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amazon is bestowing more perks to prime subscribers and a buttes and non primers I'm Bridget Carey this is your see net update video game connoisseurs should be pleased about Amazon's newest prime perk physical copies of new release video games are discounted by 20% for prime numbers which could save you about 12 bucks and it gets you free two-day shipping the folks at Best Buy can't be happy because the retailer also cuts 20% off the price of its new releases the Prime membership normally cost $100 a year and with that you get free two-day shipping along with access to a library of e-books and music to stream and there's Prime instant video which is Amazon's version of Netflix but if you do not have Amazon Prime and you're considering signing up now is a good time to buy in the US because a year subscription is on sale for 73 dollars starting Friday why $73 well it's to celebrate the 73rd annual Golden Globes because the Amazon Prime video exclusive show of Mozart in the jungle just won two Golden Globes one for Best Comedy Series the sale lasts until Sunday night it's only for new members but maybe you can get around that by purchasing a gift subscription and then emailing it to yourself and over the weekend you can also stream the series Mozart in the jungle for free until midnight on Sunday even if you do not have Prime the comedy-drama is about a guy trying to make it in the classical music scene in New York it's also available in 4k HDR if you have something that can show 4k Ultra HD research group Cohen's survey 2500 us shoppers and reported that about 38% of US households couldn't be subscribers of Prime but that's not the only Amazon buzz this week the Amazon echo could be losing the power cord and become portable that's according to a report from The Wall Street Journal citing anonymous sources the next version of the echo could be smaller portable and cheaper the current echo is a 180 dollar speaker with an internet-connected assistant named Alexa that's trapped inside it's similar to Apple's Siri and it can answer questions take and play music that's it for this tech news update you can catch up on all the latest news at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey