Category: Amazon

Amazon FreeTime is now called Amazon Kids

[ad_1] Kids will also soon be able to use their Fire tablets to broadcast a message to other Alexa devices in their home. A parent will have to approve the Alexa Announcements feature, which will become available in the next few weeks. Kids will just need to tap on the Announce icon on their home […]

After Math: Ninja pulls the old ‘Twitcheroo’

[ad_1] Engadget Sure, the thought of having an internet connected, voice activated microwave might seem cool at the start, but then you have to factor in the probability that it will spontaneously combust and burn your house down. Engadget After just a year on rival platform Mixer, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is heading back to his […]

The best Labor Day 2020 tech deals you can still grab

[ad_1] Buy Note 20 Ultra at Amazon – $1,099 Buy Note 20 Ultra at Best Buy – $1,099 Buy Note 20 at Amazon – $799 Buy Note 20 at Best Buy – $799 Apple iPad Pro Chris Velazco / Engadget If you’ve had your eye on the latest iPad Pros since their debut earlier this […]

Watchdog accuses Amazon of price gouging during the pandemic

[ad_1] While Amazon has spoken out repeatedly against price gouging, much of its focus has been on third-party sellers. Amazon says it has removed more than one million listings and suspended more than 10,000 accounts for suspected price gouging. But the report released this week provides several examples of products labeled “sold by Amazon” that […]

Dozens of Amazon Basics products could pose a safety risk, report says

[ad_1] The affected products include USB charging cables, battery chargers, office equipment and other inexpensive accessories. One particularly problematic product, according to CNN, was a voice-enabled microwave that “began sparking and smoking” as soon as it was turned on by researchers tapped by CNN to investigate the product.  CNN notes that in some cases the […]

August’s fourth-gen WiFi Smart Lock drops to $219 on Amazon

[ad_1] All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. If you buy something through one of the links on this page, we may earn an affiliate commission. Pricing and availability are accurate as of the time of publication but are subject to change. August’s fourth-generation WiFi Smart […]

Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 gets its first real discount on Amazon

[ad_1] The Galaxy Watch 3’s allure starts with the relatively thin and light size, though it’s still a bit chunky on the underside. It also has an improved rotating bezel that’s not only smaller, but operates more smoothly than before. The Watch 3 really shines when it comes to the sleep and fitness tracking side. […]

Pentagon says Microsoft still deserves $10 billion JEDI defense contract

[ad_1] The DoD has said that the cloud contract, which will provide storage, AI processing, machine learning and more is essential to modernizing the US military. Oracle and IBM bid along with Microsoft and Amazon, but were eliminated in 2018. Oracle challenged the decision, but an appeal court recently denied its claim. Microsoft said that […]

Amazon bans foreign sales of plants in US after mysterious seed deliveries

[ad_1] Tens of thousands of Americans have received mysterious seed shipments in the past few months. Most have been postmarked as coming from China and have often been falsely labeled as another product. At least some of them were potentially harmful to US agriculture, including noxious weeds, plant diseases and even pests. The US is […]