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The Kasa Smart Plugs Mini EP25 four-pack is down to its lowest price yet
16Apr By adminNo Comments
Technology

The Kasa Smart Plugs Mini EP25 four-pack is down to its lowest price yet

There's something truly nice about not having to get up when you realize that light across the room is still on. If you're looking for that ease then check out the current sale on our favorite smart plug. The Kasa Smart Plug Mini EP25 four-pack is on sale for $32.58, down from $50. The initial deal cuts its price to $37.58 with a $5 coupon available at checkout (though its limited to one per order).Kasa SmartThe Kasa Smart Plug Mini EP25 works with Android and iOS devices and offers assistant support from Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and Samsung SmartThings. The plug has a stable connection, and you can give each one a unique name for easy control. The app is also clean and intuitive to use, with features such as timers, vacation mode and schedules.There's also a deal on Amazon's Smart P...
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Amazon Pay To Introduce Credit On UPI Option
15Apr By adminNo Comments
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Amazon Pay To Introduce Credit On UPI Option

Amazon India is partnering with the National Payments Corporation of India. Over 100 million customers are using Amazon Pay UPI for different transactions, like shopping, bill payments, online purchases from merchants and sending money to others.Amazon Pay is planning to launch credit options using the unified payments interface (UPI) to its customers. The company is partnering with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).According to the Financial Express, Vikas Bansal, Amazon Pay India’s whole-time director, said, “Improving customer experience and value proposition is one of our key goals, and we’re partnering with NPCI to work towards this initiative. Credit on UPI is a significant milestone we’re looking forward to achieving.”Over 100 million customers are using Amazon Pay ...
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‘Fallout’ Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun
11Apr By adminNo Comments
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‘Fallout’ Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun

Nolan tasked Fallout showrunners Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet with threading that particular needle. The pair chose to center the series around three protagonists, played by Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell, and Aaron Clifton Moten, all of whom enter the story at a turning point in their lives. As a cowboy movie star turned ghoul, Goggins’ character is cold and lawless, a set of emotions you have to imagine stems from the loss he’s felt in the 219 years since the first bombs fell. Moten is Maximus, a former orphan who joins up with the paramilitary tech protectors in the Brotherhood of Steel and stumbles his way into a chance at greatness. Purnell is Lucy MacLean, a naive Vault Dweller who sets off into the Wasteland in pursuit of her kidnapped father (Kyle MacLachlan).“All of th...
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Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism
9Apr By adminNo Comments
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Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism

The tech giants have overthrown capitalism. That’s the argument of former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who became famous trying to defend debt-laden Greece from its German creditors. Varoufakis has never quite regained the notoriety of 2015. But he has remained a prominent left-wing voice. After a failed campaign for a seat in the European Parliament in 2019, he plans to run again this June. This time, his adversary isn’t Berlin or the banks. It’s the tech companies he accuses of warping the economy while turning people against one other.Courtesy of Penguin Random HouseVaroufakis is also a prolific author; his 17th book, written as a letter to his techno-curious father, chronicles the evolution of capitalism from the 1960s advertising boom, through Wall Street in the 1980s, to...
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More Amazon shoppers are scamming sellers with fraudulent returns
9Apr By adminNo Comments
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More Amazon shoppers are scamming sellers with fraudulent returns

Amazon makes it so easy for consumers to return products that some shoppers are taking advantage of the policy and scamming sellers. One small business owner who used to sell clothing and accessories on Amazon described a customer returning a pair of flip-flops on an order for Nike cleats. Another shopper swapped a Coach wallet for an imitation accessory, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. "Amazon sellers get all kinds of junk returned back to them," Wall Street Journal reporter Sebastian Herrera, the author of the report, told CBS News.  He said another business owner that sells households items received cable boxes and dirty soap bars back from buyers making returns. "It's really anything you can imagine. People ship all kinds of junk b...
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Amazon’s Prime Gaming titles for April include Fallout 76 and Chivalry 2
4Apr By adminNo Comments
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Amazon’s Prime Gaming titles for April include Fallout 76 and Chivalry 2

Amazon is to Prime members at no extra cost for the month of April. Leading the bunch is Fallout 76, a multiplayer take on the post-apocalyptic franchise. There’s also the hack and slash adventure Chivalry 2 and around a dozen more.Fallout 76 is just the latest title in the series to hit Prime Gaming, likely to coincide with of the Fallout TV show. It experienced mixed reviews upon release, with many complaining about an overall lack of purpose in the gameplay and a blandness in the design. Other people simply enjoyed wandering around a post-apocalyptic West Virginia with their buddies.The game’s available for PC and, interestingly, Xbox consoles. People can download it from GOG for PC and Amazon will hand out a code to Prime members for an Xbox download. Fallout 76 will be available on...
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Amazon Spent $3.1 Million On Anti-Union Consultants In 2023
3Apr By adminNo Comments
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Amazon Spent $3.1 Million On Anti-Union Consultants In 2023

Amazon spent more than $3 million on anti-union consultants last year in its continuing effort to keep organized labor out of its delivery network, according to disclosures filed Saturday with the Labor Department.The Seattle-based retail giant has been ringing up a large tab hiring “persuaders” who try to convince workers not to form unions. It doled out more than $14 million on such consultants last year as well.Employers are required to disclose such spending when the consultants speak directly to workers about unionization. The figures cited in the forms generally would not include money Amazon spent on in-house work against unions or legal advice aimed at undermining organizing efforts.Companies often pay $3,000 or more for each persuader per day, as a HuffPost investigation detailed...
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Amazon to show ads in Prime Video movies and shows starting January 29, 2024
27Dec By adminNo Comments
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Amazon to show ads in Prime Video movies and shows starting January 29, 2024

Expert advice: Update your subscriptions Expert advice: Update your subscriptions 02:28 Amazon will begin airing ads in its Prime Video television shows and movies on January 29. That means Prime Video subscribers, who pay $139 per year for a Prime membership, will see "limited" ad interruptions starting on that date, Amazon said Tuesday in a statement to customers. People who pay for the stand-alone Prime Video subscription, which costs $8.99 per month, will also see...
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5 Best Mattresses on Amazon (2023): Leesa, Linenspa, Zinus
14Dec By adminNo Comments
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5 Best Mattresses on Amazon (2023): Leesa, Linenspa, Zinus

Buying a mattress online is easy and efficient. A box comes to you with no need for a truck or professional movers. Just lug the bed-in-a-box inside, crack the cardboard, slash open the plastic wrap, and watch the mattress spring into shape. Want it extra fast, without having to make a new account? Order a mattress on Amazon! With Prime taking over the world, you can buy a relatively cheap mattress today and sleep on it tomorrow night.The drawback to online shopping is you can't test a showroom of mattresses until you find the perfect fit. Add in the fact that Amazon reviews can be gamed by bad actors, and it's hard to know what's worth your time and what's not. WIRED has done the work for you, spending at least a week if not longer sleeping on some of the best-rated mattresses on Amazon—...
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