I'm always on the look-out for the best home office gear and desk gadgets. And with Amazon launching its Early Prime Deals ahead of Prime Day on October 6-7, I've been digging through the sale to find the more interesting upgrades for home and office workspaces. Sure, we all want a nice wireless mouse, a mechanical keyboard, and a comfortable office chair. But I wanted to find the hidden gems that go beyond the basics, to create an office setup that's more tailored, efficient, and, dare I say it, a lot cooler.

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Even though we're waiting for Amazon to kick off its Prime Big Deal Days sale at the start of next month, the retailer is already running several strong tech offers this weekend. So, I've taken a look through the latest batch and picked out 16 of the best deals that I'd recommend buying now across laptops, appliances, health and beauty, and accessories.

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One of the strongest offers that even surprised me when I saw it is this Kindle Scribe for £279.99 (was £429.99). It stands out because it's a record-low price for the ereader and e-ink notepad hybrid with 64GB of storage, which is rare to see outside of a major sales event. I guess Amazon didn't want to wait around until Prime Big Deal Days to make this one available.

Elsewhere, you can find a handy and highly-rated Dreo Electric Heater for £39.99 (was £64.99), this great value Fitbit Inspire 3 for £59 (was £84.99), and a powerful Microsoft Surface Pro for £949 (was £1,629).

A good range of solid offers, then, for a fairly random weekend in the middle of September. Do have a browse through all of my top picks below, and be sure to check in with TechRadar from October 6, when we'll be sharing all of the best deals from Prime Big Deal Days.

This weekend's 16 best deals at Amazon UK

Currently part of Amazon's Early Prime Day deals line-up, the Geekom AX8 Max is a well-designed compact mini PC that proved ideal for day-to-day desktop tasks in our tests.

• Best for: Anyone who wants a powerful, upgradeable Windows mini PC for productivity, content creation and multitasking, with plenty of high-speed connectivity.

• The deal: The Geekom AX8 Max Silent Mini PC is $585 (was $649) at Amazon

• Why it matters: It's a desktop-class mini PC with a compact chassis you can tuck out of sight. The dual 2.5GbE LAN and USB4 ports make it ideal for home networking and multi-monitor setups.

Why we recommend it

In his four-star review, our expert Alastair said it was "a great option for any office" and added: "The speed of this mini PC is boosted by one of the fastest SSDs in this price bracket. The CPU and GPU flex their power, offering decent multimedia editing alongside solid performance for standard office use."

Price context & historical value

Amazon has reduced the Geekom AX8 Max from $649 to $584.10, a saving of $64.90 or 10% off the listed price. That's a solid discount, but it's not the cheapest we've ever seen it. It fell as low as $499 in October 2025, which is about $85 less than today's deal price.

Should you buy it?

✅ Buy the Geekom AX8 Max if...

You want an upgradeable Windows mini PC with extensive connectivity and enough processing power for productivity, content creation and heavier multitasking.

❌ Skip the Geekom AX8 Max if...

You're a dedicated gamer who wants high-end performance out of the box without attaching an eGPU via USB4.

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Missed out on the deals from Amazon Prime Day in July? Good news: the online retail giant has revealed the dates for its Prime Big Deal Days sales event in Australia, and it’s earlier than we expected.

Like Prime Day, this event will run for 7 days from 12:01am on September 29 to 11:59pm on October 5, 2026, just in time for the Labour Day (or King’s Birthday) long weekend if you’re in New South Wales, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. It’s also much longer than the Prime Big Deal Days event in the US, which is only for 48 hours from October 6 to 7.

Amazon Australia is also holding the event a week earlier than it did last year, when it ran from October 7 to 13, 2025. We think this move is meant to provide a bit more breathing room before the Black Friday 2026 sales in late November, and also to adjust for the earlier Prime Day in July.

As the Prime Big Deal Days sale is meant to be a teaser for Black Friday, the event doesn’t usually have discounts as deep as what we typically see during Prime Day in July or Black Friday itself but, with the dates shifting a week earlier, there’s still a chance that we could see record-low prices on popular and premium tech.

We’ll be keeping an eye on prices of the best headphones, best tablets, best cameras and more, and we’ll cover the sale live when it starts in just over a week’s time. So expect to see discounts on brands like Apple, Samsung, Dyson, Breville and more, as well as with Amazon’s own range of products like Kindle ereaders, Echo smart speakers and Ring video doorbells.

Like Prime Day, we expect the best prices to be exclusive to Amazon Prime members, though a few offers will be widely available, too. If you’re interested but not yet a Prime member, you can sign up for a 30-day free trial. Starting a subscription now will make you eligible to shop the upcoming deals, and you can cancel it immediately after if you aren’t keen to keep paying.

Otherwise, staying on as a Prime member after your free trial will cost AU$9.99 per month, or AU$79 for an annual membership. Other benefits you can get with a Prime membership are the Prime Video streaming service, Amazon Music and Amazon Luna gaming, plus a two-year free subscription to DoorDash — find out more in our in-depth guide to what is Amazon Prime in Australia.

It’s also never been a better time to be a Prime member as Amazon Australia has expanded its same-day delivery service in Sydney and Melbourne with more items eligible for overnight delivery. Adelaide, the Central Coast, Newcastle, Geelong, Canberra and more cities now also have same-day delivery.

Get ready for Prime Big Deal Days

While Prime Big Deal Days may not be as big as July Prime Day or Black Friday, we still expect the number of deals to go into the thousands, and browsing through the Amazon Australia site could still get overwhelming. But fret not, as TechRadar will help you find the best tech deals in real-time and have them all listed in our dedicated live Prime Big Day Deal Days hub. Check in as often as you can to ensure you won’t miss out on some of the best discounts, as we expect some will go live in a flash and sell out very quickly.

In the meantime, here are 5 of our top early deals to shop right now.

Amazon Prime Day kicks off on October 6-7, but already there are some big savings to be had with the site launching its Early Prime Day deals for Prime members (sign up here). And, as a dedicated remote worker, I've gone through everything currently on sale to find the 12 best Early Prime Day home office deals under $50.

I've included a range of gear for professionals here, like Logitech's excellent Brio 101 webcam and silent wireless mouse (perfect for shared workspaces). But there's also ergonomic essentials like neck massager and an anti-fatigue mat for under your desk. Exactly the sort of sub-$50 gadgets you need to survive the workday.

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• Fire TV owners spotted an issue that prevented sideloading on compatible Fire TV models
• This convinced users to believe that Amazon was clamping down on sideloading on older devices
• Turns out it was just a bug, and Amazon is rolling out a fix soon

There's a dedicated community of Amazon Fire TV Stick owners who like to sideload apps on their devices. However, a recent issue seemed to block the feature, leading to users worry that the tech giant was removing sideloading for older devices to match the lack of sideloading capability on the latest Fire TV Stick HD.

Turns out, it was just a bug. It's been plaguing Fire TV owners for the past month, and was first spotted by users when Amazon rolled out an update that effectively stopped Downloader, a popular sideloading service developed by AFTV News, from working.

Soon after, similar services started vanishing from the ‘Install unknown apps’ list in Fire TV settings, mainly ones that can install apps from sources that aren’t the official Fire TV app store.

While the bug didn’t invade every Fire TV device, it was enough to make users suspicious that Amazon was cracking down on the feature. Without Downloader and similar apps, you can’t grant permission for them to install other apps.

Thankfully, Amazon has confirmed that a fix is on the way, sharing the following with AFTV News:

"There was a bug in a recent Fire TV Settings update that caused the 'Install unknown apps' list to appear incomplete or empty on some Fire TV devices. We have identified the cause and a fix will roll out in an upcoming Fire TV Settings update, installed automatically on affected devices over the coming week."

According to AFTV News, the update will be installed to your Fire TV device automatically and will likely arrive as a component update. You can also check for it by going to Settings > My Fire TV > About > Check for updates.

Of course, this all still only applies to the older devices — anything powered by Amazon’s own Vega OS, which is taking over from the Android-based Fire TV OS in newer models, will likely never have sideloading abilities.

This mini PC deal is one for Nintendo fans. The Acemagic X3 mini gaming PC is designed to look like a certain 1980s games console, with some surprisingly powerful specs that make it very versatile.

• Best for: Anyone who wants a compact Windows PC for light gaming, content creation and everyday work, with distinctive retro console styling.

• The deal: The Acemagic X3 mini gaming PC is $575 (was $639) at Amazon. Direct from Acemagic it's $549 (was $799) and in the UK, the X3 is now £439 (was £699).

• Why we like it: It's not just the unique retro console style that we like about the X3. You get an eight-core Ryzen 7 H 255 processor, Radeon 780M integrated graphics, 16GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD. There's also USB4, six USB-A ports, 2.5Gbps Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6E and support for three displays.

Today's best mini PC deal

• Direct from Acemagic: now $549 (was $799) in the US and £439 (was £699) in the UK

Why we recommend it

We're big Nintendo fans here (our hardware editor has owned every system since the NES - just don't get him started on the Wii U). So, this is the perfect mini PC for those that want to bring that retro console feel to the home office. This is more than gimmicky styling though, with great specs, upgradeable storage, and a USB4 port for connecting an external graphics card for more intensive titles and creative workloads like 3D rendering and video editing.

Price context & historical value

For a few brief days, the Acemagic X3 was down to $539 via coupon at Amazon as one of the site's Early Prime Day deals. That's now risen to $575. So, it's not the cheapest ever price, and it's even cheaper direct from Acemagic at $549. In the UK, going direct to the maker is the only way I've found to get your hands on this Nintendo-inspired desktop.

Should you buy it?

✅ Buy the Acemagic X3 Mini Gaming PC if...

You're a Nintendo or vintage console fan looking for a compact PC powerful enough for work and gaming.

❌ Skip the Acemagic X3 Mini Gaming PC if...

You want to play demanding modern games at high settings without using an external graphics card, or want to upgrade RAM later, as the memory is soldered to the motherboard.

Complete the retro look: NES-themed PC accessories

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Amazon has announced that its Prime Big Deal Days sale will return for another year, effectively kicking off the Black Friday sales season on October 6 - 7.

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The event is similar to its regular Prime Day sale in the middle of the year, with 48 hours of deals exclusively available for Prime members. Whether it's your first time hearing about it or you're a regular, I've brought together everything you need to know.

As we've come to see over the last few years, Amazon has hosted the Prime Big Deal Days sale mainly as a teaser of what to expect from the retailer's full Black Friday sale in November. While it's not made up of all the exact same deals, many products do pop up again in the later sale, which can help you plan any spending you want to do.

In its announcement, Amazon has confirmed several featured brands, including Lego, Shark, Braun, Anker, and many more, with new deals promised across tech, home, fashion, toys, and essentials each day. It's almost guaranteed that many of its own-brand tech will feature in the sale, too, such as Blink, Ring, Fire TV, and Kindle.

Even with recent price hikes, I'm hopeful that we'll at least see a few products down to record-low prices in the sale — or at least the cheapest we've seen them so far this year. That'll be more likely with Amazon products, though, so I wouldn't expect any out-of-this-world bargains on RAM or storage, for example. Sorry to dash any hopes.

Still, there should be some strong deals available in some categories — and we'll be here to bring you all of the very best ones we recommend right here at TechRadar. And if you want to be prepped for the sale, new subscribers can sign up for a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime.

This is one of the cleverest docking stations I've ever seen from Anker (or anyone else for that matter). This 13-in-1 dock with a detachable hub supports everything from triple display output to 100W laptop charging over a single cable.

• Best for: Remote workers, creators, gamers, and office professionals who want a multi-monitor setup at home with a compact travel hub for on the move.

• The deal: The Anker Nano 13-in-1 dock is discounted to $120 (was $150) at Amazon. In the UK, the dock is now £100 (was £130).

• Why we like it: This docking station features 13 ports, with support for three-monitor set ups, and a 100W PD for charging smaller devices like phones and laptops. But what really stands out to me is the detachable 6-in-1 hub. So, you can leave the bulky main hub on your desk and take the small unit with you on the commute.

Why we recommend it

The triple display support is the main draw for a home office upgrade. Switching from a single laptop screen to two or three monitors through one cable is one of the most noticeable productivity upgrades you can make to a desk setup.

Anker's combination of two HDMI ports and a DisplayPort covers most monitor configurations without adapters. This allows up to 4K at 60Hz on a single screen, or dual 2K at 60Hz.

The detachable 6-in-1 hub is a genuinely practical design choice. It means the dock doesn't have to be an all-or-nothing desk fixture; you can pull the smaller hub off and take it with you when you only need basic connectivity away from your main setup.

100W of pass-through charging is enough for most laptops on the market, so this can realistically replace your laptop's charger at the desk while also handling displays, Ethernet, and peripherals through the same cable.

Price Context & Historical Value

A $30 drop from $149.99 to $119.99 is a 20 percent discount. Third-party price tracking shows this dock has dipped as low as $104.49 previously, so $119.99 is a solid price but not the lowest it has ever been. It is still a meaningful saving over the regular price for anyone who has been waiting to buy.

Should you buy it?

✅ Buy the Anker Nano docking station if... you want to run two or three monitors off a single laptop cable, you need Ethernet for a more reliable home office connection than Wi-Fi, or you want a hub that detaches into a smaller, travel-friendly piece when you do not need the full docking setup.

❌ Skip the Anker Nano docking station if... your laptop or monitors cannot make use of triple display output, you need faster charging than 100W for a larger laptop, or you are looking for the absolute cheapest single-purpose USB-C hub rather than a full docking station.

The Catch: What to know before you buy

Since macOS doesn't support Multi-Stream Transport over USB-C, and this docking station use a single-cable setup, monitors will mirror the main screen, instead of showing independently. That's not an issue on Windows. User reviews also note that charging speed can be slower when the dock is also driving multiple displays and peripherals at once, so heavy multitaskers with power-hungry laptops should keep expectations realistic.

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• Amazon is still selling fake 'energy-saving' plugs despite having pledged to remove them
• Which? first spotted them in 2025, and Amazon said they had been removed
• The retailer promised to remove them for a second time in August, but they're still available to purchase

Fake ‘energy-saving’ plugs are one of the biggest tech scams, and they’re still being sold on Amazon even though the retailer promised MPs it would remove the product listings.

Liberal Democrat MP Joshua Reynolds highlighted the dangers of the plugs — which can pose a fire risk — during a hearing back in June, calling for the retailer to take accountability.

In August, Amazon’s UK Director of Public Policy, Monica Ariño, issued a letter to the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee saying the devices had been removed from sale, adding that there was "a technical issue in [our] automated classification system that was preventing some of these products from being proactively detected".

This isn’t the first time Amazon has promised to remove fake plugs. Back in 2025, Which? first spotted these ‘energy-saving’ plugs and approached retailers with their findings, resulting in their removal from stores. However, identical products were found on Amazon just weeks later.

Despite Amazon's most recent pledge to remove the plugs from sale, they're still available to purchase from the retailer. We’ve checked Amazon UK’s page and found that these products are still live — the Telegraph (£) has also spotted similar listings.

Now, Reynolds says he’ll be writing to Amazon asking for an explanation, adding that "Amazon has got some proper questions they have to answer. These are exactly the same products tested by Which?". He also claims that these plugs are appearing as sponsored ads at the top of Amazon’s listing pages.

As mentioned, these devices were first spotted during a test carried out by Which?, for where it tested eight devices from sites including eBay, AliExpress, Shein, and TikTok Shop. It found no evidence that the plugs actually worked, and noted that it would be illegal to sell them in the UK, as they didn't meet basic safety standards.

So how are these plugs claimed to cut your energy bills? Based on the product listings we’ve found, Amazon’s ‘energy-saving’ plugs are advertised as ‘voltage stabilizers’ and ‘surge protectors’, and are claimed to significantly cut your energy bills by optimizing the performance of your household appliances.

At a time when energy bills are increasing, it’s an easy sales pitch to make, and they’re also affordably priced (usually around the £10-£15 mark), making them seem to be a worthwhile puchase.

However, it's claimed that the devices are a fire hazard, and also pose an electrocution risk. According to the tests conducted by Which?, more than half of the plugs’ socket pins were either too small, not straight, or were so frail they just snapped off.

Other tests found that some of the plugs failed to meet basic safety measures due to poor manufacturing, including non-standard capacitors and soldering.

Amazon hasn't yet commented on the current status of these product listings, or responded to the latest claims. We've asked the company for a comment, and will update this story if we get a response.

No, it's not Prime Day, and we're still a couple of months away from Black Friday. But out of nowhere, Amazon has dropped the 64GB model of the latest Kindle Scribe to a record-low price. You can head over to the retailer right now to pick up the Kindle Scribe at Amazon for £279.99 (was £429.99).

The previous generation model may have been cheaper than this, but this newer version offers the Premium Pen, new writing features and some genuinely useful AI additions as standard. And while the lower-capacity 16GB model has been discounted more as well, it's only been £15 cheaper, so you don't pay a lot extra for a lot more storage space.

The Kindle Scribe combines the functions of Amazon's immensely popular ereaders with the smooth and natural writing features of e-ink tablets. That means you can enjoy your favourite books while also making annotations, taking notes, reviewing documents, journaling, and creating lists using the included pen.

The device also sports a large 10.2-inch 300ppi glare-free high-resolution display, with an adjustable warm light and auto-changing front light like the Kindle Paperwhite to ensure a clear and comfortable reading experience in all conditions.

Ultimately, if you're looking for an advanced ereader and journal all in one, the Kindle Scribe is a top option.

Today's best Kindle Scribe deal

• A GAO report requested by Bernie Sanders lists Amazon among the top employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients in every state that supplied employer data
• Amazon's capital expenditure guidance for 2026 has risen from $200 billion to $220 billion citing AI demand as a primary driver
• Amazon contests the findings, stating the rankings used do not account for the employer's workforce numbers

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published a report claiming Amazon is among the largest employers of Americans who rely on food stamps and Medicaid.

The report, requested by US Senator Bernie Sanders, who is the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, was released publicly on July 22 2026, a month after it was sent to the senator.

The study is not the first of its kind: the GAO published the same in October 2020 at the request of the same committee, though Amazon was far less dominant on the list at a cursory glance.

A report that paints a worrying trend, but fails to provide a complete picture

GAO collected employment records from 15 agencies across 11 states, all of them the same agencies that supplied the 2020 data, and asked for a snapshot of September 2025.

The office then estimated the 25 employers in each state with the most enrollees. The resulting document showed Amazon near the top of every list: It ranked second in five states for Medicaid enrollees, and second or third for SNAP recipients in six different states. Adding the state figures links the e-commerce giant's employee list to 11,338 Medicaid enrollees and 12,346 SNAP recipients.

The report does not, however, directly or indirectly address AI, data centers, or Amazon's Capex ambitions, or point to a particular trend as a snapshot of a single month of data, and it fails to draw a direct comparison with its 2020-based iteration.

It has drawn a sharp rebuke from Amazon, which saw its spokesperson, Rachael Lighty, tell The Washington Post that the company dealt in raw numbers rather than percentages, which was misleading, and CNN that eligibility "is based on total household income and family size, not individual wages or benefits," so an employer offering part-time work will naturally show more eligible staff.

This is something the GAO tends to accept, even in its own footnotes: a larger employer simply has more employees in play and is therefore more likely to be on that list, which is skewed against part-time individuals who are more likely recipients of those food assistance programs.

It does make for an interesting approach to the entire model, which Senator Sanders has pointed out shows "triple" the number on SNAP and Medicaid simply because Amazon's employment statistics have swung so wildly of late.

The e-commerce giant's global workforce went from about 798,000 at the end of 2019 to a peak of 1.61 million in 2021, and stood at 1,576,000 at the end of 2025, effectively doubling from when the report was originally published in 2020, potentially skewing results against itself due to a larger employee base.

The findings and the defense presented by Amazon, however, have not gone down well with certain quarters; Senator Sanders has called the trends "beyond unacceptable", stating that "American taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the starvation wages of large corporations".

Much of Amazon's recent focus, including a significant increase in Capex spending, has been towards AI and AI-related infrastructure under its AWS arm. Amazon guided to about $200 billion of 2026 capital expenditure on its Q4 2025 call in February, up from $131.8 billion in 2025. On July 30, Andy Jassy raised that to $220 billion, blaming higher memory prices, and said Amazon would still not have enough capacity for the demand it is seeing.

AI data centers are increasingly a point of contention among AI juggernauts, hyperscalers, and less-eager locals bearing the brunt of higher water and power costs, even as availability becomes equally challenging.

For a company spending $220 billion on AI infrastructure this year and rolling out an $1 billion commitment in late 2025 to raise base pay for its US fulfillment and transportation workers, being at the top of multiple lists of states with workers being eligible for (and using) Medicaid and food assistance programs might not be great timing when there is increasing scrutiny of trillion-dollar corporations and their massive profit margins by consumers and jobseekers alike.

• Qualcomm to help build custom silicon and optical networking for AWS data centers
• Amazon will acquire 25 million Qualcomm shares, worth over $4 billion
• AWS data centers are more efficient than the industry average, but behind Google's

Qualcomm and Amazon have announced what they have describing as a "multi-generational product collaboration," in which Qualcomm will help build future AI data center infrastructure for AWS.

Because this isn't a one-off project, instead of announcing a single component, the companies are likely to work together across multiple generations of infrastructure spanning both custom inference silicon and high-speed optical connectivity.

Together, the two companies are expected to combine their expertise in AI infrastructure and data centers to improve performance, power efficiency and cost efficiency for a future where data centers exist in even higher volumes.

AWS and Qualcomm to work together on future data centers

The project spans two key areas – custom AI silicon and networking hardware. On the silicon front, Qualcomm will help produce custom AWS silicon with a major focus on inference, giving the chipmaker a potentially big entry into the data center semiconductor market – one that Nvidia has seen major success in.

As for networking, Qualcomm will be behind high-performance optical connectivity for AWS data centers, covering connections of up to 1.6T initially but plans to scale.

With data centers under intense pressure from all angles to boost efficiency and reduce resources consumption, operators are being forced to make progress in all areas, and reducing losses between components with efficient networking is often overlooked compared with outright chip efficiency.

"As AI demand accelerates, data center infrastructure will require advances in both computing and connectivity to deliver greater performance with more efficiency,” Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon summarized.

In Amazon's 2025 sustainability report, it declared a global average PUE of 1.14, which was nearly 9% better than the public cloud industry average of 1.25. Still, Google says it managed a fleet-wide average of 1.09, so Amazon's work with Qualcomm could be key to it overtaking Google.

"By working together on customized silicon and advanced connectivity, we’re delivering more performant, efficient, and cost-effective infrastructure for our customers," AWS VP Prasad Kalyanaraman added.

As part of the deal, Qualcomm has issued warrants for Amazon to acquire around $4.03 billion in stock, per a SEC filing – the equivalent of 25 million shares priced at $161.26. Qualcomm is currently trading at $174.09, up nearly 5% in five days.

Labor Day sales aren't just about clothing, furniture, and appliances. Retailers are offering impressive discounts on tech devices, and Amazon has some of our top-rated gadgets on sale.

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You can save up to 60% on OLED TVs, iPads, smart home gadgets, smartwatches, and headphones from brands like LG, Sony, Apple, Garmin, and more. As TechRadar's deals editor with nine years of experience covering Labor Day sales, I've gone through today's offers from Amazon and curated a list of the best tech deals.

Most of the products below have been tested and reviewed here at TechRadar, and they're on the list because of the value they offer. A few of my favorite deals include the uber-popular Fire TV Stick 4K Select for just $17.99, Sony's excellent WH-1000XM5 Headphones on sale for $198 (a 50% discount!), and our best-rated TV, LG's 55-inch C5 OLED on sale for a record-low price of $1,299.99.

Shop more of my top tech deals below, and keep in mind that Amazon's Labor Day sale ends at midnight. This might be your last chance to grab a bargain before the next big holiday sale: Black Friday.

Amazon's Labor Day sale – quick links

• Amazon Devices: Fire Sticks & Echo from $18
• Apple: MacBooks, AirPods & AirTags from $29
• Back-to-school: backpacks, tech & supples from $5
• Cheap TVs: smart TVs from $69.99
• Grills: Weber & Ninja from $179
• Halloween: decor, costumes & books from $8
• Headphones: 50% off Beats, Bose & Samsung
• Laptops: Apple, HP & Dell from $199
• Mattresses: Sealy, Serta & more from $186
• Patio: outdoor furniture, rugs & decor from $19.99
• Vacuums: Dyson, Shark & Bissell from $34

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We've tested plenty in the Anker Solix line of portable power stations, and they've continually impressed us. And as part of the Labor Day sales, the Anker Solix S2000 has dropped to $650 (was $1199) at Amazon.

The 2,010Wh power station is smaller and lighter than other units in its capacity class, aimed squarely at everyday home backup. It's capable of keeping a fridge, router, or medical device like a CPAP machine running through an outage rather than powering a whole house.

Why we recommend it

Most 2kWh power stations in this category are large enough that finding a permanent spot for one becomes part of the decision. Anker built the S2000 to be around 30% smaller and 25% lighter than the typical unit at this capacity, at 35.7lbs, which makes it easier to tuck into a closet, under a desk, or beside a fridge without it dominating the room.

The battery itself is the bigger story. Anker rates the S2000's LiFePO4 cells for 10,000 charge cycles, roughly two to three times the 3,000 to 4,000 cycle rating common on rival units in this class, with a stated 15-year lifespan. For a device meant to sit ready for years between outages, that longevity matters more than most spec sheets suggest.

Idle power draw is another area where the S2000 stands out. Anker's OptiSave feature keeps standby consumption down to around 6W with outputs enabled, which means less of the stored capacity is wasted just keeping the unit ready. Combined with a 10-millisecond UPS switchover, it's built to keep a fridge or router running through a power cut without a noticeable interruption.

At 1,500W continuous output across five AC outlets, it covers the large majority of everyday household devices, and Anker's SurgePad feature can support compatible appliances needing up to 2,600W in short bursts.

For more top-performers we've tested, see our guide to the best portable power stations.

Also consider

Price Context & Historical Value

A $550 drop from the $1,199.99 MSRP is a steep discount on paper, around 46 percent off, though it's worth knowing the S2000 has rarely sold at full price since launch. It's generally traded between $600 and $700 over the summer, with a low of around $600 during a Prime Day promotion. At $649.99, this is a solid, near-best price rather than a one-off record low, so it's a good time to buy without being a once-ever deal.

Should you buy it?

✅ Buy the Anker Solix S2000 if... you want dependable home backup power in a compact, lightweight 2kWh unit, you need UPS-style protection for a fridge or a medical device like a CPAP machine, or you value a long-lasting LiFePO4 battery over raw output.

❌ Skip the Anker Solix S2000 if... you need to run high-draw appliances like a microwave or window AC unit, you want a system that's expandable with add-on battery packs, or you would rather wait for more independent hands-on testing before buying.

The Catch: What to know before you buy

The 1,500W continuous output also trails some higher-wattage rivals in this capacity class, and the S2000 isn't expandable with additional battery packs the way some competing systems are, so it's worth checking your intended appliance loads before buying if you're planning on anything beyond basic home backup.

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Labor Day signals the end of summer and the start of a new season - fall. As we prepare for colder temps, football games, and Halloween, Amazon's Labor Day sale has everything you need while saving you money at the same time.

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You can find deals on a variety of fall essentials, including decor, home appliances like coffee makers and crockpots, and air purifiers as we get ready to spend more time indoors. You can also find record-low prices on TVs if you're looking for a new display for football season, and my personal favorite: cheap Halloween finds to decorate the inside and outside of your home.

You'll find my favorite fall finds at Amazon's Labor Day sale below, and keep in mind that these are limited-time offers that end on Labor Day proper (Monday, September 7).

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The upcoming fall season is the perfect excuse to buy a new pair of running shoes as the weather cools down and we can enjoy the outdoors again. Amazon's Labor Day sale surprisingly has excellent deals on top-rated running shoes from brands like Nike, Skechers, Hoka, Brooks, and more.

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I've rounded up the best running shoe deals for women and men below, with savings of up to 48% and prices starting at just $39. You'll find a wide range of walking and running shoes on sale, including extra support for runners and stylish sneakers for casual, everyday wear.

Keep in mind that today's limited-time offers are part of Amazon's official Labor Day sale, so you won't find better prices if you wait for Labor Day proper (Monday, September 7). Today's discounts let you pick up a new pair of running shoes for fall while saving some cash.

Amazon's Labor Day running shoe sale

• Nike running shoes
• Brooks running shoes
• New Balance running shoes
• Hoka running shoes
• Sketcher running shoes

Labor Day Women's sneaker deals

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• Amazon: 45% off TVs, AirPods, air fryers & vacuums
• Apple: iPads, AirPods & MacBooks from $99
• Appliances: up to $1,200 at Samsung
• Best Buy: 60% off appliances, TVs, laptops & more
• Casper: up to 30% off mattresses
• Dell: laptop deals from $249.99
• DreamCloud: up to 60% off mattresses, 66% off bundles
• Home Depot: 40% off appliances, furniture, grills & tools
• Lowe's: $1,000 off appliances, patio & tools
• Nectar: up to 50% off mattresses, deals from $349
• Saatva: up to $625 off luxury mattresses
• Samsung: up to $2,000 off 4K, QLED & OLED TVs
• Target: 45% off clothing, tech & furniture
• Walmart: 58% off back-to-school, furniture, & clothing

• Google has fixed a setup issue with the first-gen Chromecast device
• Owners have been complaining for months about their devices going missing from the Google Home app
• The update also fixes functionality issues

Have you been running into setup issues with your older Chromecast and Google Home devices? You’ll be happy to hear you’re not alone on this one — and even happier to know that Google has finally rolled out a fix.

These issues first arose when Google announced it would be ending support for its oldest Chromecast dongles back in May. From there, owners started reporting problems with setting up their devices after they started disappearing from the Google Home app on Android.

A Google Home app update made setting up Chromecast even more difficult which, understandably, sparked a lot of worry for those who are still using the first-gen Chromecast from over 10 years ago, convincing them that Google was officially pulling the plug on its OG streaming device. Similar issues then started cropping up for owners of the 2015 Chromecast model and Google Home Mini speaker, affecting functionality as well as the setup process.

At first, users were left to find their own workarounds and solutions, with many having to factory reset their devices, revert to older versions of the Google Home app, or even wipe their entire Home ecosystem to start afresh. Thankfully, Google has solved this, implying that these setup and functionality crashes were part of a software glitch.

The Google Nest Community account on Reddit replied to a series of frustrated posts with the following statement: ‘We've resolved an issue that was impacting the ability to set up some older Chromecast and Google Home devices. If you haven't already, factory reset your speaker or update your Google Home app to version 4.26 and try again’.

It hasn’t been the best time to be a first-gen Chromecast owner to say the least, but at least Google’s latest fix offers some reassurance that the company isn’t writing off its oldest streaming device yet — despite pulling the first Chromecast from shelves in early 2025. That said, Google isn’t the first tech giant to be accused of intentionally bricking older streaming devices to get users to upgrade.

Amazon received similar backlash when a user filed a lawsuit against the company, after reporting that two Fire TV sticks ran into severe performance issues just a few years after purchasing them. The user claimed that Amazon had been software tethering, while not disclosing the truth about the lifespan of its Fire TV stick streamers.

Now that Google has found a solution, hopefully it does the job at reviving your older Chromecast model. If the issues still persist, Google recommends reaching back out to the Nest community to let them know.

I'm always looking for a good deal, and Amazon's Labor Day sale has revealed plenty of great home office upgrades. So, I've hand-picked 24 top Labor Day deals under $50 if you need to give your home office a refresh without breaking the bank.

Some of my favorite deals here include the ultra-useful (and ultra-cute) Ugreen Uno charging block, an undetectable mouse jiggler (don't tell the boss), and the Logitech MX Anywhere wireless mouse, which works on pretty much any surface, whether you're working at home, in the office, or on the move.

For laptops, monitors, printers, and more stylish WFH upgrades, I've searched the sales and you can check out my guide to the best Labor Day home office deals.

Labor Day deals under $50

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Amazon UK's bank holiday sale may officially be over, but some of the best tech deals have refused to end. It was a surprisingly strong event for this time of year, with everything from Amazon devices, Kindles, laptops, smartwatches, appliances, and essentials reduced by up to 50%. And while not all of these are still available, I've found the 11 best deals that are still live.

• Browse the full sale at Amazon UK

If you're still hunting for a new laptop for the new school year, I'd recommend this Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 Chromebook for £249.99 (was £339) as an affordable, capable option for basic use. It's not the most powerful laptop out there, but it has all the essentials covered at a great price, including a decent entry-level processor, 8GB of RAM to help with performance, and a decent-sized 256GB SSD for storage.

More of my top picks from the remaining deals in the Amazon UK bank holiday sale are below. I wouldn't hang around for too long if something catches your eye, as they could end very soon.

Today's 11 best deals at Amazon UK

I've been a WFH professional for ten years now (seriously, where has the time gone?). And I'm always on the look-out for genuinely unmissable home office deals that upgrade my workspace and workflow.

So, with Amazon and Best Buy launching Labor Day sales, I've selected the best deals on laptops, monitors, printers, Wi-Fi 7 routers, and ergonomic desks and chairs that I think are actually worth buying if you're refreshing your office setup right now.

Editor's picks: My top 3 deals

Labor Day laptop deals

Labor Day home office deals under $50

For more, see my hand-picked guide to the 24 Labor Day home office deals for under $50 actually worth buying

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Labor Day office chair & standing desk deals

Labor Day portable SSD & HDD deals

Labor Day Wi-Fi router & docking station deals

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If you're looking for a good opportunity to upgrade your home office without paying over the odds, I've picked out 12 terrific deals in Amazon's Labor Day sale that will tick most boxes. I've focused primarily on products that combine useful features with decent discounts rather than simply choosing the cheapest options available.

My choices cover everything from keyboards, mice and monitors, to power banks, headphones, Bluetooth speakers, photo printers, and other office accessories. Whether you want to boost your productivity, add some useful new tech, or finally replace something that's been annoying you for ages, there's plenty here to choose from.

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The Kindle Scribe is much more than an oversized e-reader, combining a 10.2-inch Kindle display with a digital notebook that you can actually write on. And right now, a Like-New 64GB Metallic Jade Amazon Kindle Scribe with Premium Pen is down to $320 (was $405) at Amazon.

It's one of those devices, like the reMarkable tablets, that we often recommend for professionals looking to take digital handwritten notes. If you're not too fussy about owning a brand new model, you can save a good chunk of money here. Our hardware editor purchased the same Like-New Scribe and, just as Amazon promised, it showed absolutely no signs of use.

In the UK? The same 64GB Like-New Kindle Scribe is down to £270 (was £387) at Amazon.

Why we recommend it

If you read a lot but also fill notebooks with ideas, lists, meeting notes or general scribblings, the Scribe can replace both your Kindle e-reader and a pile of paper. The 10.2-inch, 300ppi glare-free display is front-lit, while the Premium Pen requires no charging or setup.

You can write directly on book pages using Active Canvas, annotate imported PDFs and documents, and send files including DOCX and EPUB to the Scribe.

In his four-and-a-half-star review, our expert Philip was impressed that Amazon had "added AI features and… they’re good?!" He explained that "Kindle AI brings better handwriting recognition and note summaries, nothing untoward, and it makes the Kindle Scribe an even more competitive writing tablet, on top of being the best big e-reader you can buy."

Also consider

Price context & historical value

Amazon has reduced this 64GB Scribe from $404.99 to $319.99, which knocks $85 off the usual price and works out to a discount of about 21%.

This is a Like-New device rather than a brand-new Scribe, although Amazon says these units are refurbished, tested and certified to look and work like new, and they carry the same limited warranty as a new device.

This model has been cheaper in the past however. I've seen it sell for as low as $279 towards the end of 2025 and at the start of this year.

Should you buy it?

✅ Buy the Kindle Scribe if...

You love reading on a Kindle but have always wished you could properly write on one too. The Scribe adds a large digital notebook and Premium Pen while keeping the distraction-free reading experience that makes a Kindle appealing.

❌ Skip the Kindle Scribe if...

You want a tablet that can organize your writing with dedicated apps. The Scribe is deliberately more like intelligent electronic paper, so an iPad will give you far more flexibility for apps and more complex workflows.

The Catch: What to know before you buy

The obvious question is whether “Like-New” should put you off. Our hardware editor Steven bought a Like-New Kindle himself and says it arrived in perfect condition.

That doesn't guarantee every unit will be cosmetically flawless, however, and Amazon notes that Like-New devices may arrive in generic Amazon-branded packaging.

If you're buying it as a gift, that might make the saving less appealing, but if you're buying for yourself, it will likely be fine.

• Amazon accused of creating fake auction participants to raise advertiser bids
• The number of advertisers paying more than anticipated doubled in three years
• Amazon argues the FTC's lawsuit is misguided and that its practices are normal

The Federal Trade Commission together with 22 US states has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing it of manipulating its advertising auctions to make advertisers pay more.

According to the case, the practice affected more than one million brands and sellers, more than half of which were small and medium sized businesses.

This particular case centers around Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands and Display/Sponsored Display advertising – ads that appear alongside Amazon's product search results where sellers bid for the most prominent positions to gain more exposure to potential customers.

Amazon accused of extracting billions in extra ad revenue

According to the case, Amazon changed the mechanics of its bidding scheme without properly telling advertisers. Under the old model, winning bidders should have paid one cent more than the second-place bidder rather than their proposed maximum.

But the company has been slated for using a so-called "invented auction participant" to push the price higher, scamming bidders out of more money.

The FTC warns that the proportion of Sponsored Products bidders paying more than they should have rose dramatically over the years, from around 30-40% in 2021 to around 80% by 2024, effectively doubling the number of victims within three years.

Internal documents cited by the lawsuit allegedly imply that Amazon workers understood that advertisers believed they were participating in conventional auctions without the shady practices.

"The complaint quotes notes from a 2024 discussion between senior executives, including the head of Amazon Ads and Amazon’s Chief Digital Economist, where it was acknowledged that Amazon’s 'clever non-transparent way to charge first price' has been an 'incredibly effective way to drive revenue'," the FTC wrote.

The company has since responded to the FTC in an entire blog post, describing the case as "misguided," arguing that the FTC has misunderstood how its ad auctions work and asserting that soft reserve prices are a normal industry practice.

Unless Amazon and the FTC reach an agreement, the case could result in trial. The FTC and the 22 states involved want Amazon to cease the highlighted practices and remunerate affected advertisers.