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<p>Black Friday could be a quiet day at Amazon warehouses.</p>

Amazon sees scattered Black Friday protests

Climate activists block some distribution centers, and a group calls for Amazon workers to go on strike.

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<p>Scammers want gift cards. Some people are fighting back.</p>

Scammers are destroying lives, one gift card fraud at a time. Here's who's fighting back

There are few safeguards in place to protect you and me from gift card scams. Some people are filling in the gaps.

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Gift card scams are growing, and we're all paying the price

Every year, scammers trick Americans into handing over millions of dollars in gift card payments. Retailers aren't doing much about it.

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Be prepared and shop early to score the best deals on gifts this season

This holiday shopping season may be unpredictable with supply chain disruptions and hard-to-find items. To check off everything on your list, be prepared, shop early and keep an eye on rolling deals.

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Apple sues Israeli cybersecurity firm over spyware, T-Mobile pays $20M after 911 call outage

In today's news, Apple has sued cybersecurity company NSO Group over its Pegasus spyware, T-Mobile settles with the FCC over a major 911 call outage and Spotify brings Netflix soundtracks to its platform.

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Samsung to build $17 billion chip factory in Texas

The massive investment comes amid a global shortage of chips for computers and other electronics.

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Twitter jumps into livestream shopping, Walmart begins drone deliveries

In today's top stories, Twitter is the latest to join a shopping trend. Meanwhile, Walmart tests drone deliveries in Arkansas and Target will close for this Thanksgiving Day and beyond.

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<p>Concerns over sustainability and changing views on fashion have made used gifts less taboo.</p>

As Black Friday nears, secondhand gifts poised to ride a holiday shopping wave

It's not cheaping out to give gifts from online auction, thrift and consignment sites, shoppers say.

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Spotify changes shuffle default, Rockstar's GTA apology

In today's top stories, Spotify changes its shuffle settings thanks to Adele, Rockstar apologizes for the quality of its GTA remaster and the Star Wars Ahsoka Tano series gains a new cast member.

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Big Tech at COP26: Here's who attended the climate talks and what roles they played

If you blinked, you could've easily missed them. But all the biggest US tech companies were in attendance at the UN climate summit last week.

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<p>Google announced a new way to scrub your recent search history.</p>

Delete that embarrassing Google search history for good in 2 steps

You can get rid of the last 15 minutes of your Google search history. We'll show you how to do it.

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Elon Musk teases Starship orbital flight, Starbucks and Amazon open concept store

In today's stories, SpaceX's Starship orbital flight could launch in January 2022, Starbucks brings Amazon's "Just Walk Out" tech to a new concept store and Spotify launches in-app lyrics.

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