Tag: Amazon

Stores can tune prices to your location, your history, even your mouse movements. Five moves beat the algorithm at checkout.

Consumer Reports testers caught one dozen eggs selling at five different prices, at the same store, at the same moment. About 75% of grocery items showed different prices to different shoppers, and that can cost a family of four up to $1,200 a year. The FTC found pricing systems that read your location, your abandoned cart and your mouse movements. Here’s how to price-check like the pros.

🤖 Don’t replace it yet: Gadgets make old tech feel new

Inside: 10 add-ons give older TVs, laptops, cars and other tech modern features without a major upgrade.

They live in a convent, pray for hours a day and rack up millions of views on TikTok. The “Media Nuns” figured out something the rest of us haven’t.

A Catholic sister in a full habit has 198,000 TikTok followers, and one convent video pulled 3.4 million views. The twist: Her order has been chasing the newest media for over a century, from printing presses to trending sounds. Meanwhile, monks in the Wyoming mountains run a thriving online coffee business. How the most unplugged people in America mastered the most online thing there is, without letting it master them.

More than half of America watches TV with subtitles on. It’s not your hearing. Here’s the free 2-minute fix and the gadgets that finish the job.

Turn it up, now it’s blasting, turn it down, have to rewind, “what did she SAY?” A survey found over half of Americans keep subtitles on, mostly because the audio is muddled. The real culprits: razor-thin TVs with speakers firing at the wall, theater sound mixes crammed into your living room and streaming compression.

Researchers tested 17,000 apps for secret eavesdropping. What they found instead should change your settings tonight.

It’s America’s most-argued tech question. You mention dog food once, and the ad shows up an hour later. Scientists tested 17,000 apps and found zero secret recordings. But one media firm bragged about “Active Listening” tech, Apple paid $95 million over Siri misfires, and 2,230 companies are quietly feeding Facebook your shopping habits. The way ads REALLY find you is creepier than a hot mic. Plus the 5-minute settings fix.

Amazon has five hidden discount sections, up to 70% off, and none of them are on the home page. Here’s where they hide.

Amazon hides five clearance sections you’ll never see on the home page. Resale, Outlet, Haul, Renewed and a coupon page, with markdowns up to 70% off. Here’s how to find them all.

💧 The weekend hackers came for the water

Hackers hit 30+ Minnesota water systems over two days. Here’s what could’ve happened, along with your 15-minute prep plan.

The always-on gadgets quietly draining your power bill, and the $10 fix

Every blinking clock and standby light is on your electric bill. A $10 gadget stops it and doubles as a burglar deterrent while you travel.

📚 Be head of the class

Save on headphones, a Chromebook, dorm essentials, plus more smart buys for students, parents and working pros. Up to 44% off.

That mystery package isn’t a gift. It’s a warning about your data.

That unordered package on your porch isn’t a shipping error. It’s proof a scammer already has your name and address, and the new ones ship with a QR code the FBI says can plant malware. Keep the item, skip the code, then lock down your passwords.

You bought it. They can still switch it off.

Companies are quietly bricking gadgets you already paid for or locking the features behind a subscription. Here’s how to spot the problem and how to buy around it.

Your phone can translate a conversation in real time

Live translation quietly arrived in phones, earbuds and glasses. Talk to almost anyone, in almost any language. Here’s how to set it up before your next trip.

This July 4, declare independence from the subscriptions draining your wallet

Fireworks are free. Those three streaming services you forgot you’re paying for are not. Here’s how to hunt down and cancel every sneaky recurring charge in under 15 minutes.

Red, white and deals: Amazon’s 4th of July sale is sparking up serious savings

Inside: Summer upgrades, cooling gadgets and vacation gear are all marked down. Up to 57% off.

The cloud isn’t in the sky. It’s a warehouse near you, and it’s on your power bill, your water and your taxes

Every photo, text and ChatGPT question runs through a real building full of computers that never sleep. Here’s why those buildings are quietly showing up on your electric bill, draining your town’s water and pocketing your tax dollars.

Amazon jumped the gun. Prime Day deals are here.

Inside: A 55-inch Fire TV, smart home upgrades, cleaning gadgets and travel essentials. Up to 50% off.

Three companies just confirmed data breaches in one week. Here’s what to watch for.

One Medical, Kodak and Novo Nordisk all confirmed breaches within days of each other, putting millions of records at risk. A health care network, a household name and a major drugmaker, all hit by the same wave of attacks. Here’s what each breach exposed and what to do if you’re affected.

7 companies owe you money. Here’s how to claim every dollar.

Amazon, Trader Joe’s, Bank of America, Krispy Kreme and more settled lawsuits over sneaky fees, bad receipts and data breaches. Payouts run from $3.25 to $5,000, most claims take five minutes and the first deadline is Tuesday.

The Amazon return trap: How a secret algorithm could ban you for life

Amazon tracks every return you make. When your ratio tips the wrong way, they can permanently ban your account with no warning, no appeal and no refund on your Prime membership. Here’s what the threshold looks like and how to protect yourself.

Amazon’s secret bargain store has over a million items under $20

Most people don’t know Amazon built its own Temu. It’s called Amazon Haul. The hidden gems of $5-$10 are legit, backed by real Amazon protection.