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When is Amazon’s Spring Sale 2025? Amazon’s Spring Sale occurs from Tuesday, March 25 to Monday, March 31, 2025. However, there are a lot of deals leading up to the days before. Are deals really better during Amazon sales? Amazon sales are a great opportunity to shop decent savings, especially on flagship Amazon products. However, Walmart, Best Buy, and other retailers have great offerings. We’ll be cover the best Amazon Spring Sale deals now through March 31, including top offers from other major retailers. How did we choose these Spring Sale deals?ZDNET’s experts scour the internet on deals we would want to buy ourselves, have a good brand reputation, or products we review on our site. We search for deals 20% off or more and deals we rarely see across the board. We also use reviews from real people- Reddit, Amazon reviews, and our colleagues to understand what deals are the best to recommend so we can provide the best money-saving information. Looking for the next best product? Get expert reviews and editor favorites with ZDNET Recommends.What are the best early Amazon Spring Sale 2025 deals?ZDNET’s experts are searching through early Amazon Spring Sale deals to find the best discounts by category. These are the best early deals so far:You can also find the best early Amazon Spring Sale deals by price:And the best deals from other retailers this week: More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETI’ve been covering Macs for over a decade, and my preferred Mac is mostly been the M3 MacBook Air over the past year. That’s why I’m thrilled to see Amazon running discounts for multiple configurations during its Spring Sales event. Right now, you can purchase an M3 MacBook Air More

Jason Hiner/ZDNETRight now, Walmart is selling the Apple Watch Series 9 More

Boston Dynamics / ZDNETIf there’s ever an Olympics for robots, we might have found the American entry for breakdancing.In a recent video, Boston Dynamics shows off what Atlas has been up to lately, and it’s probably one of the most impressive things I’ve seen from the company. The robot isn’t just picking things up and moving them around anymore; it’s showing off some eerily human moves. [embedded content]Impressive human movesThe video starts by showing Atlas walking and then running. The walking was a little stiff, but the running was perfectly human-looking. Next, the robot “crawled,” in the company’s words, but it looked more like a series of mountain climber exercise movements. It was extremely fluid, but Atlas was just getting started. Also: The clever Roborock robot vac with a mechanical arm is finally available for preorderAfter showing a tuck-and-roll style move, Atlas shows off a front handspring before breakdancing (a quick search tells me it’s a move called a “coffee grinder” or “helicopter”) and then finishes with a cartwheel. The moves were impressively human, especially the cartwheel. More

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Maria Diaz/ZDNETIs your smart TV slow to respond or stuttering during scenes? You’re not alone — many people experience laggy performance and choppy playback. The good news? A few simple fixes can get things running smoothly again. Also: The default TV setting you should turn off ASAP – and why it makes such a big differenceModern TVs have plenty of features and apps (and services that run in the background) that can slow them down over time. Fortunately, some simple actions can rectify your flatscreen’s sketchy performance. More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETSpring has officially arrived, and Verizon is blooming with a sweet deal for new customers. If you sign up for a Verizon 5G Home Plus internet plan More