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A viral Threads post revealed that Amazon's shopping preferences page includes an 'About You' section with inferred personal traits, including one user whose profile stated she 'has flat buttocks.' The feature, accessible through account settings, generates descriptions based on purchase history, ranging from mundane habits like coffee consumption to more unusual physical assumptions, and can be edited or deleted by users.
Amazon has cut prices further on Samsung's 9100 Pro SSD during its ongoing Big Deals sales event, with the 4TB model falling from $1,119.99 to $734.99. The 1TB model is now under $200 and the 2TB model under $335, while the 8TB version remains at $2,299.99.
Corsair is discounting a 32GB DDR5-5600 Vengeance memory kit by $103 to $414.99 as part of a broader sale on its products with savings up to 30%. The kit supports both AMD EXPO and Intel XMP profiles, and buyers choosing the Intel-tuned version can save an additional $5.
Amazon's fall Prime Day event, also called Big Deal Days 2026, began October 6 and ends at midnight today, open only to Amazon Prime members. WIRED staff compiled a list of recommended discounts, including a Sonos Arc Ultra soundbar marked down from $1,099 to $899 and a discounted MacBook Air M5, based on products they say they have personally tested.
Amazon's fall Prime Day sale includes discounts on Alexa speakers, Kindles, and Fire tablets, but WIRED notes Amazon raised prices across its device lines at the end of August before applying these markdowns. A WIRED reviewer who has tested Amazon's Alexa speakers since 2012 evaluated the sale items to identify which discounts are genuinely worthwhile versus which merely restore prices closer to pre-hike levels.
Amazon's second Prime Big Deal Days event is in its last stretch, running until 3AM ET on October 8th. The Verge reports roughly 100 active deals on gadgets from Apple, Sony, Google and others, many of which are price-matched at Best Buy, Walmart and Target rather than exclusive to Amazon Prime members.
Amazon is selling the REDTIGER ZP1 Telephoto and Wide Dash Cam for $165.98, down from its $239.99 list price, a discount of $74 that matches its lowest recorded price. The deal requires an active Amazon Prime membership, which shoppers can obtain through a free 30-day trial.
Amazon is selling the Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus for $774.49, a $425 markdown from its $1,199.99 list price, as part of a Prime Day promotion. The phone features a 6.7-inch QHD+ 120Hz display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, 12GB RAM, up to 512GB storage, a 50MP main camera system, and a 4,900mAh battery with 45W charging. The discount requires an active Amazon Prime membership, though new users can access a free 30-day trial.
Amazon is selling the Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro true wireless earbuds for $135.99, a $34 cut from their $169.99 list price, as part of a Prime Day promotion. The earbuds feature adaptive noise cancelation, LDAC and Hi-Res audio support, wireless charging, IP55 water resistance, and AI-assisted voice pickup for calls, with battery life up to 12 hours (6.5 with ANC on) and 50 hours including the case.
Amazon is selling the unlocked Samsung Galaxy A57 5G for $399.99, a $200 cut from its $599.99 list price, marking its lowest price to date and beating the previous year-to-date low of $424.99. The deal requires an Amazon Prime membership, which shoppers can access via a free 30-day trial. The phone features a 6.7-inch 120Hz display, a 50MP main camera, and Samsung's pledge of six years of OS upgrades and security updates.
Manuel Spitschan's circadian-neuroscience laboratory adopted a 'memo meeting' format, borrowed from Amazon, in April 2024. Each month the team spends 20 minutes silently reading a six-page memo written by one member, then discusses it for 70 minutes; separate weekly check-ins still cover logistics. Since starting, the group has produced around 50,000 words of memos covering topics from experiment design to a postdoc's career uncertainty.
A Threads user discovered that Amazon's account settings include a page of behavioral assumptions based on purchase history, among them a note suggesting she 'has flat buttocks.' The post went viral, prompting other users to check their own Amazon profiles for similarly personal inferences, which can be found under 'Your Shopping preferences' in account settings.