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Get three months of access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for a discount right now. Stack Social If you’ve been thinking about trying out Xbox’s subscription gaming service Game Pass, now is a great time to get started: Stack Social is offering a deal to get three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate access for Xbox consoles, PCs, and mobile devices for just $36 — down from its usual price of $51, saving you 28%. …

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Behind every new smartphone feature is a powerful chipset that brings it to life. With the industry shift toward on-device AI, a need for an even more advanced and capable system-on-a-chip (SoC) has emerged, and Qualcomm’s latest iteration aims to meet this.  On Monday, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, the company unveiled its newest mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which it claims is the most powerful and fastest processor in the world. The…

Download a lifetime license to Microsoft Office at a deep discount with this deal. Stack Social If you need access to Microsoft Office but don’t want to pay the yearly fee to access Office 365, you’re in luck: Stack Social is offering a lifetime license for Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows or Mac, starting at $55 (reg. $220) — that’s 75% off. Pay just once, and get lifetime access to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,…

Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images You have a little more than a week to take advantage of an offer for a free year of Perplexity Pro, and now you have another incentive to sweeten the deal.  Subscribing to Uber One for $9.99 per month gets you several benefits: no delivery fees for grocery and food orders, 6% Uber cash on eligible rides, restaurant discounts, and more. Now, there’s one more benefit — free access…

SOPA Images/Getty Images You have a little more than a week to take advantage of an offer for a free year of Perplexity Pro, and now you have another incentive to sweeten the deal.  Subscribing to Uber One for $9.99 per month gets you several benefits: no delivery fees for grocery and food orders, 6% Uber cash on eligible rides, restaurant discounts, and more. Now, there’s one more benefit — free access to an AI-powered…

Artie Beaty/ZDNET What’s the deal? The GE Profile Opal 2.0 nugget ice maker is on sale for $499 in the Black Stainless colorway — that’s $50 off the usual price.  Why this deal is ZDNET-recommended The GE Profile Opal 2.0 nugget ice maker is a smart kitchen appliance that sells for $599.  If you want those satisfyingly munchable ice pellets often served at fast food restaurants, this machine will do the trick. It’s also operable…

Stack Social If you live near a BJ’s Wholesale Club and have been thinking about buying a membership, now is a great time: New members can buy an annual membership for just $20 (reg. $55) through this Stack Social deal — saving you 63%. Not only that, if you sign up through this deal, you’ll get a $20 store credit reward back when you spend $60 in your first 30 days — essentially making your…

Space Black MacBook Pro (M3 Max) running MacOS Sonoma wallpaper Jason Hiner/ZDNET Finding a good deal on a laptop on Amazon can be tricky. They’re often sold out, or the discount is so minimal that you might as well pay full price. Luckily, I stumbled across a great deal on the 2023 Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max, and I’d like to share it with you. Also: MacBook Pro (M3 Max) review: Apple’s pro AI laptop is…

ZDNET’s key takeaways This ESR car charger supports the Qi2 standard, allowing it to power up at 15W. The CryoBoost fan helps to keep your iPhone cool when charging. You do have to supply your own 12V USB-C car charger. Do you need to charge your iPhone in the car but are frustrated by having cables everywhere or finding that wireless charging is slow or causes overheating? If this sounds like what you need, ESR…