Amazon Prime Day Deals Start Today (Yes Today) Act Now to Get a $24.99 Fire TV Stick 4K & $29.99 Fire Tablets - Cord Cutters News, LLC

Amazon Prime Day won’t officially start until Monday, July 15th but that has not stopped Amazon from offering early deals. Starting today if you asked your Amazon Alexa smart speaker what “whats my deals” you will be able to get early access to some Prime Day deals. When I asked my Alexa what my deals are it offered me a $22 Echo Dot along with a $29.99 Fire 7 Tablet to name a few of the deals. All of the deals my Amazon Echo offered ended up being cheaper than the listing on Amazon.com

Update: Amazon is offering the Fire TV Stick 4K on sale for $24.99 (typically $49.99) through Echo speakers. Keep asking for more deals until your Echo offers you the $24.99 Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K. (This deal will likely be live on Amaozn.com tomorrow.)

One warning when you look at these deals in your Amazon Orders page it will still show the item at full price. If you click on the Order Details you will see the Order summary listing the discounted price. Example:

Amazon has also announced that starting on Sunday, July 14th select Prime Day deals will go live on Amazon.com early.

Wondering what you should expect from Prime Day 2019? Here are all the deals Amazon has announced so far:

Amazon Devices

• Save $25 on Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, just $14.99
• Save $25 on Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, just $24.99
• Save $50 on Fire TV Cube, just $69.99
• Save $50 on Echo, just $49.99
• Save $70 on Echo Show, just $159.99
• Save $20 on the all-new Fire 7 tablet, just $29.99, or get two for $49.98—a $50 savings
• Save $30 on the Fire HD 8 tablet, just $49.99, or get two for $79.98—an $80 savings
• Save $50 on the Fire HD 10 tablet, just $99.99, or get two for $179.98—a $120 savings
• Save $40 on the all-new Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet, just $59.99, or get two for $99.98—a $100 savings
• Save $50 on the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet, just $79.99, or get two for $139.98—a $120 savings
• Save $25 on Echo Dot Kids Edition, just $44.99
• Save up to $50 on Kindle Paperwhite, plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited, starting at just $84.99
• Save $30 on the all-new Kindle, plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited, just $59.99
• Get an Amazon Smart Plug and Echo for just $54.98
• Save up to $200 on eero WiFi systems
• Save $30 on Ring Video Doorbell, just $69.99
• Save $80 on Blink XT2 2-Cam System, just $99.99

Electronics

Video Games

Smart Home

Household Essentials

• Save 35% on grocery Back-to-School brands, including Bubly, KIND, Gatorade and more
• Save 30% on beverages from top brands, including Lavazza, Perrier, Starbucks and more
• Save up to 40% on household essential brands, including Energizer, Hefty, Finish and more
• Save up to 35% on Nutrition & Wellness brands, including Culturelle, up4, Dymatize and more 

Fashion

• Something Navy’s Arielle Charnas curated her #PrimeDayPicks across Amazon Fashion, including styles from Splendid, Daily Ritual, Calvin Klein, adidas, Rebecca Taylor, AG Adriano Goldschmied, Amazon Essentials and more, as well as kids styles from LOOK by crewcuts, Moon and Back by Hanna Andersson, and Simple Joys by Carter’s
• Save up to 40% on select Under Armour clothing, shoes and accessories
• Save up to 30% on select Lacoste clothing, shoes, and more
• Save up to 50% on select J. Crew Mercantile clothing
• Save up to 30% on select Calvin Klein clothing for men and women
• Save up to 30% on select active wear from Champion, Spalding, and more
• Save up to 30% on select fashion styles from Alo Yoga, True Religion, and more
• Save up to 30% on select adidas clothing, shoes, and accessories
• Save up to 60% on select Eddie Bauer clothing and accessories

 

Home & Kitchen

Home Improvement 

Major Appliances

Amazon Brands and Exclusives

Beauty, Health & Personal Care

Toys & Baby Products

 Sports & Outdoors

Automotive, Tools, Lawn & Garden

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Report of $5 billion Facebook settlement with FTC draws criticism - Axios

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News that the Federal Trade Commission has approved a roughly $5 billion fine against Facebook for privacy violations prompted instant outcry from some critics and lawmakers.

Why it matters: The FTC decision could have consequences for Facebook's billions of users — and frame the next stage of a global debate over how to regulate consumer privacy. A consensus that the settlement is weak would provide more ammo for proponents of new privacy laws — whereas an assessment that the penalties are serious would strengthen the hands of those who oppose new regulation.

Flashback: It has been 474 days since the FTC confirmed that it was investigating the company, following revelations that a researcher associated with consultancy Cambridge Analytica had swept up Facebook user data in a digital dragnet.

• Critics charged that Facebook had violated a previous 2012 settlement with the FTC that required it to take more care when it came to user privacy, allowing the agency to levy greater penalties.
• Now, the agency's three-commissioner Republican majority has reportedly signed off on a roughly $5 billion settlement, with its two Democrats voting against the deal.
• The Department of Justice has to review the settlement before it becomes final.

What they're saying: The race to spin the potential settlement started as soon as the news broke.

Capitol Hill Democrats and advocates of aggressive new privacy regulation panned the deal.

• Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called the $5 billion fine, the largest in FTC history, a "tap on the wrist" for the mammoth Facebook.
• Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the settlement was a "victory for Facebook."
• Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said that with "the FTC either unable or unwilling to put in place reasonable guardrails to ensure that user privacy and data are protected, it’s time for Congress to act.”

Industry groups and allies praised it.

• "The FTC’s Facebook fine is unprecedented and will undoubtedly motivate better privacy practices by all businesses," said Carl Szabo, the general counsel of trade association NetChoice, in a statement.

What we don't know: The exact terms of the settlement, which is expected to put restrictions of some kind on Facebook's behavior that go beyond just the financial penalty.

• Both the FTC and Facebook declined to comment.

Facebook's stock popped on the news, suggesting the markets didn't view it as a major blow to the social giant.

• The company itself estimated that the fine in the case could be as high as $5 billion earlier this year.

Yes, but: Even with the FTC case settled, plenty of challenges will confront Facebook in the United States and abroad. That includes scrutiny from state attorneys general, the possibility of future antitrust action and a new tax on its revenues in France that has drawn scrutiny from the Trump administration.

The big picture: The fine has been hanging over the privacy debate in Washington for months, raising the question of whether regulators have enough power to rein in companies like Facebook.

• Advocates for strong privacy laws have said the FTC should be able to pursue more significant penalties against companies on a first offense, for example, or have a broader ambit to write regulations.

But momentum has seriously slowed for a new national law.

• Last month, a top lawmaker on the Senate Commerce Committee backed away from a bipartisan panel that was seen as one serious effort to negotiate a privacy bill with broad support.

The bottom line: The approved settlement may be record-setting, but it looks less imposing in the context of Facebook's revenue, which was $15 billion for the most recently reported quarter. Any teeth in the accord are more likely to lie in restrictions placed on Facebook's behavior — and whether the deal lights a fire under lawmakers working on the privacy issue.

Go deeper: Our guide to reading a settlement when it's finalized and released

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Facebook's $5B FTC fine was so laughable its stock price went UP after the announcement - Boing Boing

In 2011, the US Federal Trade Commission put Facebook under consent decree after the company "deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly [allowed] it to be shared and made public."

The way the FTC generally works is that if it catches a company doing something terrible, it issues one of these "consent decrees" which amount to, "don't do it again, or we'll take the company away."

But Facebook did it again. Hard. And rather than shutting Facebook down, the FTC fined them $5B, which may sound like a lot, it's only about 30% of the revenue from a single quarter and less than a quarter of the company's annual profits. It's basically a license fee for criminality, a tax on lawbreaking that allows the company to retain the vast majority of its profits from criminal activities.

And the street knows it. After the FTC announced the fine, Facebook's share price went up.

And as Peter Kafka notes, regulatory compliance costs aren’t exactly a deterrent either: Facebook will pay the fine, eat the cost of a few more lawyers and PR people to ensure compliance with this new order, and carry on with the business of, uh, issuing a new worldwide currency while exposing underpaid contractors to horrifying videos of people being murdered for $15 an hour.

Facebook’s $5 billion FTC fine is an embarrassing joke [Nilay Patel/The Verge]

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The Black Hole Engulfing the World's Bond Markets - Bloomberg

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There's a multitrillion-dollar black hole growing at the heart of the world's financial markets. Negative-yielding debt -- bonds worth less, not more, if held to ...

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Ford Rises Midday After Volkswagen Invests in Its Self-Driving Unit - Investing.com

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Investing.com - Ford rose in midday trade on Friday after it announced Volkswagen (DE:) was investing $2.6 billion into its self-driving unit Argo.

The investment in the startup gives Argo a valuation of more than $7 billion, making it one of the highest valued autonomous vehicles companies.

VW is buying $500 million shares from Ford and is investing $1 billion in cash, as well as contributing to its European self-driving unit.

Ford acquired a majority stake in the Pittsburgh startup in 2017 and will now share a minority stake with VW and Argo’s founders.

“While Ford and Volkswagen remain independent and fiercely competitive in the marketplace, teaming up and working with Argo AI on this important technology allows us to deliver unmatched capability, scale and geographic reach,” Ford President and CEO Jim Hackett said.

Ford (NYSE:) gained 2.2% in midday trade, while rival Tesla (NASDAQ:) rose 1.3% and General Motors (NYSE:) was up 1.9%.

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Amazon reveals huge list of Prime Day device deals: $15 Fire TV Stick, $85 Kindle Paperwhite and more - CNET

Amazon's Prime Day prices revealed!

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Amazon Prime Day starts Monday, and Amazon has now revealed (via press release) a list of which Amazon devices will be on sale, and what their prices will be. A few of these deals are already available, like the Echo Input for $14.99. (See below for more.)

There are plenty of price cuts, but this year's list is more about meeting past sales rather than beating them: while a few items beat Black Friday 2018 pricing, many others merely rival it, while some are priced a little higher. The Fire TV Cube, for example, will be $69.99, but it was $59.99 last November.

One notable outlier: The Facebook Portal (which features built-in Alexa, hence its inclusion in the "Amazon devices" list) will sell for $79.99, an all-time low. (It was briefly priced at $99 ahead of Mother's Day, but normally runs $199.)

One notable omission: The all-new Echo Show 5, which debuted last month at $89.99 and will apparently stay there for Prime Day. The larger Echo Show, however, will drop to $159.99, its all-time low.

Amazon says "select" device deals will hit the site a day early, on Sunday, July 14, at noon PT. And if you already own an Alexa-capable device, you can start asking "What are my deals?" as early as Saturday, July 13.

Here's a roundup of the deals available right now, followed by the complete list of Amazon device deals for Prime Day. Full disclosure: That list is mostly taken directly from an Amazon PR email that expands on the aforementioned press release. We'll be parsing these (and other) deals throughout the weekend to highlight the best ones once the sale starts on Monday, July 15 at 12:01 a.m. PT. 

Read next: Our ongoing list of best Prime Day 2019 deals.

Note: CBS All Access and Showtime are divisions of CNET's parent company, CBS.

Another deal exclusively for Prime subscribers, the Ring Video Doorbell Pro and Echo Dot bundle drops to just $169 when you add them to your shopping cart. Previously the Ring was on sale for $169 all by itself -- the Dot just adds icing to the cake.

Yep, the third-gen Dot hasn't been priced this low since November. 

Prime Day Fire TV deals

• Save $25 on Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, just $14.99
• Save $25 on Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, just $24.99
• Save $50 on Fire TV Cube, just $69.99
• Save $100 on Fire TV Recast, now starting at just $129.99
• Get a $45 Sling TV Credit, which can be applied to $15 off your first three months when you buy a Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Cube, or Fire TV Recast
• Get 50% off for three months when you subscribe to SHOWTIME or STARZ on Prime Video channels or in app 
• Get 50% off for three months when you subscribe to CBS All Access on Prime Video channels
• Get Sega Classics for just $4.99

Prime Day Echo/Alexa deals

• Save $50 on Echo, just $49.99
• Save $70 on Echo Show just $159.99
• Save $40 on Echo Plus, just $109.99
• Save $20 on Echo Input, just $14.99
• Save $120 on Portal from Facebook with Alexa Built-in, just $79

Prime Day Fire Tablet deals

• Save $20 on the all-new Fire 7 tablet, just $29.99, or get two for $49.98 -- a $50 savings
• Save $30 on the Fire HD 8 tablet, just $49.99, or get two for $79.98 -- an $80 savings
• Save $50 on the Fire HD 10 tablet, just $99.99, or get two for $179.98 -- a $120 savings

Prime Day deals on kids' devices

• Save $40 on the all-new Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet, just $59.99, or get two for $99.98 -- a $100 savings
• Save $50 on the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet, just $79.99, or get two for $139.98 -- a $120 savings
• Save $50 on the Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tablet, just $149.99, or get two for $279.98 -- a $120 savings
• Save $25 on Echo Dot Kids Edition, just $44.99

Prime Day Kindle deals

• Save up to $80 on Kindle Oasis (ninth generation), plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited, starting at just $174.99
• Save up to $50 on Kindle Paperwhite, plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited, starting at just $84.99
• Save $30 on the all-new Kindle, plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited, just $59.99

Prime Day home security deals

• Save $30 on Ring Video Doorbell, just $69.99
• Save $80 on Ring Video Doorbell Pro, just $169
• Save $130 on a Ring Alarm 14-piece Kit, just $199
• Save $60 on Ring Spotlight Cam, just $139
• Save $55 Ring Stick Up Cam, just $124.99
• Save $60 on a Blink Indoor Cam two-cam system, just $79.99
• Save $80 on the all-new Blink XT2 two-cam system, just $99.99

Prime Day smart home deals

• Save up to $200 on Eero Wi-Fi systems 
• Save $100 on an Eero Router, just $99
• Get an Amazon Smart Plug and Echo for just $54.98
• Save $50 on the all-new Ecobee Smart Thermostat with Alexa built-in, just $199

Amazon has also revealed some details regarding Prime Day electronics deals:

• Save up to 50% on Select Sony LED Smart TVs
• Save big on Samsung QLED 65-inch TV 
• Save up to 50% on select PC gaming laptops, desktops, monitors, components, and accessories 
• Save $120 on Portal from Facebook with Alexa Built-in, just $79 
• Save on select productivity monitors, accessories and networking products 
• Save on select Chromebooks 
• Save up to 50% on select PC streaming equipment 
• Save $50 on the all-new ecobee Smart Thermostat with Alexa built-in, just $199 
• Save 30% on connected home devices 
• Save big on select SanDisk and WD storage and memory products 
• Save 30% on select Phone Cases and Accessories 
• Save up to 40% on headphones from top brands

As always, we'll be tracking this and other Prime Day news through next week. Stay tuned!

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Amazon Prime Day’s top device deals include discounted Echo speakers and Fire TV’s - TechCrunch

Amazon’s list of Prime Day deals has finally dropped. The retailer’s Black Friday-style sale for its Prime members is one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, as other retailers now take part with their own competitive sales. But some of the best deals to be found on Prime Day are those on Amazon’s own devices. This year, Amazon is pushing its Echo speaker and Fire TV Stick devices in particular, with sale prices that are 50% off or higher from the regular list prices.

According to an analysis of this year’s deals by Offers.com, the three biggest device deals this year are the $49.99 Echo Smart Speaker 2nd Generation (50% off its regular price of $99.99); the $14.99 Fire TV Stick (63% off its regular price); and the $24.99 Fire TV Stick 4K (50% off its regular price).

These prices don’t officially go live until Prime Day’s now two-day sale begins on Monday, July 15 at 12 AM PT.

However, the devices may not be selling for their “list” price today — Amazon has discounted some items ahead of Prime Day to encourage early shopping. And some will go on sale ahead of Prime Day on Saturday, July 13 — but only if you ask Alexa “what are my deals?” to gain early access.

Compared with Prime Day 2018, 70% of this year’s deals are better and three are tied, with an average price decrease of 14.5%, according to Offers.com’s report. And compared with Black Friday 2018, 72% of the deals are better, and three are tied, with an average price decrease of 17%.

Above: Prime Day deals comparison via Offers.com

What’s interesting is that last year’s Prime Day and Black Friday/Cyber Monday bestseller, the standard Echo Dot, isn’t included on the Prime Day 2019 device deals list. Instead, Amazon is listing discounts for its Echo, Echo Show, Echo Plus, Echo Input, Echo Dot Kids Edition, and even Facebook’s Portal (which has Alexa built-in), along with its Alexa-powered Fire TV devices.

That being said, the Echo Dot was marked down ahead of Prime Day to its lowest-ever price of $24.99 — half off its list price of $49.99.

Other Amazon’s device deals span Kindle tablets and e-readers, Ring and Blink home security products, as well as smart home products from ecobee, eero, and Amazon itself.

More broadly, Amazon says it will offer over a million deals during the sales event, with a special focus this year on “celeb deals” from Jaden Smith, Marshmello, Zac Brown, and others, including the exclusive launch of Lady Gaga’s HAUS Laboratories beauty collection.

The full list of Amazon’s device deals is below.

Fire TV

• Save $25 on Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, $14.99
• Save $25 on Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, $24.99
• Save $50 on Fire TV Cube, $69.99
• Save $100 on Fire TV Recast, now starting at $129.99
• Get a $45 Sling TV Credit, which can be applied to $15 off your first three months when you buy a Fire TV Stick, Fire TV Stick 4K, Fire TV Cube, or Fire TV Recast
• Get 50% off for three months when you subscribe to SHOWTIME or STARZ on Prime Video channels or in-app
• Get 50% off for three months when you subscribe to CBS All Access on Prime Video channels
• Get SEGA Classics for $4.99

Echo & Alexa

• Save $50 on Echo, $49.99
• Save $70 on Echo Show $159.99
• Save $40 on Echo Plus, $109.99
• Save $20 on Echo Input, $14.99
• Save $120 on Portal from Facebook with Alexa Built-in, $79

Fire tablets

• Save $20 on the all-new Fire 7 tablet, $29.99, or get two for $49.98—a $50 savings
• Save $30 on the Fire HD 8 tablet, $49.99, or get two for $79.98—an $80 savings
• Save $50 on the Fire HD 10 tablet, $99.99, or get two for $179.98—a $120 savings

Kids Devices

• Save $40 on the all-new Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet, $59.99, or get two for $99.98—a $100 savings
• Save $50 on the Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet, $79.99, or get two for $139.98—a $120 savings
• Save $50 on the Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tablet, $149.99, or get two for $279.98—a $120 savings
• Save $25 on Echo Dot Kids Edition, $44.99

Kindle

• Save up to $80 on Kindle Oasis (9^th generation), plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited, starting at $174.99
• Save up to $50 on Kindle Paperwhite, plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited, starting at $84.99
• Save $30 on the all-new Kindle, plus get a $5 eBook credit and three months free Kindle Unlimited, $59.99

Home Security

• Save $30 on Ring Video Doorbell, $69.99
• Save $80 on Ring Video Doorbell Pro, $169
• Save $130 on a Ring Alarm 14-Piece Kit, $199
• Save $60 on Ring Spotlight Cam, $139
• Save $55 Ring Stick Up Cam, $124.99
• Save $60 on a Blink Indoor Cam 2-Cam System, $79.99
• Save $80 on the all-new Blink XT2 2-Cam System, $99.99

Smart Home

• Save up to $200 on eero WiFi systems
• Save $100 on an eero Router, just $99
• Get an Amazon Smart Plug and Echo for $54.98
• Save $50 on the all-new ecobee Smart Thermostat with Alexa Built-in, $199

Amazon’s Prime Day 2019 non-device deals, meanwhile, can be found here.

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