Great gifts, photo privacy, holiday scams, Android 12, Apple M1 chips, net neutrality, all-glass iPhone, hulk hands and Internet history. Those are only a sampling of the many topics covered in this week’s news. Check out the full list of headlines below and click to get the full story. If you are looking for some of the best sales, make sure to check out our Some Great Black Friday Deals For Your 2021 Shopping post from a couple of days ago.

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• Amazon opens pre-orders for its Halo View fitness band
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• Canadian police arrest teen for stealing $36.5 million in cryptocurrency
• Malware downloaded from PyPI 41,000 times was surprisingly stealthy
• Nearly one in 10 people admit to using stalkerware, survey says
• Amazon’s never-ending fake reviews problem, explained
• FBI and CISA issue holiday ransomware, cyberattack warning
• Why you need to stop texting people your iPhone photos. Hint: It’s about your privacy
• You’d better watch out: ‘Tis the season for holiday shopping scams
• Gift card scams are growing, and retailers aren’t doing much about it

• Windows 11 SE: Microsoft’s answer to the remote learning problem
• Get rid of FaceTime’s annoying floating bubbles
• iOS 15 hidden features and tricks you didn’t know your iPhone could do
• Next Windows 11 update brings back Clippy, along with other redesigned emoji
• Waiting for a product to be restocked? Create a personal robot to alert you
• Google’s Messages app could soon support iPhone reactions, report says
• Android 12 review: Living in a Material (You) world
• The best deals on subscription services we found for Black Friday

• Seriously, don’t use Windex on your dirty TV screen
• Intel’s chip recovery plan could restore US manufacturing prowess
• Apple pushes back return-to-office plan, now said to be set for February
• Apple M1 Pro vs. M1 Max: How does each chip perform?
• Ford teases a new cable capable of charging electric cars in 5 minutes
• Meet the woman who will bring back net neutrality
• What it’s like inside a $7 billion Intel fab
• Tesla aims to finish Austin plant construction by end of year
• Watch the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440 in just 1 minute
• Google Home tips: 32 cool things you need to try with Google Assistant
• The chip shortage is boosting US manufacturing: What you need to know
• The ‘Dronut’ is a Cylindrical Drone Straight Out of Science Fiction
• Rolls-Royce’s all-electric airplane smashes record with 387.4 MPH top speed
• Samsung to build $17 billion chip factory in Texas

• iPhone storage running low? Use these tips to free up space
• Your iPhone photos give away more info than you’d probably like
• Next year’s smartphone releases look pretty amazing
• Apple’s new all-glass iPhone design sounds absolutely smashing

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

• 8 of the Weirdest TV Series Finales
• Everything You Thought You Knew About ‘Hobo Code’ Is Wrong
• Revisiting the Hulk Hands Craze of 2003
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• 7 Festive Alternatives to Tinsel
• At This Ski Resort, the Slopes Are Covered With Sand Instead of Snow
• 8 Centuries-Old Etiquette Rules for Talking Politics
• 12 Proposed U.S. States That Didn’t Make the Cut
• Even Rainbows Have a Dark Side
• 20 of the Most Important Moments in Internet History
• A Rare, Original Print of the U.S. Constitution Just Sold for a Record-Breaking $43 Million
• 7 Fascinating Facts About the Sun
• 20 of History’s Most Outrageous Scientific Feuds
• 11 Classy Insults With Classical Greek and Latin Roots
• The Centuries-Old Plays Helping to Revitalize a Once-Lost Language
• The Secret History of Panamá’s Most Colorful Clothes
• Luis Soriano Had a Dream, Two Donkeys, and a Lot of Books

If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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