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Hurry: Amazon is offering 60% or more off SD and microSD cards right now

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There aren’t many universal truths in life, but this one is certain: you can never have too many memory cards. Smartphones, tablets, cameras, computers and more… they often support expandable memory so that their main storage can be kept free of clutter. After all, high-definition videos, high-resolution photos and high-quality music can eat up tons of storage space.

SD and Micro SD memory cards are now more affordable than ever, but you still shouldn’t ever pay full retail. Right now, for a limited time only, Amazon is offering 60% or even more off of select Micro SD and full-size SD cards, and there are some crazy deals available that you won’t want to miss.

Here are some of the best deals you’ll find:

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Amazon CEO responds to bombshell report about how miserable it is working for Amazon

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Amazon is an awesome company to its customers. To its employees, however, it’s anything but. The New York Times over the weekend released a bombshell report detailing what it’s really like to work for Amazon and it seems that being on the payroll of Jeff Bezos is a miserable and soul-draining experience.

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How AT&T helped the NSA spy on Internet traffic

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For decades, AT&T actively helped the NSA engage in widespread surveillance on both phone calls and Internet traffic. Citing documents made available by former NSA employee Edward Snowden, The New York Times and ProPublica both report that AT&T and the NSA have long shared a working relationship that is much closer than most people previously imagined.

In what one classified document termed a “highly collaborative” relationship, AT&T employed a number of varying methods to help the NSA acquire an incomprehensible amount of data.

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Comcast admits its 300GB data cap serves no technical purpose

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Say what you will about Comcast and their customer service, but the company does provide the fastest internet speeds amongst all nationwide ISPs. As we highlighted earlier this month, Comcast Xfinity delivers an average download speed of 104Mbps alongside an average upload speed of 12.7Mbps.

That’s great and all, but with Comcast simultaneously implementing a rigid 300 GB data cap on its users, the company has naturally been accused of teasing users with download speeds that can quickly eat into the 300 GB threshold and subsequently result in fines for going over.

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Apple’s Magic Mouse and wireless keyboard are finally getting some interesting upgrades

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Originally spotted by Slashgear, two new FCC listings reveal that Apple has plans to release updated versions of its Magic Mouse and wireless keyboard in the coming months. Likely slated for release alongside new iMac models later this fall, upcoming improvements to Apple’s Magic Mouse and wireless keyboard will do away with Bluetooth 2.1 and instead feature support for Bluetooth 4.2.

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Design Fail: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ keyboard cover doesn’t even work

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Samsung this week introduced a new QWERTY keyboard accessory for the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+, proving once again that truth is stranger than fiction. The year is 2015, and Samsung, as it desperately tries to inject some life into slumping smartphone sales, decided it might be a good idea to conjure up the spirit of BlackBerry circa 2010.

Even if we completely ignore how it looks, how much it costs ($80!), and whether or not anyone is even interested in using a smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard these days, Samsung’s new accessory is an utter disaster for one simple reason — it doesn’t work.

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