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Apple expands effort to encourage teachers to use iPads in classrooms

The tech giant's been steadily adding to its education-focused products, both by offering cheaper hardware and free classroom activities.

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I want a refund: What to do when buying straight from the source goes wrong

Businesses are turning to direct-to-customer sales, but not all of them are getting it right. Here's what you can do.

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OnePlus 9 phones to get matching smartwatch, Facebook says it killed 1.3 billion fake accounts

In today's top stories, phone maker OnePlus is set to reveal news on the Series 9 phone and watch, Facebook says it disabled 1.3 billion fake accounts to fight disinformation, and a new hurdle is cleared in a class action lawsuit against Apple and its MacBook butterfly keyboards.

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<p>Kings of Leons sold their latest album via NFTs and made more than $2 million from the sales.</p>

NFTs explained: These pricey tokens are as weird as you think they are

Owning a digital token tied to an artwork or song doesn't mean you actually own the art or the song -- but those tokens are still going for a small fortune.

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<p>President Joe Biden has tapped big tech critic Lina Khan for the FTC.&nbsp;</p>

Biden to nominate tech critic Lina Khan to lead FTC

Khan's criticism of big tech could spell trouble for Silicon Valley.

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<p>Amazon settled an NLRB complaint alleging it violated warehouse workers' right to work together to better their working conditions. According to Vice, the company interrogated and disciplined a worker who helped organize a walkout over COVID-19 safety concerns.</p>

Amazon interrogated warehouse worker over COVID walkouts, Labor Board reportedly says

A report from Vice says a worker who helped organize a walkout at a Queens Amazon warehouse was disciplined for "harassing" his co-workers.

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<p>Apple redesigned the "butterfly" keyboard several times before giving up.</p>

Apple MacBook butterfly keyboard class action lawsuit clears another hurdle

MacBook owners who say Apple covered up problems with its "butterfly" style keyboard have won certification as a class action case.

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<p>Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are scheduled to testify in a congressional hearing about misinformation on Thursday.&nbsp;</p>

Google, Facebook, Twitter CEOs will face US lawmakers again: How to watch

Members of the US House of Representatives are expected grill the executives about the spread of misinformation on their platforms, which has been a hot topic during the pandemic and election season.

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<p>Working from home can be isolating, even if we're all still talking.</p>

Gen Z is getting screwed by remote work, Microsoft survey finds

Young adults feel that they're losing out on the career growth that happens in the office.

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Is artificial intelligence really intelligent?

Jeff Hawkins, author of A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, says AI won't live up to the name until it truly mimics your brain.

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<p>On the internet, artificial intelligence&nbsp; is used for everything from speech recognition to spam filtering.</p>

A new way to move artificial intelligence forward

CNET's Now What speaks with author and inventor Jeff Hawkins about what's missing in today's AI.

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Apple submits witness list, Trump plans social media return

In today's top stories, Apple plans to call high-level executives at the Epic Fortnite trial, Trump is preparing to return to social media on his own platform and the Tokyo Olympics will be closed to international spectators.

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