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<p>AWS stores and serves up much of the internet.</p>

As AWS outage hits, dozens of websites and apps are down in some US cities

Amazon is troubleshooting the problem but updates are coming out slowly.

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<p>China has long been a key to Apple's success. A new report gives more details about how.</p>

Apple invested at least $275 billion in China since 2016, according to new report

For some, it's an eye-watering amount of money. For Apple, it's the cost of doing business.

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<p>Microsoft says it removed a key piece of infrastructure the hacking group was relying on to execute the latest wave of attacks.</p>

Microsoft seizes multiple websites from Chinese hacking group

The hacking group was targeting organizations in 29 countries, including the US.

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<p>Facebook rebranded itself as Meta this year as it focuses on its futuristic ambitions.&nbsp;</p>

Facebook's crises reach new heights in 2021

A trove of leaked internal documents damages the company's already battered reputation.

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<p>Instagram boss Adam Mosseri will testify before a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday.</p>

Instagram chief to testify before Congress about children's mental health: How to watch

Adam Mosseri will likely have a rough reception in his debut in front of lawmakers on Wednesday.

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Musk's Cybertruck gets an upgrade, Cyberquad for kids sells out

In today's top stories, Elon Musk reveals plans for a 4-motor Cybertruck variant, it's too late for now to get a Cyberquad ATV for kids, and Pixel 6 phones can open BMW cars.

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<p>Better.com CEO Vishal Garg, during the Zoom call in which he laid off about 900 employees.</p>

Better.com's CEO lays off hundreds of employees over Zoom

The mass layoff came just days after the startup received a $750 million cash infusion.

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<p>Halo Infinite's release, on Dec. 8, comes six years after the last installment in the series.</p>

How Microsoft fixed Halo Infinite after facing the franchise's biggest test yet

Last summer, fans were so disappointed by a public demo that Microsoft delayed it a year. That delay ends Dec. 8.

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Sony fires PlayStation exec who allegedly appeared in pedophile sting video

He allegedly set up a meeting with a person who said he was a 15-year-old boy on the Grindr app.

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Twitter suspension mistake, Clearview AI facial recognition patent

In today's top stories, Twitter suspends accounts by mistake, Clearview AI is set to earn a patent for its controversial tech and the first trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has dropped.

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

This 2-step trick quickly deletes that embarrassing Google search history

We'll walk you through how to get rid of the last 15 minutes of your Google search history.

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Free COVID-19 test kits for all Americans and the most used emoji of 2021

In the week's top stories, President Biden announces that COVID-19 test kits will be free for all Americans. Also, Tesla moves its headquarters from California to Texas, and the most used emoji of 2021 is revealed.

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