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One of the best outdoor projectors around, the Anker Nebula Mars 3, is on sale for Cyber Monday at $300 off its sticker price.

Black Friday might be behind us but there are still a ton of worthy deals available for Cyber Monday. One such offer includes a solid discount on the Sonos Five speaker. It has dropped by $110 to $439 at both Sonos and Amazon.

While there are many other Sonos products worth snapping up, we feel that the Sonos Five is the best smart speaker for music lovers. Technically, the Sonos Five is more of a connected speaker than a smart speaker. After all, it doesn’t have built-in voice assistant capabilities. You will be able to control it using connected Sonos speakers that do have that capability though, as well as an Echo Dot or Nest Mini for Alexa or Google Assistant voice commands. You can also control it using the (thankfully much improved) Sonos app.

In terms of audio quality, we feel that the Sonos Five sounds better than any of our other top smart speaker picks. It offers more bass, clarity and stereo separation than many rivals. It’s superior to other Sonos speakers too.

If you’re able to splash out on two Sonos Fives, they sound even better when paired for stereo playback. Even though this is a solid deal, it’s worth noting that the Sonos Five has been around for a minute. It arrived in 2020 as a rebranded second-gen Play:5. We still very much recommend the Five, though it’s getting closer to the point where an upgraded model may soon become available.

Check out all of the latest Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals here.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/cyber-monday-deals-discount-the-sonos-five-smart-speaker-by-110-140016475.html?src=rss

Believe it or not, there are solid budget wireless earbuds out there and now’s a great time to look for them since many will be discounted for Cyber Monday. Case in point: the latest Echo Buds, a pair of our favorites, which are half off and down to only $25 as part of Amazon’s Cyber Monday deals.

Amazon released its most recent generation of Echo Buds in 2023 and impressed us with its level of quality for an open earbud option. The semi-in-ear style allows for more ambient noise and might be more comfortable depending on your ear shape. The earbuds have some solid perks such as multi-device connectivity and a solid five hours of music playback. You can increase their life by another hour if you turn wake word off. You’ll get up to 20 hours of charge with the case.

As an Amazon device, the Echo Buds are also equipped with Alexa, so you can ask the assistant to play music, call someone, set a reminder or one of the many other standard tasks. Plus, you can use the Alexa app to set tap controls for muting your mics and changing your music. Speaking of music, these earbuds have 12mm drivers and a crisp overall sound (though the open nature hurts the bass quality). Be careful, though, when working out as their low IPX2 water resistance rating means sweat could be a problem.

The Echo Buds are just one of the many Cyber Monday deals available for under $50. If you want to expand your Echo family then check out Amazon’s Echo Dot speaker for $23, down from $50 or the Echo Show 5 and Echo Spot — each down to $45. Anker is another company with great options under $50 on Cyber Monday, Shop deals like the Anker Soundcore 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker for $28, down from $40 or the Soundcore by Anker Space A40 wireless earbuds, available for $45, down from $70. 

Check out all of the latest Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals here.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/amazon-cyber-monday-deals-include-the-echo-buds-for-only-25-100030426.html?src=rss

One of Europe’s busiest hospitals has been hit with a ransomware attack.

The attackers said Bologna had virtually no defenses.