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It’s about that time of the year to turn on the heat, warm up some cocoa, and curl up in your reading nook. If you’re running out of space for physical books to enjoy, Amazon’s newest Kindles can hold thousands of digital ones, and some are on sale as part of the retailer’s ongoing Cyber



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While the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale events are arguably the best times of the year to pick up most gadgets, they’re also a great time to save on subscriptions and services you may already have or that you’ve been wanting to try. Whether it’s an audiobook service like Audible, streaming service like Peacock or an online learning subscription like MasterClass, you can typically find good


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Wendy Altschuler visited the Taj Mahal when she traveled back to India with her husband and three kids.
  • In college, Wendy Altschuler studied abroad in India.
  • She traveled back 20 years later, eager to bring along her husband and three sons.
  • It showed her how different it feels to travel in your 20s alongside students versus exploring with kids in tow.

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What can you get for under $50? Turns out, quite a bit. For Cyber Monday, we’re seeing dozens of deals for smaller devices like speakers and Bluetooth trackers, as well as accessories like cables and chargers — all of which fall well (or just) below the $50 mark. Of course, if we added every random speck of cheap tech, this list could be a hundred miles long. 

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There are two (well, technically, three) optimal times of the year to pick up Echo speakers, Kindle ereaders and other Amazon devices: Amazon Prime Day (now multiple days) and the Black Friday and Cyber Monday time period. While Amazon likes to save its steepest discounts for its members-only shopping event, it’s a safe bet that we’ll see the same deals (or similar ones) during Black Friday and


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Matt Guy bought a traditional Japanese house in a ski town in Japan.
  • Matt Guy moved to Japan in 2023 and bought a traditional house in a ski town for $6,000.
  • He lives in the two-story house — that was built in the '60s — with his Japanese partner.
  • He hopes that people will not buy property in Japan solely because it's cheap or trendy.

Matt Guy visited Japan for the first time during a six


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AirTags are not only some of the best Bluetooth trackers you can get right now, but they also make a useful, affordable gift for anyone in your life who has an iPhone. Cyber Monday Apple deals have brought the price of a four-pack down to $73, which is only $3 more than their all-time-low price. That brings the cost per AirTag down to $18.25, which is currently cheaper than if you were to buy just



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Cyber Monday is nearing its end, but there's still time to grab a good TV at a decent price. If you’re hoping to make a living room upgrade but aren’t sure which set to get — and you don’t want to fall victim to the many junky deals retailers throw out this time of year — we’re here to help.

We’ve spent the past several days scouring reviews and checking price histories to figure out which Cyber


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Whenever Verge staffers are asked to describe their favorite games, smart tech, desktop accessories, or whatever, they are free to talk about things they recently bought, things they picked up 10 years ago, or things they’ve had sitting around their house for decades. Unsurprisingly, many of those items are on



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We’re big Lego fans here at Engadget, so it’s not difficult for us to understand why the building block sets are some of the first items to sell out during the holiday shopping season. Kids and adults alike seek out Lego sets all year round, and they make particularly good gifts. Whether you know your recipient loves Star Wars or Super Mario, or they don’t have a fan-favorite franchise and just



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Tesla began deliveries of the Cybertruck in 2023.
  • Tesla told employees on its Cybertruck production line that they didn't need to report to work for the next three days.
  • Regular scheduling will resume on Friday, the company told staff.
  • Tesla shortened production hours for the Cybertruck line earlier this year.

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