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It’s easy to miss, but shopping at wholesale retailers like Sam’s Club is a great way to take advantage of Black Friday deals. Though the national sales event is two days away, we’ve already found some of the lowest prices ever. These stores offer huge discounts on highly sought-after tech and other products throughout the holiday shopping season. Shopping for gifts for friends and family adds up quickly, so saving some money isn’t a bad idea. …

Max Buondonno/ZDNET Black Friday is almost upon us, and it’s a great time to take advantage of deals on new phones — particularly free offers. Now through Dec. 8, T-Mobile is offering a free Google Pixel 9 phone when you sign up for a new line on your Go5G Plus or Go5G Next plan, or when you trade in your current device on almost any plan — saving you $800.  This is an online-only Black…

Sony/ZDNET Got a movie buff on your holiday gift list that seems to have everything? Amazon is offering a great bundle deal where you’ll get both a Sony Bravia 7 and a Sony Bravia Bar 8. Depending on the TV size you chose, you could save up to $1,100 that you could put towards rounding out your home theater with a vinyl setup or a PlayStation 5 Pro to take advantage of exclusive gaming features….

The external differences between the iPad (2022) on the left and the iPad Air (2022) on the right are almost nonexistent.  Image: Apple Apple might have more individual tablet models out now than at any other time in its history. What confuses things even further is that some lines, including the two we’ll be looking at today, have converged to the point where it’s hard to tell them apart just by looking at them. That…

mikkelwilliam/Getty Images Zoom, the video communication service whose star rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, is getting out of the video call game — well, sort of. In an announcement on Monday, the company said that, while people might not realize it, its official name is “Zoom Video Communications Inc.” because that’s where its focus lies. And while that’s still a priority, Zoom says, the future is about “so much more than video meetings.”  Also: Can…

Black Friday is just two days away. Though the post-Thanksgiving shopping extravaganza typically kicks off the holiday shopping season, you can already find major savings on top tech from headphones to TVs to tablets and beyond across major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and more, many of which started their Black Friday sales early. Also: The best Black Friday Amazon deals Our team of deal-hunting experts at ZDNET is here to help you cut through…