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Amazon deals discount Kindle, Fire TV Stick, and more devices for Prime members - Ars Technica

Amazon deals discount Kindle, Fire TV Stick, and more devices for Prime members - Ars Technica


Amazon deals discount Kindle, Fire TV Stick, and more devices for Prime members - Ars Technica

Posted: 19 Sep 2019 10:05 AM PDT

Dealmaster: A bunch of Amazon devices are on sale for Prime members today
Ars Technica

Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with another round of deals to share. Today's list is headlined by a new round of discounts on Amazon devices, including the company's Fire TV Stick streamers, Fire tablets, and Kindle e-readers, among others. The catch? Most of the discounts are for Prime members only.

Still, that covers a whole lot of people, and a few of the discounts here either match or come close to the prices we saw during Amazon's Prime Day event in July. The company's latest (and waterproof) Kindle Paperwhite, for one, is down to $90, while the entry-level Kindle is down to $65. Both are $5 more than they were on Prime Day. At $50 and $30, respectively, the Fire HD 8 and Fire 7 are now matching their Prime Day prices and are still generally worthwhile choices for people wanting to spend as little as possible on a tablet. The Fire TV Stick 4K and 1080p Fire TV Stick aren't as steeply discounted, meanwhile, but they're both $15 off for those in need of a new streaming stick. The company's Cloud Cam security camera and Echo Show 5 smart display are significantly discounted for those who don't have Prime, too.

The big caveat here is that Amazon is announcing new hardware of some sort next week. The company held an event last September where it mainly introduced new Echo devices and other smart home accessories, so it's not certain that the Fire and Kindle devices here will be replaced, but there's at least some chance that these discounts are designed to clear out inventory. Still, most of what's here is a good value all the same. And if you're not interested in having more Amazon in your life, we also have deals on Roku streamers, Logitech keyboards and mice, external hard drives, and more. Have a look at the full rundown below.

Note: Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.

Table of Contents

Top 10 deals of the day

Amazon device deals

  • Prime only: Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K HDR media streamer for $34.99 at Amazon (normally $49.99).
  • Prime only: Amazon Fire TV Stick 1080p media streamer for $24.99 at Amazon (normally $39.99).
  • Prime only: Amazon Fire TV Recast (500GB) over-the-air DVR for $169.99 at Amazon (normally $229.99).
  • Prime only: Amazon Fire HD 8 (16GB, ads) tablet - 8-inch 1280x800 for $49.99 at Amazon (normally $79.99).
  • Prime only: Amazon Fire 7 (16GB, ads) tablet - 7-inch 1024x600 for $29.99 at Amazon (normally $49.99).
  • Prime only: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (8GB, ads) e-reader for $89.99 at Amazon (normally $129.99).
  • Prime only: Amazon Kindle (4GB, ads) e-reader for $64.99 at Amazon (normally $89.99).
  • Amazon Cloud Cam 1080p security camera for $89.99 at Amazon (normally $119.99).
  • Amazon Echo 5 smart display for $64.99 at Amazon and Best Buy (normally $89.99).

Laptop and desktop PC deals

  • Apple Mac Mini (late 2018) - Intel Core i3-8100B, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD for $699 at Amazon (normally $749.99).
  • Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 laptop - Intel Core m3-7Y30, 12.2-inch 1920x1200 touch, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC for $399 at Best Buy (normally $449.99).
  • Asus ROG Strix G gaming laptop - Intel Core i5-9300H, 15.6-inch 1080p 120Hz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD, GTX 1660 Ti 6GB for $999 at Walmart (normally $1,299).
  • Lenovo ThinkPad P53 mobile workstation laptop - Intel Core i7-9750H, 15.6-inch 3840x2160 OLED touch, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Nvidia Quadro T2000 4GB GPU for $1,484.45 (use code: THINKSEPT - normally $1,899).
  • Dell XPS Tower desktop - Intel Core i7-9700, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti for $949.99 at Dell (use code: DTXPSAFF1 - normally $1,399.99).
  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 8-core/16-thread desktop processor for $197.99 at Amazon and Newegg (normally $239.99).

Video game deals

Gaming deals

TV and home entertainment deals

Electronics deals

Accessories and miscellaneous deals

  • LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V 21309 kit (1,900 pieces) for $99.99 at Amazon (normally $119.99).
  • Instant Pot Ultra (6qt) electric pressure cooker for $83.77 at Amazon (normally $109).
  • Anker PowerPort Atom III wall charger - 60W, 45W USB-C PD, 1x USB-A for $31.99 at Amazon (normally $42.99).
  • Anker Roav Viva smart car charger - Alexa, 2x USB-A for $19.96 at Amazon (clip 11% coupon - normally $35.99).
  • Anker PowerWave Pad wireless charger - 10W for Galaxy phones, 7.5W for iPhone for $9.99 at Amazon (use code: LABOR2503 - normally $17.99).
  • Anker PowerLine II 3-in-1 charging cable - USB-C, microUSB, Lightning for $11.24 at Amazon (use code: ANKER8436 - normally $17.99).

Nvidia Tesla T4 GPUs now available on Google Cloud in beta - ZDNet

Posted: 16 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST

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Google on Wednesday announced that Nvidia's Tesla T4 GPUs are now available on the Google Cloud Platform in beta. In November, GCP became the first cloud provider to offer the T4 GPUs via private alpha.

The T4 is now available in Brazil, India, the Netherlands, Singapore, Tokyo and the US. With T4s across eight regions globally, Google is promising customers low latency. Other GPUs in Google's lineup include the Nvidia K80, P4, P100 and V100.

The T4 is the best GPU in Google's portfolio for running inference workloads, Google notes, but it's also well-suited for machine learning training workloads. It's also the first data center GPU to include dedicated ray-tracing processors.

The T4's 16GB of memory supports large ML models, or running inference on multiple smaller models simultaneously, Google notes. The V100 GPU is the go-to choice for ML training workloads, but the T4 offers a lower price point.

Meanwhile, the T4 is baesd on the Turing architecture, which combines ray-tracing and AI inference for a hybrid kind of computer graphics rendering. Ray-tracing is a rendering technique that creates realistic lighting effects. Google is also supporting virtual workstations on T4 instances, so designers can run rendering applications from anywhere.

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