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Save $1,515 on Samsung’s new Bespoke AI laundry combo: It’s an all-in-one washer-dryer
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Samsung recently announced a major new addition to its lineup of Bespoke appliances — a state-of-the-art washer and dryer combo that’s so smart, it uses artificial intelligence to sense what you’re washing and adjust accordingly. Even better, you can control it all through your smartphone, via the SmartThings app. And because this is a washer-and-dryer combo, you no longer need to move your laundry from the washer to a dryer. Just load up the machine, press a few buttons and the combo unit washes and dries your clothes.
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Right now, Samsung’s Bespoke AI Laundry Combo is available for $1,999, reduced from its list price of $3,339 for the Fourth of July.
Plus, Samsung is throwing in free delivery and installation, along with free haul away of your old appliance. Meanwhile, if you have an eligible smartphone to trade in, you could receive up to $527 in additional instant credit toward the purchase of the Bespoke AI Laundry Combo. And if you’re a student, educator, active military, first responder, veteran, government employee or an employee of a participating company, you could save even more by taking advantage of the Samsung Offer Program.
Wash and dry your clothes with just one appliance
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With the new Samsung Bespoke AI Laundry Combo, you no longer need to move your laundry between a separate washer and dryer. Just load in your clothes, press a few buttons, and in as quick as 98 minutes (when you select super-speed mode), your laundry will be clean and dry.
Instead of taking up the space of two appliances, the Bespoke AI Laundry Combo serves as a single, electric, 5.3 cu. ft. capacity washer and dryer that’s ventless, so it’s easy to install. It plugs into a standard 120-volt power outlet.
The AI Laundry Combo uses artificial intelligence to automatically analyze fabrics and soil levels and then adjusts its settings to deliver a better wash. You also get access to a 7-inch AI hub LCD touchscreen that gives you quick access to cycle and setting options. Or you can remotely control the AI Laundry Combo from your smartphone.
The artificial intelligence also automatically dispenses the ideal amount of detergent and fabric softener based on the load. The dispenser holds enough detergent for up to 47 loads. And when washing and drying is done, you get a smartphone alert and the the appliance’s door automatically opens.
This washer/dryer combo is Energy Star certified, so it uses less energy without compromising performance. During Samsung’s Fouth of July savings event, you can get the AI laundry combo for just $1,999 and save $1,515. Alternatively, you can finance the washer/dryer combo for $83.29 per month for 24 months.
This year, several major appliance brands have released their own version of a washer/dryer combo. Be sure to check out our review of the recently released LG WashCombo ($1,999), which has a 5 cu. ft. capacity and offers similar functionality to Samsung’s AI Laundry Combo.
For additional advice on choosing a washer and dryer, be sure to check out our coverage of the five best washing machines for 2024 and the eight best electric dryers for 2024.
NEW YORK — The Teamsters union is launching a strike against Amazon at numerous locations across the country, including in Maspeth, Queens.
The Teamsters are calling it the largest strike against Amazon in United States history, and it’s set to begin at 6 a.m. Thursday. In addition to New York City, workers will be joining picket lines in Atlanta, Southern California, San Francisco and Illinois.
In a video announcement released Wednesday night, workers voiced their frustrations.
“Us being strike ready means we’re fed up, and Amazon is clearly ignoring us and we want to be heard,” one worker says in the video.
“It’s really exciting. We’re taking steps for ourselves to win better conditions, better benefits, better wages,” another worker in the video says.
The union says it represents about 10,000 Amazon employees and that Amazon ignored a deadline to come to the table and negotiate. The $2 trillion company doesn’t pay employees enough to make ends meet, the union asserts.
At the height of the holiday season, many are wondering what this means for packages currently in transit.
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said, “If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed.”
Amazon says Teamsters are misleading the public
An Amazon spokesperson says the Teamsters are misleading the public and do not represent any Amazon employees, despite any claims.
“The truth is that the Teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
An Amazon representative says the company doesn’t expect operations to be impacted.
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Wisconsin school shooter was in contact with California man plotting his own attack, court documents say
The shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin brought two guns to the school and was in contact with a man in California whom authorities say was planning to attack a government building, according to authorities and court documents that became public Wednesday.
Police were still investigating why the 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison shot and killed a fellow student and teacher on Monday before shooting herself, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told the Associated Press Wednesday. Two other students who were shot remained in critical condition on Wednesday.
A Southern California judge issued a restraining order Tuesday under California’s gun red flag law against a 20-year-old Carlsbad man. The order requires the man to turn his guns and ammunition into police within 48 hours unless an officer asks for them sooner because he poses an immediate danger to himself and others.
Carlsbad is located just north of San Diego.
According to the order, the man told FBI agents that he had been messaging Natalie Rupnow, the Wisconsin shooter, about attacking a government building with a gun and explosives. The order doesn’t say what building he had targeted or when he planned to launch his attack. It also doesn’t detail his interactions with Rupnow except to state that the man was plotting a mass shooting with her.
CBS’ San Diego affiliate KFMB-TV reported that law enforcement searched the man’s home Tuesday night after the order was signed by the judge.
Police, with the assistance of the FBI, were scouring online records and other resources and speaking with the shooter’s parents and classmates in an attempt to determine a motive for the shooting, Barnes told the AP.
Police don’t know if anyone was targeted in the attack or if the attack had been planned in advance, the chief said. Police said the shooting occurred in a classroom where a study hall was taking place involving students from several grades.
“I do not know if if she planned it that day or if she planned it a week prior,” Barnes said. “To me, bringing a gun to school to hurt people is planning. And so we don’t know what the premeditation is.”
On a Madison city website providing details about the shooting, police disclosed Wednesday that two guns were found at the school, but only one was used in the shooting. A law enforcement source previously told CBS News the weapon used appears to have been a 9 mm pistol.
Barnes told the AP that he did not know how the suspected shooter obtained the guns and he declined to say who purchased them, citing the ongoing investigation.
No decisions have been made about whether Rupnow’s parents might be charged in relation to the shooting, but they have been cooperating, Barnes told the AP.
Abundant Life is a nondenominational Christian school that offers prekindergarten classes through high school. About 420 students attend the institution.
The Dan County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the two people killed Wednesday as 42-year-old Erin West and 14-year-old Rubi Vergara.
An online obituary on a local funeral site stated Vergara was a freshman who leaves behind her parents, one brother, and a large extended family. It described her as “an avid reader” who “loved art, singing and playing keyboard in the family worship band.”
West’s exact position with the school was unclear.