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Find the best deals on refurbished Apple products

In the past, Apple products rarely went on sale. Today, you can often find discounts on the Apple Watches, iPads, MacBooks and more, usually at stores like Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart. Right now, for example, the Apple Watch Series 3 38mm is on sale for $169, a savings of $30. That said, I remain …

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Facebook launches July 4th voter registration drive ahead of US elections

This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook on Thursday said it’s launching its Fourth of July voter registration drive this week, the “largest voting information campaign in American history.” This follows an announcement by the company late last month that it aims to get 4 million people to register to vote in …

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Facebook to shut down experimental apps Hobbi, Lasso

Facebook is shutting down experimental apps Hobbi and Lasso. Users reportedly received notifications that each app will be closing up shop as of July 10. Hobbi, developed by Facebook’s New Product Experimentation team, launched in February for iOS as a Pinterest-like app for organizing and saving photos of personal projects such as baking, ceramics, gardening, arts & crafts and more. …

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Facebook, Instagram push masks for COVID

Facebook on Thursday said it’ll start pushing information on face coverings and other preventive measures for COVID-19 on its platform, as well as on Instagram, which it owns. This comes as the US sees an increase in cases across the country.  All US users will see an alert at the top of their Facebook news feed, as well as a …

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Apple’s ‘walled garden’ walls will get even higher with iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and MacOS Big Sur

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The tech industry often refers to Apple’s ecosystem of devices as a “walled garden,” an idyllic world of tech where each of the company’s devices work together because Apple controls intricate details of how they work. In a few months, that wall will …

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