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How to Tell If a Prime Day Deal Is Just Hype

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Amazon Prime Day 2025 is just around the corner . For four days in July, you’ll find promotions on products from companies both big and small, all vying for your clicks and the contents of your bank account. Many of these offers will claim to be great deals, with the implication that not buying the item during Prime Day will mean you miss out on a massive savings. But not all Prime Day deals are really all that great—just because a product is discounted on Prime Day doesn't mean it hasn't been cheaper before and won't be cheaper later. Luckily, there are a few strategies you can use to quickly figure out whether that “amazing deal” really is all that. How to tell a good Prime Day price from a bad one One of the best things you can do to tell if a Prime Day deal is legit is to employ the use of a price tracker . These sites and tools keep tabs on the prices for any given product across the many different stores and vendors where it is sold, in order to give you...

LG's Newest Premium 65-inch OLED TV Is $1000 Off Right Now

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you've been waiting for the right moment to upgrade your home theater setup, the LG 65-inch C5 OLED Evo 4K TV has just hit its best price yet, according to price trackers . It’s now down to $1,696.99 on Amazon, which is a full $1,000 off its original price of $2,696.99. That’s a big drop for a TV that’s only a few months into its release cycle and sits in LG’s premium lineup, just a notch below the G-series. CNET gave it a strong 8.7/10 , highlighting its excellent contrast, accurate color, and refined performance, but suggested holding off until the price came down. Well, now it has. LG 65-inch C5 OLED Evo 4K TV $1,696.99 ...

This R2-4K Dual Dash Cam Is 45% Off Right Now

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Dash cams obviously make driving easier and less nerve-racking, and they can also help with insurance claims by capturing accident footage. The Rove R2‑4K Dual Dash  Cam captures front and rear footage and earned an “excellent” rating from PCMag , and right now it’s 45% off on Amazon.  Rove R2-4K Dual Dash Cam $109.99 at Amazon $199.99 Save $90.00 Get Deal ...

I Previewed These Emotion-Tracking Smart Glasses, and They Seem Weirdly Useful

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We know smart glasses can play podcasts and put an AI assistant in your ear, but what if they knew what you were feeling ? That's the idea behind Emteq Lab 's Sense glasses. They're not on the market yet, but the end goal is a lightweight pair of specs equipped with sensors that read minute changes in users' facial muscles, all with the goal of detecting real-time mood shifts to unlock insights into health, eating habits, and more. Emteq is one of a growing number of companies in the field of "affective computing," technology designed to recognize, interpret, process, and/or simulate human emotions. For good or ill, the future is likely to be packed with the stuff. How do emotion-sensing glasses work? Credit: Emteq The technology behind Emteq's emotion-tracking glasses is sophisticated, but the concept is s...

The Best Early Prime Day Tech Deals Under $25

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Prime Day 2025 starts next week, but the early deals are already here. While Target , Walmart , and Best Buy are starting their competing sales this weekend, Amazon's won't officially kick off until July 8, but you can already find early deals on Amazon devices , like this 75-inch QLED TV going nearly 50% off. But if you're looking to spend a bit less but still score a bargain, consider these early Prime Day tech deals under $25 . Wired Ear Buds for iPhone with Built-in Remote to Control Music, Phone Calls, and Volume Apple EarPods Headphones ...

Why I’m Excited for Amazfit’s New 'Helio Strap' Fitness Tracker

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Amazfit recently launched its Helio Strap , the third of the three once-rumored Whoop-like trackers to be officially announced. It’s the only one you can buy right now , and its features and price (just $99.99) look pretty sweet.  A brief history lesson: The first of the three Whoop-like trackers to be announced was something from Polar. That’s all we know—there's no name of the device or even a photo, although the shadowy image from the press release looks a lot like the Polar 360 , a device that was never marketed directly to consumers. The price has not been announced, but it will be “subscription-free.” The second was Garmin’s Index sleep monitor, which sells for $169.99, is also subscription-free, and is meant to be used only for sleep, not sports. ( I found the product description to be underwhelming , though I haven’t gotten my hands on a review unit yet.) Finally, we have Am...

YouTube Is Getting AI Overviews Too, and You Can Try Them Now

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The tide rises, the sun sets, and Google pushes AI summaries onto yet another product. This time, it's YouTube that's getting the AI Overview treatment . The new feature will add "carousels" of clips that AI determines are relevant to the top of certain searches. For now, the feature is only available to a very ( very ) narrow set of users. It's a similar feature to the one you've probably seen in Google Search. Typically, if Google finds a YouTube video with a relevant portion to your search, it will present a highlighted clip that you can watch without leaving Google itself. These new YouTube AI carousels are populated with many of these relevant clips, and are paired with generative AI text summaries of the clips. How to turn on YouTube's AI overviews Currently, AI-powered carousels are an experimental feature, only available to YouTube Premium subscribers in the United States, and only when you use search on an Android or iOS mobile device. ...