Tag: gizmodo.com
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Amazon Slashes the Best-Selling Levoit Air Purifier, Now Cheaper Than a Box of Allergy Meds
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/levoit-air-purifier-1200×675.jpg”] Most allergy sufferers spend $20 to $30 a month on antihistamines that treat symptoms without addressing the source. The Levoit Core 300-P air purifier removes the pollen, dust, pet dander, and smoke particles that trigger those symptoms in the first place, and Amazon currently has it at $79, down from its regular…
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Forget Prime Day, Amazon Dropped the Apple Watch Series 11 to the Price of a Basic Watch
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/02/AppleWatch-Series-11-1200×675.jpg”] A decent no-name watch from a department store costs anywhere from $150 to $400 and tells you the time. The Apple Watch Series 11 does that too, and it also monitors your heart rhythm, detects sleep apnea, takes ECGs, spots signs of hypertension, and calls emergency services if you’re in a car…
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Trump’s Push for ‘Ultrafast’ Meat Processing Could Make a Brutal Industry Even Worse
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/10/meat-grocery-store-1200×675.jpg”] In February, the United States Department of Agriculture announced two proposed changes to federal rules governing the rate of production in meat processing plants—a move advocates say would endanger workers, public health, and the environment. One proposed amendment would raise the maximum line speeds in poultry slaughter from 140 birds per minute…
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With Summer Coming, Amazon Drops the Newest Kindle Paperwhite to Its Best Price
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/03/kindle-paperwhite-1200×675.jpg”] Summer travel has a way of making people remember they meant to read more. The newest Kindle Paperwhite is the right time to act on that: Amazon has the 16GB ad-supported version at $134, down from its regular $159, and the version without lockscreen ads at $154, down from $179. Both are…
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Forget the New Fitbit Air, Amazon Just Made the Charge 6 So Cheap It’s the Obvious Choice
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/07/Fitbit-Charge-6-Fitness-Tracker-1200×675.jpeg”] Google announced the Fitbit Air this week, a screenless fitness tracker that goes after the Whoop crowd and positions itself as the next generation of the brand. Amazon responded the same way it usually does when a new product drops: by making the previous generation significantly cheaper. The Fitbit Charge 6 is…
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This Is the iPad Most People Should Buy, and Amazon Just Made It Cheaper Than It Has Any Right to Be
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/ipad-deal-1200×675.jpg”] The iPad lineup has gotten complicated over the years, with Pro, Air, and mini versions all targeting slightly different use cases at very different prices. The standard 11-inch iPad is the one that cuts through all of that: it does everything most people actually need a tablet to do, and Amazon currently…
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The Best You Can Do in the Strait of Hormuz Simulation Game Is Mess Up as Little as Possible
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/bottleneck-game-1200×675.png”] It was only a matter of time until someone came up with a game based around the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway that has spent the last couple of months in a perpetual quantum superposition of “open” and “closed.” In fairness, Bottleneck isn’t the first Hormuz-themed game—Sweep the Strait, a Minesweeper clone…
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Amazon Sells This 50-Inch 4K Smart Fire TV for Less Than Most Dumb TVs
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/06/insignia-fire-tv-1200×675.jpg”] Most people assume a 50-inch 4K smart TV costs significantly more than a basic screen with no apps and no streaming built in. The Insignia F50 makes that assumption wrong: Amazon currently has it at $179, down from its regular $299 (40% off) which puts a Fire TV with Alexa, 4K HDR,…
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Forget Your Heavy Dyson, This Shark Vacuum Is Half Price on Amazon
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/shark-rocket-vacuum-1200×675.jpg”] Dyson makes excellent vacuums. They also weigh a lot, cost a lot, and require a lot of convincing before you pull the trigger. The Shark Rocket Ultra-Light vacuum solves two of those three problems immediately: Amazon currently has it at $99, down from its regular $199, which is half price for a…
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Why Humans Are Obsessed With Numbers Too Big to Understand
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/huge-numbers-book-top-e1778186932383-1200×675.jpg”] One subway ride in NYC costs $3. Gizmodo has been around for 24 years. The Sun is just one of some several hundred billion stars in the Milky Way, which is also just one of some trillions of galaxies in the universe. In science, a hypothesis is better tested if it’s weathered…