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Intel’s 14th-gen Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs are selling at record-low prices on Amazon, with the Core i9-14900KF at $369.99 and the Core i7-14700KF at $279.99. DDR4 support remains a key draw amid high DDR5 costs.
Team Group’s Delta RGB DDR5-5200 kit is $389.99 after a $70 discount; its Vulcan Eco DDR5-6400 and Corsair’s DDR5-6000 kits are both $459.99 with $90 and $70 off respectively. All are available exclusively at Newegg.
The M5 Pro MacBook Pro runs Cyberpunk 2077 natively — but Apple hasn’t announced the M5 chip yet. Engadget tested it. No price, no India launch, no M5 Neo confirmation. Mac gaming is possible. It’s just not simple.
Amazon has dropped seven desktop PC deals early — including a $150-off M6 Mac Mini, a 33%-off Dell Pro Tower, and sub-$350 Kamrui mini PCs — all live on Amazon.com as of October 5. Prime membership isn’t required to purchase, though it unlocks extra savings.
AirPods Pro 3 are $179 on Amazon U.S. — down $70 — as part of Amazon’s October Prime Big Deal Days, running October 6–7, 2026. No AirPods 5 discounts yet; AirPods Max 2 drop to $429 in the U.S. only.
Apple’s M6 Mac mini is on sale for the first time — $1,299 in the US, down from $1,399 — as Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days kick off early.
OpenAI is rolling out invisible watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex text output in the European Union — starting this week.
Etched, the four-year-old AI chip startup, is fielding investment offers valuing it between $40 billion and $50 billion — up from $21 billion in September — as it builds proprietary hardware for AI inference.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Edition Nintendo Switch Pro controller is $69.99 at Woot — today only. It’s compatible with the Switch 2, but lacks rear paddles, GameChat, a headphone jack, HD Rumble 2, and wake-on-press.
Apple has seeded the third developer betas of iOS 27.2, watchOS 27.2, tvOS 27.2, visionOS 27.2, iPadOS 27.2, and macOS Golden Gate 27.2. The Health app overhaul—featuring readiness scoring—is now under active testing.
Google is testing an expansion of its Gemini Call for Me feature to handle personal calls — not just business ones — according to APK teardown findings reported by Android Authority and cited by The Verge.
Apple has confirmed a hardware-level cellular failure affecting some iPhone 18 Pro Max units on AT&T’s network — and it cannot be fixed with software.
Reatan A8 at $519. Kamrui P2 at $569 — down $360. Glorlin AI Mini at $570. ACEMAGIC M5 at $573. All nine are fully configured, globally shipped, and priced below $600.
Home Assistant can replace $455/year in smart home subscriptions — no cloud lock-in, no monthly fees.
HeyPolo, built by Surfshark’s team, launches globally as a cross-platform family safety app with real-time driving monitoring, arrival alerts, crash detection, and a 67% discount for early sign-ups.
The Pixel Watch 5 is discounted for the first time — up to $70 off at Amazon — and the Steph Curry Special Edition variant has hit its lowest price yet.
The 2026 MacBook Air 13-inch with Apple’s M5 chip is $200 off — $1,099 — during Amazon’s October Prime Day sale.
Amazon’s standard Kindle drops to $104 for Prime Big Deal Days — its lowest recent price, with added perks and a new color. Not the new flagship. Not a global price. Just two days.
HP has slashed $2,200 off the Omen 35L gaming PC, bringing it to $2,799 — a 44% discount — ahead of Amazon’s October Prime Day. The deal is live on HP.com and applies to a configuration with an AMD Ryzen 7 CPU, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD, and an unannounced NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU with 16GB GDDR7 VRAM. No pricing or availability is given for India or other regions.
Gears of War: E-Day runs on Xbox Series S using SSD-as-RAM — a targeted, frame-aware memory offload strategy confirmed by The Coalition’s technical director.
Halo: Combat Evolved now runs in a web browser with 128-player multiplayer. Lego Racers — the 1999 kart racer — is playable on Android, Steam Deck, and iPhone via Safari. And The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time boots on modern Windows PCs without emulation...
Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter Smart Play set is $55.95. The Botanicals Flowering Cactus is $25.55. The City Police Motorcycle Chase is $4.89. All live now on Amazon US.
The Galaxy S26 series is back at launch pricing — and in some cases, cheaper — for 48 hours starting Sunday, October 6, as part of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event. The sale ends Monday, October 7.
OpenAI is adding visual ads to ChatGPT and rolling out EU text watermarking — two separate, regionally staggered changes hitting later this month.