Amazon's eReaders are best-in-class, and offer a legitimate opportunity for distraction-free reading. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. The right Kindle will reignite your love of reading. Using a Kindle may seem unnecessary in a world where reading books, articles, and any other text on a phone or tablet is easy. Carrying around a dedicated mono-tasking device will add weight to your load, and it's another gadget to keep track of and charge. Yet Kindles remain popular because they only have one job and do it very well: let you carry and consume the stories that captivate you. A Kindle's e-ink screen won't reflect the sun when reading outdoors, unlike the reflective LCD displays used on phones and tablets.

There's no better time than one of Amazon's sale events to treat yourself to a new Kindle. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. If you're in the market for a new Kindle, the best Amazon Prime Day Kindle deals are underway right now. This is the best time--well, now and any other Amazon sale event--to get a new Kindle, no matter what model you're looking for.

The new Alexa is powered by a more responsive AI. (iStock) Amazon is taking Alexa to the next level with the help of AI. Amazon just announced Alexa, an updated assistant powered by generative AI. The idea is to make Alexa more human, so she can help you control all your devices and get more done. The U.S. Alexa launch is set to happen over the next few weeks, and will start with the Echo Show 8, 10, 15, and 21 devices. It can have more in-depth conversations, understand colloquial expressions and think through complex ideas.

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. The line between home and office has never been blurrier, so getting someone you love a gift that helps them cut down on their list of chores, improve their productivity, or help them relax has become incredibly thoughtful. This can mean gifting something practical, like a more comfortable office chair or an extravagantly large 4K TV. Many of these gifts are appropriate for both homeowners and renters, too. If you live with the person you're gifting these home upgrades to, you also benefit, which is a nice holiday bonus. One of the keys to a happy home during the holidays (or any other time) is a smart home, and a smart home needs a fast, consistent connection to the Internet. Eero's latest Wi-Fi routers support the latest wireless standard (Wi-Fi 6E), supporting speeds of up to 2.3 Gbps. For reference, Netflix recommends just 15Mbps to stream video in 4K, which is only .006% of the routers' total potential bandwidth. If you're shopping for someone who pays for a fast internet connection but finds their devices don't get the speeds promised--or they have places in their home where their wireless connection is spotty--this is the optimal solution. Amazon says this two-pack of Eero routers can cover an area of up to 4,000 sq. Every home or office needs an all-in-one printer for when a document needs to be scanned, printed, or copied.

Today might be Amazon's big sale day--it just kicked off its second Prime Day called Big Deal Days--but Best Buy is also running an eye-catching list of deals right now. Whether you're looking for a new laptop, earbuds, or even … checks notes … Amazon devices like Kindles and Echos, we've rounded up the best deals during Best Buy's Flash Sale shopping event. It runs through October 11 until 10 pm PT (1 am ET on October 12). Note: Most of the deals are available to everyone, but a select few are exclusive to My Best Buy members. Make sure you're logged in to your account.

Black Friday is finally here and if you haven't started your holiday shopping, now's the best time to do so. While we've seen some of our favorite gadgets go on sale since the start of November, today's the day you're almost guaranteed to find the best prices of the year across laptops, TVs, speakers, tablets, wearables and much more. But, as usual, the sheer volume of deals across the web today makes it even harder to pick out the gems among them. There are absolutely tech "deals" out there today that are not worth your time. To make ease the burden of deal-hunting, we collected the best Black Friday tech deals we could find right here.

Amazon Prime Day is here. The mega-retailer's two-day sales event for Prime subscribers is in full swing, and there are plenty of deals on some of our favorite gear and gadgets, from Alexa-enabled speakers to robot vacs to laptops and tablets. The WIRED Gear team tests products year-round. We sorted through hundreds of thousands of deals by hand to make these picks. Crossed out products are out of stock or no longer discounted. Our Amazon Prime Day coverage page has the latest stories, and our Prime Day Shopping Tips will help you avoid bad deals. You can also get a 1-year subscription to WIRED for $5 here. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Prime Day is the best time to pick up a new Amazon device, whether that's a Kindle, Fire tablet, or Echo speaker--they're unlikely to get cheaper than this.

Amazon loves to make up sales, and this week's promotion is all about Epic Daily Deals. In press releases, Amazon said the deals are supposedly "Black Friday–worthy." The vast majority of the deals featured in the sale we've seen so far have been OK discounts on OK gear. If you want true Black Friday pricing, you'll likely need to wait until the end of November to see it on a wide scale. However, this year, holiday shipping deadlines will be tighter than ever, so it's smart to try to get a head-start on holiday shopping if there's something you have your heart set on.

This Wednesday, there are great deals on Kindles, smart alarm systems, and more. If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA Today's newsroom and any business incentives. There are sales happening every day, all around you. But if you aren't looking for them, you might miss a killer discount on something you've wanted to buy for ages but have been waiting for the right time.

It's difficult to think of 2018 as a year with anything worth celebrating. But despite all the bad news the year dealt us, there were successes -- if you know where to look. In all corners of tech, we saw wins big and small. There were advances in obvious categories like laptops, smartphones and the connected home, but we also looked outside the mainstream for some of the more surprising gems. Think mini synthesizers for music nerds, retro emulators for nostalgic gamers and e-readers for modern book snobs. Humanity also collectively triumphed, as our space exploration programs broke new frontiers this year and we began to confront the increasingly real question: Should we all just move to Mars? We're just two weeks away from what is hopefully a much better 12 months, and the Engadget team took some time to commemorate our favorite gadgets and trends in tech.