94 Best Prime Day Deals We’re Shopping This October (2026)
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days are here and we’ve tracked down the best discounts on all the gear our team recommends.
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GamerCard Review: A Flawed Pocket-Size Retro Handheld
This pocket-size Raspberry Pi handheld has a fantastic retro-ready screen, but awful controls and awkward software deal it a losing hand.
The Best Amazon Prime Day Pet Deals on Feeders, Litter Boxes, and More (2026)
Some gadgets don’t live up to their promises. These automatic feeders, litter boxes, fountains, and cameras earned my recommendation.
Our Go-To Over-Ear Headphones Are at Their Lowest Price for Prime Day
The Nothing Headphone (1) is one of my favorites for its stylish design, tactile on-ear controls, and fun sound. It’s over $100 off for Prime Day.
The Best Power Station Is 30 Percent Off for Prime Day
The Bluetti Elite 300, my favorite portable power station, is on sale, and it’s perfect if you want to go off-grid or have a backup at home.
Moment Energy and its shipping containers packed with old EV batteries
Demand for energy storage is surging, with capacity expected to grow eightfold in the next decade. To meet that demand, Moment Energy wants to shortcut a supply chain that now flows largely through China, by domestically repurposing EV batteries into new grid-connected storage systems. Moment Energy’s four founders met while studying mechatronics engineering in college…
WaveSave and its portable rubber dam
As sea levels rise and flood risks worsen due to global warming, WaveSave’s easy-to-erect portable dam offers a quick-response tool. People can use the dam to protect themselves and their property, and it can also store freshwater for later use. Communities in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia have deployed it successfully. Now, the company is…
BasiGo and its fleet of electric buses
BasiGo aims to replace the tens of thousands of diesel-powered buses on sub-Saharan African roads with electric ones that generate far fewer emissions. The company’s pay-as-you-drive business model has helped make EVs more attainable and is changing the way public transport operates. In a bid to contain the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, the Kenyan government…
Oil Industry’s Bid to Kill Climate Change Lawsuits Faces SCOTUS Skepticism
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Ethology studies intelligence radically different from ours.