Almost Every Amazon Fire Tablet Is on Sale Right Now With Up to 53% Off

Deal of the day: Shop tablets for both adults and kids starting at just $60.

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Almost every tablet Amazon makes is discounted steeply today making now the perfect time to upgrade your aging tablet or nab a newer model for the kids. There’s no set expiration date on these deals, so act fast to score the savings.

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Tablets are super versatile and can help you complete a lot of computer-related tasks without needing to invest in a bulky laptop. And you don’t have to spend a fortune to nab one today with as much as 53% off a huge array of Amazon Fire tablets. The sale discounts almost every tablet in Amazon’s lineup, including some models that are designed specifically for kids, but there’s no set expiration date for the deals. We’d recommend getting your order in sooner rather than later if you don’t want to miss out on these savings.

Prices start at just $60 at this sale, which gets you the Fire HD 8 tablet at a 40% discount. It features an 8-inch HD display, 32GB of storage (expandable with a microSD card) and comes in black, blue and pink hues. Today’s price is as low as we’ve seen it go so far in 2023 and just $5 more than its Black Friday price. Even at $100, we named the Fire HD 8 our best tablet pick for value and today’s discount makes that even more true. The Fire HD 8 Plus is seeing similar savings if you would benefit from its boosted specs and wireless charging support.

If it’s a bigger screen you’re after, both the Fire HD 10 and Fire HD 10 Plus are included in the sale. The Fire HD 10 is CNET’s favorite Android tablet for media consumption thanks to its 10-inch screen size and powerful speakers. The entry-level model is 40% off at just $90, though you can save as much as 53% on the higher-capacity model. The Plus model is 33% off at $120.

Amazon is also discounting child-friendly versions of its tablets, each of which comes with a kid-proof case and a two-year guarantee against any breakages, plus a year of Amazon Kids Plus content. Prices start at $60 ($50 off) for the Fire 7 Kids and range up to $140 ($60 off) for the Fire HD 10 Kids Pro, which is designed for older kids and teens.

You can also check out our roundup of all the best tablet deals out there for even more bargains.

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Technologies

Tinder Users Must Start Logging In With Their Faces, Starting Nationwide

The social app now has new US requirements including face identification to help quell longstanding problems with catfishing and more.

US Tinder users will find a new feature when they open up the dating app starting Wednesday: A mandatory Face Check on their phones will be required before they can log into their profiles.

The Face Check step will begin with a new request to record a video of your face, a more casual version of setting up Apple’s Face ID login. Tinder will then run checks comparing your face data to your current profile pics and automatically create a small face badge for your profile. We already know how it works, because Tinder has already launched the feature in Canada and California before the full US rollout.

The technology, powered by FaceTec, will keep biometric data of the user’s face in encrypted form but discard the scanning video for privacy. Tinder will be able to use the face data to detect duplicate accounts, in an effort to cut down on fake profiles and identity theft.

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Tinder’s facial recognition rollout is also made to prevent catfishing, or people pretending to be someone else on Tinder to scam or blackmail them. But that also points to a deeper problem on the rise in dating apps — a growing number of bots, many controlled by AI, are designed to glean personal information or fool users into scammy subscriptions, among other problems.

Tinder’s working against these bots on several fronts, including this Face Check push as well as ID Check, which requires a government-issued ID and other types of photo verification.

The dating app also recently released a feature in June to enable double-dating with your friends, which Tinder reports is especially popular with Gen Z users. If you’re worried about the latest hazards on Tinder, we have guide to safety practices.

A representative for Tinder did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Technologies

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Thursday, Oct. 23

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for Oct. 23.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Like some weather, memories and I.P.A.s
Answer: HAZY

5A clue: Statement that’s self-evidently true
Answer: AXIOM

7A clue: Civic automaker
Answer: HONDA

8A clue: What fear leads to, as Yoda told a young Anakin
Answer: ANGER

9A clue: Foxlike
Answer: SLY

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: Verbal «lol»
Answer: HAHA

2D clue: Brain signal transmitter
Answer: AXON

3D clue: Hits with a witty comeback
Answer: ZINGS

4D clue: Sing at the top of a mountain, maybe
Answer: YODEL

6D clue: Name of the famous «Queen of Scots»
Answer: MARY

Technologies

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Oct. 23 #599

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Oct. 23, No. 599.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle might be Halloween-themed, as the answers are all rather dangerous. Some of them are a bit tough to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Please don’t eat me!

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Remember Mr. Yuk?

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

POND, NOON, NODE, BALE, SOCK, LOVE, LOCK, MOCK, LEER, REEL, GLOVE, DAIS, LEAN, LEAD, REEL

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: