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24 Jul

NBA TV rights go to ESPN, NBC and Amazon as TNT is rejected

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The NBA and WNBA have inked deals for where games will be aired and streamed for the next eleven years. The NBA deals run from the 2025-2026 season through the 2035-2036 season. For the WNBA, the agreement covers the 2026 through 2036 seasons.Pro basketball has been an ESPN mainstay for years and that will continue, with the Disney-owned network remaining the primary media rights owner for both leagues. ESPN will be the exclusive home for the NBA finals for all eleven years of the new deal, as well as five out of the eleven years of the WNBA finals. The…

17 Jul

This Samsung Frame TV deal is still 39 percent off for Amazon Prime Day

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Samsung's 55-inch The Frame with white bezel is down to $998 from $1,646 for Amazon Prime Day. If you're not keen on staring at a black box when you're not watching TV, this is the Prime Day TV deal you should seriously consider. While it's still a high price tag for a TV, the 39 percent discount is the best we've seen for this particular bundle.This Samsung 55-inch The Frame TV model offers a QLED 4K screen with a billion shades in full Color Volume. It also has an anti-reflection and matte display so that you can watch TV without…

15 Jul

The Hidden Ties Between Google and Amazon’s Project Nimbus and Israel’s Military

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That appears to still include the IDF. WIRED identified several Israeli government statements and documents published since 2022 that confirm the IDF’s continued involvement with Project Nimbus, although they do not provide details of the tools and capabilities it uses.For instance, a government document published on June 15, 2022, that outlines the scope of the project, says "The Ministry of Defense and the IDF” will get a dedicated “digital marketplace” of services they can access under Project Nimbus.In July 2022, The Intercept also reported on training documents and videos provided to Nimbus users in the Israeli government that revealed some…

15 Jul

Early Prime Day Apple deals mark down a four-pack of AirTags to a record low of $75

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Now is a good time for iPhone users to invest in a tracker if you're constantly losing things like your keys or wallet — don't worry, this is a safe space to admit it as I am too. Early Prime Day deals are upon us, and they include Prime Day Apple deals on things like AirTags. You can get a pack of four AirTags for a record low of $75 right now, down from $99. That's a 24 percent discount ahead of Amazon Prime Day.Apple's AirTags can pair with your iPhone or iPad and appear in the Find My app.…

11 Jul

Prime Day deals bring the third-gen AirPods down to a record low of $129

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Amazon Prime Day is less than one week away, but there are plenty of sales you can already shop. One of the best early Prime Day deals currently running is a big discount on Apple's third-generation AirPods. The earbuds are on sale for a new record low of $129, down from $169. However, this deal doesn't include AppleCare+ — you'll have to pay about $30 extra for that.Apple's third-gen AirPods came out in 2021 as a massive improvement to their predecessor. We gave them an 88 in our review thanks to features like a more comfortable design and way better…

11 Jul

Amazon is giving away 3 more free PC games during Prime Day next week, including Rise of the Tomb Raider

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One of the holiest but non-religious days of our economic year is just around the corner and Amazon will mark the occasion by giving away three AAA titles during Amazon Prime Day through its Prime Gaming service. The online retailer announced it will offer free copies of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Chivalry 2 and Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration Edition for 48 hours starting on Tuesday July 16.Amazon’s early Prime Day deals will also give away 15 PC games ahead of this year’s Prime Day including titles like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic…

10 Jul

Amazon Ramps Up Security to Head Off Project Nimbus Protests

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Amazon appeared to have significantly heightened security for its New York Amazon Web Services Summit on Wednesday, two weeks after a number of activists disrupted the Washington, DC, AWS Summit in protest against Project Nimbus, Amazon and Google’s $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government. The clampdown in New York quelled several activists’ plans to interrupt the keynote speech from Matt Wood, the vice president for AI products at AWS.Amazon allowed only approved individuals to attend the keynote speech. The activists, who had registered online to attend, all received emails ahead of the conference informing them that they…

10 Jul

Environmental groups accuse Amazon of ‘distorting the truth’ in latest clean-energy claim

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On Wednesday, Amazon claimed that it reached its goal of sourcing all its power from clean energy sources in the past year. If taken at face value, the announcement would mean it hit the milestone seven years ahead of schedule, which would be a monumental achievement. But environmental experts speaking to The New York Times, including a group of concerned Amazon employees, warn that the company is “misleading the public by distorting the truth.”The company’s claim of achieving 100 percent clean electricity is based in part on billion-dollar investments in over 500 solar and wind initiatives. The company’s logic is…

09 Jul

Amazon revives the Echo Spot smart alarm clock and swiftly discounts it by 44 percent

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As early Prime Day deals continue to become available, Amazon has revealed an all-new Echo Spot ahead of the shopping event. It’s very much like the original Echo Spot that came out in 2017 and was discontinued two years later except the front face is now split between a hemispherical display and speaker.The Echo Spot's outer shell comes in Black, Glacier White and Ocean Blue, and the display can be customized with six hues: magenta, violet, orange, lime, teal or blue, which can be mixed- and-matched with various clock faces. The new Echo Spot costs $80, which is $50 cheaper…

09 Jul

Early Prime Day deals bring the Fire Max 11 tablet down to $140

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Amazon Prime Day will officially arrive next week on July 16, but we're already starting to see good deals pop up. Amazon's Fire Max 11 tablet has fallen back down to $140 as part of the company's Prime Day deals. Normally $230, the large slate is now $90 off — precisely what you'd need to spend for Amazon's Fire Max 11 Keyboard Case.The Fire Max 11 features, you guessed it, an 11-inch screen with a sharp 2,000 by 1,200 pixel resolution. Its octa-core CPU should be plenty for streaming media and browsing maps, and it also features 4GB of RAM.…