Don't fret if you wanted a basic tablet but missed out on holiday sales. Amazon is running a limited-time sale that has dropped prices on most of its current Fire tablets to Black Friday levels. The Fire HD 8 has dropped from its usual $80 down to… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2RH5Bfo via IFTTT

The complete works of animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli are expensive. As a teenager, I would save up my woeful Subway paychecks and, every few months, proudly walk into the nearest HMV store to buy another movie by famed director Hayao Miyazaki. It… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/36kFgcE via IFTTT

Microsoft's Surface Pro X is just a few months old, and it's already on sale. When it arrived in November, we scored it relatively high (73). We were pleased with its elegant, modern design and called it the best Snapdragon-powered PC around. One of… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/37hFvqa via IFTTT

Japan Display, the company known for cramming massive screen resolutions into tiny spaces, has created the world's first ultrathin image sensor that measures fingerprints, veins and pulse waves. At 15 micrometers thick the sensor is as thin as paper… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2TKNBDM via IFTTT

Apple encrypts your iOS device's locally stored data, but it doesn't fully encrypt iCloud backups — and that was apprently a conscious choice. Reuters sources say Apple dropped plans for end-to-end encryption of iCloud backups (codenamed KeyDrop an… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/36eWjwy via IFTTT

Sonos is continuing to distance itself from some of the oldest products it has sold over the years. Starting in May of 2020, a group of "legacy" products will stop getting software updates and new features, the first time that the company has decided… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2uj6N0z via IFTTT

While AMD's RX Radeon 5700 and 5700 XT GPUs are solid options for gamers looking for great 1,440p performance, there's still a gap between those cards and the entry-level RX 5500. Enter the Radeon RX 5600 XT, AMD's middle of the road option for its n… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/36hatNA via IFTTT

SteelSeries is known for its mid- to high-end gaming peripherals — now it's hoping to entice more players to its brand with a suite of more affordable items. It's just launched a new mouse and a couple of new keyboards, and for their attractive pric… from Engadget RSS Feed https://ift.tt/2THNZ5J via IFTTT