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Amazon is hosting yet another Prime Day sale this fall, called Amazon Prime Big Deal Days. This sales event is a great opportunity to check items off your holiday shopping list and also to save some major dough on Amazon devices.Also: The best October Prime Day deals live nowLike other Amazon-branded devices, Echo speakers, smart displays, and other smart home peripherals see their biggest discounts of the year during Prime Day in July and October. These discounts are often bigger than the ones you’d find during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Read below for the best deals on Amazon Echo devices we’ve found so far.Our favorite early Amazon October Prime Day Echo device dealsEcho Pop with Sengled smart bulb More

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale may not start until Oct. 8, but the deals are already popping up. The event, popularly known as October Prime Day, features some of the year’s best discounts on Amazon products, including Fire TVs and Fire TV accessories. Aside from being a great time to buy Amazon devices, the sale also lands right on the cusp of the holiday season, so you can use it to make a dent in your Christmas shopping list. Also: The best October Prime Day deals live nowFire TVs are smart televisions available under the Amazon brand and through partnerships with other TV manufacturers, such as Toshiba, Insignia, and Panasonic. Prime Day typically features the biggest discounts on Amazon-branded Fire TVs, but there are some eye-catching deals from other makers, too.We’ve gathered the best Fire TV deals from now through the October Prime Day event to ensure you get your money’s worth on your next TV purchase.Our favorite early Amazon October Prime Day Fire TV dealsAmazon Fire TV 4-Series 43-inch More

Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days sale — also known as October Prime Day — kicks off Oct. 8. You’ll be able to snag killer deals on all sorts of fun tech gifts for friends, family, or yourself. And as we roll into the event, Amazon has already begun to cut prices for computer monitors that are perfect in multiple use cases.Also: The best October Prime Day deals live nowThe monitor discounts in the lead-up to Prime Day range from $50 up to $100 off the original prices, sometimes more. We did our due diligence by collecting the best Prime Day deals for computer monitors and putting them all together down below. There’s something for everyone in our roundup. We have gaming monitors, home office screens, cheap options, expensive displays, and more.Our favorite early Amazon October Prime Day monitor deals More

Did you spend the last several months outside enjoying brat summer, only to realize your kitchen is woefully unprepared for the colder months? As evidenced by our signature color, ZDNET certainly did. But don’t worry — if you haven’t cooked since before Amazon’s July Prime Day sale, several deals on kitchen appliances are returning for Prime Big Deal Days, the retailer’s October sale event. Also: The best October Prime Day deals live nowHoliday hell breaks loose as soon as Halloween is over, so to prepare, we’ve rounded up the best kitchen deals available now, before October Prime Day even begins next week. Our team has included everything from coffee machines to vacuum sealers and not one, but two types of popcorn makers. We’ll keep updating this list throughout the sales event, so check back here regularly for new discounts on kitchen appliances. Our favorite early Amazon October Prime Day kitchen dealsNespresso Vertuo Plus Coffee and Espresso Maker by De’Longhi in Grey More

Our Echo Pop, known as Ziggy, has become a staple in our home. Maria Diaz/ZDNETThe Echo Pop More

October Prime Day is a great time to kick off your holiday shopping, but it’s also just as good as a time to swipe up extra savings on everyday products and affordable tech. Plus, with other major retailers like Walmart More

If you missed out on all the great TV deals during Amazon’s July Prime Day sale, you have another chance to save big on some of the best TV models from Samsung, Sony, LG, and more during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event, which runs Oct. 8-9. And with so many early discounts on great smart TVs, you don’t even have to wait for the official sale to snag a new TV on the cheap.Also: The best Prime Day deals right nowRival retailers like Walmart More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETIf you’re seeing SOS mode on your phone today, you’re not alone. Verizon, the largest wireless carrier in America, is experiencing a massive outage that’s affecting users across the US.Around 10 a.m. ET, users reported that they could not call, text, or use cellular data. Many added that their phones were in SOS mode.Also: Verizon is adding satellite texting as soon as this fall, but not for all devicesPhones enter SOS mode when not connected to their carrier network, either because they are in an area with poor coverage or because of a technical problem. Given that most of today’s reports are from major cities, this issue seems to be the latter.  More