for their wake word, but users can mute the microphone entirely using the mic-slash button on top of the device, which triggers a red light when active. Alternatively, users can adjust data retention settings in the Alexa app under Alexa Privacy to choose how long voice recordings and transcripts are kept, including options to delete them by voice command on supported devices.
Amazon launched two new always-recording wearables, the Bee Frontier wristband and Bee Eclipse card device, joining Apple's Siri Recap and Live Rewind features on its latest Watch and Meta's camera-equipped smart glasses. These devices continuously transcribe conversations and daily activity to help users with reminders, notes and summaries, but some bystanders have objected to being recorded without clear consent.
A flashing yellow light on an Amazon Echo device signals that Alexa has a pending message or notification, a feature introduced in 2017. Users can clear it by asking Alexa questions like 'What notifications do I have?' and can navigate multiple alerts using commands such as 'next' or 'repeat'.
Court documents from a legal dispute between Amazon and a Canadian union reveal the company uses an internal AI system called Atlas to assign warehouses, including ones in the UK, a risk score for potential unionisation or other labour disruptions. The tool reportedly analyses hundreds of data points, including social media posts, internal survey responses and past industrial action, to produce a score between 100 and 900, with higher scores considered 'better' for management.