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 The Apple Watch Series 10 returned to its all-time low price at $70 off this week on Amazon, marking the highlight of this week's deals. You can also find ongoing discounts on Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S25 smartphones, M2 MacBook Air, and AirTag.
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This Roku TV is a fantastic deal for anyone looking for an affordable spare TV for their home.
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With its 20,000mAh capacity, this Iniu portable charger has enough juice to fully recharge a MacBook Air or Steam Deck and still have some left over. Or it can recharge your Samsung S23 or iPhone 15 over three times and still keep going with a bit more. It's universally compatible and works with phones, tablets, laptops, earbuds, smartwatches, and more.
It doesn't just have a large capacity — while still being TSA-compliant for flights, mind you — but it charges quickly, with a max output of 65W through its primary USB-C port (when used alone). With both USB-C ports charging simultaneously, it can output 45W and 20W, respectively. A third USB-A port can push 18W of charging to a third device.
Not to mention that this thing is pretty compact, at least compared to other large-capacity power banks in its class. At 5.87 inches long, 2.87 inches wide, and 1.06 inches thick, you can easily carry it around with you in a bag or even deep pockets.
It's a solid deal, no doubt about it. Grab this 20K power bank for cheap on Amazon while you can — it won't stay this price forever.
Get peace of mind for your portable devices for just $36
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Take Amazon, which just hiked the price of its individual Music Unlimited plan to $11.99 a month, or $10.99/month for Prime members. The new price is effective immediately for new subscribers, while existing users will see the price hike on their next bill, TechCrunch reports.
That price increase brings Amazon's music streaming prices up to par with Spotify's, which raised its individual Premium plan to $11.99 a month last June. (Spotify's Family and Duo plans got price hikes, too.)
Meanwhile, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Tidal are holding the line at $10.99 a month for their music streaming plans—so for now, if you want to stream unlimited tunes, doing so on those services is a relative bargain.
But that's probably not going to last for long, and if I had to wager, I'd bet Apple, YouTube, and likely also Tidal will all hit that $11.99-a-month price for individual music streaming before the year is up. Qobuz, meanwhile, already charges $12.99 per month (discounted to $10.83 per month if you pay up front for a one-year subscription).
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Fast forward to 2025, and streaming is the nightmare. It splits up everything you want to watch across a dozen different platforms, all of which now have ads just so they can make you pay to remove them. They remove content constantly, they're full to bursting with things you don't care about or need (Hades the video game, a dozen horrible Christmas movies every year, and NFL games on the same ticket, what?) and the price is always, always, always going up.
From the consumer perspective, streaming video services are objectively worse than they were a decade ago. Frankly, these services are absolutely milking and bilking their users. There's no real alternative at this point, at least if you want to watch new shows or the occasional streaming-exclusive movie that isn't terrible. But there are ways to maximize your enjoyment and minimize your money spent.
Step one: quit.
Quit early, quit often
This isn't a new idea — I first heard about it from my colleague Eric Ravenscraft years ago, and we
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Yet another streaming service is raising its prices. This time, it's Amazon Music Unlimited that's getting more expensive. Prime members will pay $11 a month or $109 a year for an individual plan, up from $10 and $99, respectively. Listeners who aren't part of Prime will see their monthly rates change from $11 to $12 for the individual plan. The family plan is also seeing increased prices, from $17 to $20 per month and from $169 to $199 for a year.
The new pricing structure took effect for new customer sign-ups on January 29. Current subscribers will be charged the updated rates in their next billing cycle on or after March 5.
The FAQ detailing the increased costs states that the change will bring listeners "more content and features," which was the same rationale given when Amazon Music Unlimited previously raised its fees in 2023. The service has added the ability to borrow Audible audiobooks and a
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