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The Best Tablets in Early 2023: An Evolving and Affordable Form of Computing

FEATURE By Amir Shoam, January 24, 2023, 6:19 AM TechSpot Mobile

If you haven't bought a new tablet in recent years, now is a good time to consider doing so. Not only are tablets more powerful today, but the displays are better, and mainstream models let you enjoy features that were previously reserved for more expensive flagships.

Industry Tech Culture

These are the severance packages tech giants like Google, Meta and Amazon are offering to fired employees

Over 100,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the year began

By Tudor Cibean , January 21, 2023, 2:23 PM 17 comments

The Web Industry

Amazon is expanding Buy with Prime to all US retailers

Will it tarnish Prime's reputation?

By Shawn Knight , January 10, 2023, 3:48 PM

Industry

Amazon confirms it is letting go of a record 18,000 employees

Some workers won't find out if they've lost their jobs for another 2 weeks

By Rob Thubron , January 5, 2023, 9:45 AM 27 comments

Microsoft Google

TechSpot's top big tech stories of 2022: Why is Amazon building CPUs?

Consumers are becoming more aware of personal privacy

By Shawn Knight , December 31, 2022, 7:24 AM

Electronics

Amazon's drone-delivery service rolled out in California and Texas

Service is limited to two towns for now, but Amazon will establish more hubs over time

By Cal Jeffrey , December 29, 2022, 12:49 PM

Hardware

Intel Core i9-12900K/KF CPU prices drop close to $400

One of our favorite chips is discounted by 41%

By Rob Thubron , December 20, 2022, 6:58 AM

Hardware

The Nvidia RTX 4080 is Newegg's best-selling GPU, but the card doesn't make Amazon's top 20

Who's more reliable?

WTF?! We've seen plenty of reports about weak RTX 4080 sales, but is Nvidia's expensive Lovelace product really that unpopular? Not according to Newegg, whose list of top-selling graphics cards is topped by the RTX 4080. Amazon, however, has some very different figures.

Full story By Rob Thubron , December 16, 2022, 8:35 AM 49 comments

Tech Culture

Henry Cavill to star in and produce Amazon's Warhammer 40,000 series

A dream job for the former Witcher and Superman star

By Rob Thubron , December 16, 2022, 6:15 AM 17 comments

Gaming

Amazon teams with Crystal Dynamics to publish the next Tomb Raider game

Made with Unreal Engine 5

By Shawn Knight , December 15, 2022, 3:17 PM

Gaming

Amazon is giving away 10 more PC games to Prime subscribers

Pick up Dishonored 2 and several classic SNK games

By Shawn Knight , December 13, 2022, 11:16 AM

Hardware Gaming

Amazon refused to refund a customer who received putty-filled fake graphics card

Amazon demanded the "real" item be returned

By Rob Thubron , December 8, 2022, 6:19 AM 32 comments

The Web Industry

Amazon shopping has gotten worse and less reliable thanks to ads

In other news, the sky is blue

By Matt Frusher , November 28, 2022, 5:13 PM 33 comments

Electronics Industry

Amazon's hardware group faces steep losses, Alexa monetization efforts flounder

Amazon Echo's future is uncertain

By Shawn Knight , November 22, 2022, 1:14 PM 11 comments

Tech Culture

Billionaire Jeff Bezos advises people to be careful with their money this holiday season

Bezos is worth $120 billion

By Rob Thubron , November 17, 2022, 10:38 AM 26 comments

Industry

AI-powered Amazon warehouse robot performs the "repetitive tasks" carried out by human workers

Employees are unlikely to be excited by Sparrow

By Rob Thubron , November 11, 2022, 10:15 AM 23 comments

Industry Apple

New lawsuit alleges Apple and Amazon have engaged in "price fixing" since 2019

Attorney want to end restrictions on resellers and monetary damages

By Cal Jeffrey , November 10, 2022, 3:18 PM

The Web

Amazon Prime members can now shuffle play entire 100 million song catalog

From two million to 100 million tracks

By Shawn Knight , November 1, 2022, 12:04 PM 9 comments

Tech Culture Gaming

Amazon reveals first official look at the Fallout TV show

A glimpse of the future

By Rob Thubron , October 26, 2022, 7:48 AM 16 comments

Car Tech

Many people think driver assistance features make a car fully autonomous

Keep your hands on the wheel

By Rob Thubron , October 11, 2022, 10:55 AM 10 comments

Industry

Amazon halts Scout delivery robot field testing, will reassign employees to other projects

You win some, you lose some

By Shawn Knight , October 7, 2022, 9:59 AM 9 comments

Electronics

Amazon refreshes Echo speakers to act as Eero mesh network nodes

Each speaker can add up to 1,000 sqft at 100Mbps to your network

By Cal Jeffrey , September 29, 2022, 4:22 PM

Industry

Amazon wants some customer service reps to work remotely as part of broader cost-cutting push

A win-win for employer and employee, but what about Amazon customers?

By Shawn Knight , September 29, 2022, 9:58 AM

The Web

House of the Dragon beats The Rings of Power on pirate sites

In a nutshell: While not a widespread phenomenon anymore, piracy continues to drive a significant amount of Internet traffic around the world. TV shows like House of the Dragon and Lord of the Rings are particularly popular, even though the former seems to be way more interesting for P2P pirates.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia , September 26, 2022, 12:04 PM 43 comments

The Web

Amazon confirms a Prime Day-style sales event will take place next month

Will the Prime Early Access Sale be a success?

In brief: Amazon has confirmed reports from earlier this year by announcing that the platform's second major shopping event will take place on October 11 and October 12. The two-day sale will offer plenty of discounts for Prime Members and run in 15 countries, including the US.

Full story By Rob Thubron , September 26, 2022, 10:09 AM