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Amazon has begun offering discounts on its own devices and other popular products in advance of its October Prime Big Deal Day sale, which runs from 3AM ET October 6th through 3AM ET October 8th. The Verge says it will keep updating its roundup of deals as more become available before the event officially starts.
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has allowed a renewed version of a consumer class action against Apple and Amazon to proceed in part, after previously refusing to certify the case last year over funding and independence concerns. The lawsuit, led by academic Christine Riefa, alleges a 2018 agreement between the two companies restricted which third-party sellers could offer Apple and Beats products on Amazon's UK marketplace, reducing competition and raising prices for consumers.
The Shark NeverChange air purifier, which uses a HEPA and activated carbon filter rated to last up to five years with proper care, is currently on sale for roughly 40 percent off, or nearly $100. Other Shark models tested by WIRED are also discounted, alongside sales on purifiers from brands like Levoit and Coway ahead of Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days.
Amazon has cut the price of the Arlo Video Doorbell 2K (2nd Gen) from its $79.99 list price to $28.50, a 64% reduction. The device supports wire-free or hardwired installation, records in 2K with a 180° field of view, and includes two-way audio, motion alerts and night vision. It works with Alexa and Google Home, and the discount requires an Amazon Prime membership.
Amazon has published a job listing for a Head of Regulatory Approvals, Australia, tasked with navigating the country's aviation rules to gain the approvals needed for Prime Air drone deliveries. The role reports to a newly named Leader, Prime Air Expansion – Asia Pacific, and its success will be judged by approvals secured, timelines met, and eventual deliveries to Australian customers.
Marketing renders obtained by Winfuture from retailer sources show an upcoming Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K with a squared-off body, alongside a redesigned remote featuring a flatter top, relocated Alexa button, and a new backlit, animated home button. No specifications were included, so it remains unclear whether the device runs Fire OS or Vega OS.
Amazon has built a Price History feature into its shopping interface, showing 30-, 90- and 365-day price trends for products via a button on desktop or a similar option in its app. The company's Alexa for Shopping AI assistant (formerly Rufus) can answer questions about pricing and, for eligible Prime members, automatically purchase an item once it reaches a set target price.
Leaker Roland Quandt published marketing images via WinFuture showing an unreleased Kindle e-reader in pastel colors including black, green, light blue, darker blue and lavender. The design drops Amazon's smile logo, adds flatter edges, rounded display corners, and moves the power button to the right edge, and appears in two slightly different variants with different front lips and display flushness. No pricing, release date, or spec details were included.
Dreame's X50 Ultra, a robot vacuum and mop hybrid that can climb thresholds up to 6 centimeters tall, is discounted to $899.99 for Amazon Prime members, down from a list price of $1,599.99. The device is available for even less, $849.99, through a free account on Dreame's own website. Originally launched in early 2025, the X50 Ultra features extending mop pads and a self-emptying bin Dreame says can go up to 100 days without maintenance.
Emails from 2024 obtained by Fast Company reveal that officials at the SEC and FBI scrambled to understand changes Amazon made to its cloud services terms and conditions. The correspondence shows federal staff trying to determine whether the updated terms would let Amazon use government data stored on its cloud to train artificial intelligence models.
SpaceX is attempting to deploy its first-generation Starlink V3 satellites aboard Starship, marking the rocket's first orbital satellite deployment attempt. The launch comes as Amazon's rival Leo constellation has stalled at 396 satellites, with no successful deployment in twelve weeks, largely due to grounded launch partners ULA's Vulcan and Blue Origin's New Glenn.
A technical essay examines how Amazon S3 and similar cloud object stores, built around spinning-disk economics from two decades ago, now underpin most modern data architectures including data lakes, Kafka alternatives, and vector databases. The author notes S3's per-request throughput and latency limits stem from disk physics, forcing developers to add caching layers, batch writes, and separate metadata stores to work around them. The piece highlights that SSD prices have fallen steadily since S3's 2005 launch, narrowing the cost gap with hard disks to about 3x.