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Amazon has cut the price of Samsung's new Freestyle Plus portable projector by $250, from its $1,197.99 list price to $947.99, a 21% reduction. This marks the first time the device has been discounted since its release, and it's the best offer seen on it so far this year.
Big Tech's hyperscalers—Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft—are increasingly relying on debt issuance, equity sales, and off-balance-sheet financing arrangements to fund surging AI infrastructure investment. Capital expenditures have exceeded 100% of operating cash flow at some of these firms, prompting Amazon and Alphabet to sell bonds globally, Alphabet to issue equity, and Meta to pursue bond sales and partnerships with alternative asset managers for data center funding.
Amazon's 2026 Labor Day sale has begun offering the first small cash discounts on the base and mid-tier configurations of Apple's newly announced M6 Mac mini, ahead of its September 22 release. The sale also includes $50 off AirPods Pro 3, AirTag 2 for as low as $20, the 44mm Apple Watch SE 3 at $200, and discounts from Anker and Bose.
Amazon has discounted the GPS 44mm Apple Watch SE 3 to $199.99, down $79 from its $279 list price. That marks the lowest price yet recorded for this model. The watch includes an always-on display, faster charging, and up to 18 hours of battery life.
A startup developer recounts spending three weeks trying to implement AWS Cognito for authentication, encountering broken password reset flows despite following official documentation exactly. He attributes the trouble to inconsistent, fragmented documentation that mixes outdated code examples from different SDK versions and targets multiple audiences without a clear path for any of them.
The TCL QM7L mini-LED television is currently on sale, with the 55-inch model dropping to $797.99, a $200 markdown from its regular price. Discounts also extend to larger screen sizes, though Amazon shows limited stock remaining for the 65-inch version.
Roborock has released the Qrevo 2 Pro, a midrange robot vacuum and mop combo with a self-emptying dustbin, self-washing mop pads, and 20,000Pa of suction. The device carries an $800 MSRP but is available for $550 through September 6 as an introductory offer. A ZDNET tester found it effectively handled pet hair on hardwood and carpet, though it struggled to avoid cords during use.
Samsung's new budget-tier 990 M.2 SSD, a QLC-based Gen 4 drive released after recent AI-driven storage price hikes, is now available at Amazon for $339 instead of its $529 list price. The 2TB model uses Samsung's PiccoloQ controller and V9 QLC flash, delivering performance close to the 990 EVO Plus with solid latency and bandwidth in testing.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced that Amazon is now part of YouTube's e-commerce affiliate network, letting eligible U.S. creators tag Amazon products in long-form videos, livestreams, and Shorts. Creators will earn commissions when viewers buy tagged items, expanding an affiliate program YouTube launched in 2022.
YouTube announced eligible U.S. creators can now tag Amazon products directly within shorts, long-form videos, and livestreams to earn a share of resulting sales. The feature integrates Amazon's catalog natively into YouTube's Shopping Affiliate Program, replacing the older method of pasting Associates links in video descriptions. Creators can also enable auto-tagging, letting YouTube's systems scan past uploads to identify and tag eligible products automatically.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan announced that Amazon has become a participant in YouTube's creator affiliate shopping program. Creators can now tag Amazon products directly within videos, Shorts and livestreams, earning commissions when viewers buy through their links.
Following Apple's announcement of refreshed Mac Studio and Mac mini lineups with M6 and M5 Pro/Max/Ultra chips, retailers Amazon and Best Buy began accepting pre-orders the same day. Pricing starts at $899 for the base Mac mini and $2,499 for the Mac Studio, alongside an updated Magic Keyboard and a cheaper $9 Polishing Cloth.