Amazon just unveiled its brand new next-generation Kindle Oasis eReader, and it looks incredible. So needless to say, it’s headlining today’s daily deals post and you’ll find two versions below that you can order now to become one of the first people in the world to own this hot new device. Beyond that, we also have several other great deals for you including the complete Futurama series on DVD, a wireless speaker you can connect to with one tap, and plenty more.

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Having to compete with the constant onslaught of insults lobbed their way by outspoken T-Mobile CEO John Legere can, at times, drive some rival carrier executives crazy. We’ve seen it before and we’ll see it again. Wireless carriers are generally pretty old school, and they’re simply not used to having to deal with attacks like this on social media. They often get rattled, and when you’re rattled you make mistakes. Mistakes like, say, posting one of the most tasteless promotional videos we’ve ever seen.

We hope you’re sitting down for this one.

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As expected, Amazon took the wraps off its new Kindle Oasis eReader and it looks like the hottest eReader the company has ever made, with a price to match of $290. That said, if you’re in the market for a high-end eReader with great features, this slate looks like the one to get.

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We’re 11 days away from the premiere of season 6 of Game of Thrones and four new clips from the show have popped up on the web. While there’s nothing too revealing in any of them, they do show some of our favorite characters picking up right where they left off at the end of season 5. Let’s check them out!

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Well, we’ve officially come full circle. The future of technology is being driven by next-generation AOL chat rooms powered by Slack, and next-generation chat bots championed by Facebook. They say “everything old is new again,” and it appears as though that’s indeed the case.

All (half-)joking aside, Facebook on Tuesday made a series of big announcements at its F8 developer conference, and one of the biggest was the hotly anticipated launch of a new bot platform for Facebook Messenger. These machine-powered chat accounts allow companies to interact with Facebook Messenger users without, you know, actually having to interact with Facebook Messenger users. There’s definitely a great deal of potential there, and the first wave of chat bots has already begun to roll out.

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If you’re in need of a flash drive you’ve waited long enough… Amazon is currently offering deep discounts on eight different Samsung flash drives that come in all different shapes and sizes. And we mean it — some of these drives are barely bigger than your thumbnail! The sale is going on right now and the prices you see below are only good until the end of the day on Saturday, April 16, or while supplies last.

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A new Marvel superhero is getting his own movie this year, Doctor Strange. Played by Benedict Cumberbatch, neurosurgeon Stephen Vincent Strange becomes a person with special powers after he embarks on a multi-dimensional quest to fix his injured hands from a previous accident. That’s how he becomes Doctor Strange and ends up serving a Sorcerer Supreme, Earth’s protector against magical and mystical things. A first teaser trailer for the upcoming blockbuster is already available.

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A zero-day software flaw is the kind of security issue tech companies fear most. These are unknown bugs that hackers can use to enter devices, websites, computer networks, and other internet services and products, for malicious purposes. It appears that one such attack was used recently to hack the San Bernardino iPhone, a new report shows. In fact, it looks like everything we thought we knew about the way the FBI breached the iPhone, without requiring Apple’s assistance, may be inaccurate.

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How many different shots are you willing to take until you capture that perfect photo? One professional photographer spent some five months shooting over 200,000 photographs to get the image he wanted. Sure, he used an automated camera setup for his scene, but this doesn’t make it any less impressive.

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You might be using emoji on your iPhone or Android device a lot these days, but it turns out you probably don’t really understand what you’re sending to someone else. A new study shows that certain emoji images will be misunderstood by both senders receivers, as there’s no unified set of images across operating systems. Because images look different depending on what mobile device you’re using, they may trigger a positive or negative response, which can lead to unintended interpretations, conclusions, and results.

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