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Amazon Prime Day has officially arrived, bringing with it an abundance of deals spanning all price points and categories. And while many of the steepest discounts in the world of tech are reserved for premium noise-canceling headphones and TVs, there are still plenty of budget-friendly gadgets and gizmos on sale for those looking to pick up cheap(er) basics, fitness bands, or one of several AAA games for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X / S, or PlayStation 5. Here are a handful of Prime Day tech deals you can nab for $50 or less: Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4K Max Amazon’s latest Fire TV Stick 4K Max, which can showcase artwork and widgets when idle, is down to just $34.99 for Prime Day. The bulk of the sub-$50 highlights below…

Sling TV Adds 4K Streaming for Free The game is taking place at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. | Photo: Maddie Malhotra / Boston Red Sox / Getty Images Sling TV is adding 4K streaming at no extra charge. The service is kicking off its higher-resolution streams with the Fox Sports MLB All-Star Game broadcast in 4K tonight at 5PM PT / 8PM ET. But you’ll need the right Roku or Amazon Fire TV device (see this list) for 4K to work. The game is available to Sling Blue subscribers who live in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, and other major cities. Beyond the All-Star Game, Sling says it will offer other 4K sports broadcasts, including the 2024 Paris Olympics and college or NFL football games that are…

The Best Apple Deals for Amazon Prime Day 2024 The Best Apple Deals Available for Amazon Prime Day 2024 Thanks to Amazon Prime Day, you don’t need to wait until Black Friday this year to save big on Apple gadgets. Despite being an Amazon event, some of the best deals surprisingly include popular Apple products, ranging from the high-end latest AirPods Pro to the entry-level third-gen AirPods — both of which have new all-time low prices. It’s not just AirPods that are receiving steep discounts, though, but also the Apple Watch Series 9, the latest iPad, and other excellent Apple devices. Below, we’ve rounded up the cream of the crop to make diving through the deals easier. If you’re interested in deals outside of the Apple ecosystem, check out our…

Tolino Vision Color: Tolino starts new e-reader with stylus The colorful e-book reader Libra Colour from the Canadian company Kobo was already presented to you in April. A quarter of a year later, the device is now also coming to the German market under the branding of the Tolino Alliance and is being marketed here as the Tolino Vision Color. Starting today, the device is officially available for 199 euros, the accompanying stylus, Tolino Stylus, is available for 69.99 euros from the Tolino Alliance partners. These include not only leading German book retailers such as Thalia, Mayersche, Weltbild, Hugendubel, and Osiander but also Libri, with its approximately 1,300 independent bookstores across Germany. Together, they position the duo of Tolino Vision Color and Tolino Stylus as perfect for the summer and…

The Best Prime Day Gaming Deals The Best Prime Day Gaming Deals Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge If you’ve worked hard this year, you deserve to play even harder, and you can do that on a modest budget with some of the Prime Day gaming deals available right now. Amazon’s Prime Day 2024 sale is currently live and offers plenty of discounts on video games, controllers, headsets, storage, and other gear and accessories to level up your experience. We’re seeing new all-time low prices on some of the top games that have released over the past couple of years. There’s a healthy assortment of titles to consider, whether you’re playing on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, or Xbox Series X / S. There’s also quite a few deals for…

The Best TV and Streaming Device Deals for Prime Day The Best TV and Streaming Device Deals for Prime Day Yes folks, I am happy to report that the briefcase TV is on sale. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Conventional wisdom says that if you want the very lowest prices on a 4K TV you wait until Black Friday / Cyber Monday in November, but Amazon’s Prime Day can offer some solid discounts during the dog days of summer. And what you plug into your TV is just as important, especially since many modern TVs have terrible built-in audio that sounds tinny or leaves spoken dialogue difficult to hear, and app interfaces that are slow and annoying to use. Thankfully, some of these shortcomings can be countered…

The OnePlus Pad 2’s Vibrating Stylus Feels Almost Like Writing on Paper The OnePlus Pad 2’s optional Stylo 2 stylus vibrates to simulate the feeling of pen on paper. With a larger 12.1-inch screen now powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform, the new OnePlus Pad 2 brings several performance upgrades to the company’s original tablet. But the most interesting is an optional new stylus accessory that simulates the pen on paper experience using vibrations. The new Stylo 2 stylus is now made with a leather-like material, offering improved grip, a jump from 4,096 to 16,000 levels of pressure sensitivity, swipe controls, and a linear motor inside that makes the tip vibrate to give you that feeling of a pen writing on paper. There are other improvements as…

The Best Prime Day Phone and Accessory Deals You Can Get Right Now Take a couple hundred bucks off the price of a Pixel 8. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge It’s the most Prime-iest day of the year, which is to say, Prime Day is back. Also back: some of the best prices of the year on phones and accessories. It’s an especially good time to stock up on things like chargers, cables, and stands, but if you’ve been waiting for a good price on a Pixel phone or one of Motorola’s new foldables, well, your patience is about to be rewarded. The Best Prime Day Samsung Galaxy Deals Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra - $XXX (Original price $YYY) Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 - $XXX (Original price…

Bird Buddy’s New AI Update Lets You Name Your Backyard’s Frequent Flyers Bird Buddy’s New AI Update Lets You Name Your Backyard’s Frequent Flyers The Bird Buddy smart bird feeder is getting a collection of new features as part of a recently announced Nature Intelligence update. The feeder’s ability to identify the species of a visiting bird is being expanded, and users will now get notifications when individual birds stop by. The company describes the Bird Buddy’s new Name That Bird feature as being a non-invasive form of bird tagging — a practice that usually keeps tabs on the movements of birds using trackers or tags physically attached to their legs. The Bird Buddy instead relies on images captured by the smart feeder’s camera and AI image recognition that can…

The Best Prime Day Deals for Some of The Verge Staff’s Favorite Gadgets The Best Prime Day Deals for Some of The Verge Staff’s Favorite Gadgets Amazon’s fall Prime Day event is underway! For more deals we recommend across all categories, check out our full roundup. Every month or so, we like to ask our staff about their favorite stuff — whether it’s board games, smart tech, or kitchen gadgets. And the results are usually very different, very interesting, and a lot of fun. Since Amazon is currently pushing a lot of deals through its current Prime Day sales, we looked through some of our recent “favorites” articles and found deals on a lot of the devices we like. So we thought we’d list a few in case you have…