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16 storiesAmazon October Prime Day includes vacuum deals, US outlets report
Amazon’s October Prime Day sale, also called Prime Big Deal Days, is underway with discounts on vacuum cleaners, according to CNN, NBC News, Wired and The Verge. NBC News said the sale runs through October 7 and vacuum deals reach up to 56%…
Amazon's October Prime Day runs October 6-7 as outlets round up deals
Amazon's October Prime Day sale, also called Prime Big Deal Days, is running from October 6 through October 7, 2026. NBC News, The Verge and CNN published roundups of discounted products at price points under $50, under $25 and on seasonal …
Apple and LG co-develop smart home devices including doorbell, lock and thermostat
Bloomberg reports that Apple and LG have co-developed a line of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, smart deadbolt lock, indoor and outdoor security cameras and a floodlight camera. The products are expected to carry…
Amazon October Prime Day Sale Runs Through October 7 With Lightning Deals
Amazon’s October Prime Day sale, also called Prime Big Deal Days, is running now through October 7. It features Lightning Deals, limited-time and limited-quantity discounts available to Prime members. Outlets including CNN Underscored, NBC …
GameStop raises used PS5 Pro price to $1,400, above new console's MSRP
GameStop is listing pre-owned PlayStation 5 Pro consoles at $1,399.99 on its website, up from $800 and above the $899 sticker price of a new console. A leaked memo to employees, which a GameStop subreddit moderator said had been vetted, tol…
MTS builds geopositioning network for Yandex autonomous transport on four highways
MTS has built a high-precision geopositioning infrastructure for managing Yandex’s autonomous transport, TASS and CNews reported, launched on the M-11 “Neva”, M4 “Don”, M-12 “Vostok” and Central Ring Road highways and in Moscow, St Petersbu…
Amazon’s October Prime Day sales event prompts deal guides from US outlets
Amazon’s October Prime Day sales event, which The Verge calls Prime Big Deal Days, drew deal coverage from tech and business outlets on October 6. CNN described it as a two-day event and the first of several savings periods running through …
Putin opens first battery cluster complex, urges localization in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the opening of the first complex in a Moscow electric battery production cluster that Russia must increase battery output, improve technology and raise localization, including by developing mineral d…
Japan farm ministry orders Fukui seafood firm over mislabeled Echizen crab gifts
Japan's agriculture ministry issued a measures order on Oct 6 against Fukumaru Foods, a seafood processor in Echizen Town, Fukui Prefecture, for labeling products as Echizen crab while using mizugani, a crab not counted as Echizen crab. The…
Warhammer Survivors to launch November 10 on PC, consoles and mobile
Auroch Digital's Warhammer Survivors will be released on November 10 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and iOS and Android, with a new gameplay trailer published alongside the announcement. The game is made i…
Warhammer Survivors to launch November 10 at $7.99, with new demo out now
Auroch Digital and Vampire Survivors developer poncle said Warhammer Survivors will launch November 10, 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2 and mobile, priced at $7.99. A new demo is available now on PC via…
Hands-on previews: Nintendo Switch Sports Resort returns to Wuhu Island ahead of Oct. 22
Tech outlets published hands-on previews of Nintendo Switch Sports Resort, an upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 game that CNET said costs $50 and is due Oct. 22, 2026. The game returns to Wuhu Island, adds island exploration and 12 activities, and…
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Launches, Free for Amazon Prime Members via Luna
Star Wars: Galactic Racer, a roguelike-inspired racing game from Fuse Games, is out now on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S and Amazon Luna. Amazon said Prime members can stream its single-player campaign at no extra cost through …
Bureau 1440 unveils satellite terminal line, including compact concept
Russia's Bureau 1440, part of IX Holding, presented a line of subscriber terminals for its low-orbit satellite broadband service at the Digital Solutions forum. The serial 1440.ULTRA offers data rates up to 700 Mbit/s, while the 1440.MINI i…
Docomo and Hokkaido's Kaminokuni start trial of remotely monitored bear-control fence
NTT Docomo and Kaminokuni Town in Hokkaido began a joint demonstration on Oct 6 of a system that remotely monitors bear-control electric fences and automatically cuts power to a faulty section. The trial runs until Nov 30 at a forest site n…
Yandex Lavka extends robot delivery to 130 darkstores across Russia
Yandex Lavka’s delivery rovers now serve 130 of the service’s 736 darkstores in Russia, one in six, according to TASS and CNews. Rovers delivered 10,000 orders a day as of September 2026, and the service plans to connect at least 270 more d…