The best Black Friday Amazon Echo deals in 2024

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UPDATE: Nov. 29, 2024, 7:15 a.m. EST As of Nov. 28, Black Friday deals are live on Echo devices. We're tracking the latest prices and noting as products come in and out of stock.

SAVE UP TO 55%: Amazon's Black Friday sale is live, and so are the deals on Amazon Echo devices. Find the lowest prices ever on Echos, including 55% off the Amazon Echo Pop, which is back down to $17.99, saving you

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The best Black Friday iPad deals live: Save over $100 on new models

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UPDATE: Nov. 29, 2024, 10:00 a.m. EST This article has been updated to reflect the official start of Black Friday, as well as the latest pricing details on iPads.

The best Black Friday iPad deals at a glance:
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The founder of TSMC has revealed he tried to get Jensen Huang to succeed him as CEO

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Jensen Huang presenting at a Nvidia event in San Jose in March.

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  • TSMC founder Morris Chang asked Nvidia founder Jensen Huang to take over as CEO in 2013.
  • In a new memoir, Chang reveals he set out his vision for TSMC for 10 minutes before Huang declined.
  • Huang said, "I already have a job," Chang recalled.

The founder of Taiwanese chip giant TSMC has revealed he once asked Jen

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TikTok owner ByteDance sues intern for $1.1 million in damages for ‘sabotaging’ AI project

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TikTok parent company ByteDance is going after a former intern for allegedly sabotaging an AI training project.

According to The South China Morning Post, ByteDance is seeking 8 million yuan (about $1.1 million) in damages and a public apology from ex-intern Tian Keyu. The case, which has already been accepted by Haidian District Court in Beijing, centers around accusations of Tian tampering with

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Meta is reportedly planning a $10 billion, globe-spanning subsea internet cable

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Meta is said to be planning a fiber-optic subsea internet cable that will span the world and could cost north of $10 billion. The project, which was originally reported by subsea cable expert Sunil Tagare, could be formally announced early next year. However, sources linked to Meta told TechCrunch that the project is in the early stages.

Only a few contractors would be capable of building out that

India's airlines have received 999 hoax bomb threats this year

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A Vistara Airlines passenger plane en route from Mumbai to Frankfurt made an emergency landing at Erzurum Airport on September 6, 2024, due to a bomb threat in Erzurum, Turkiye.
A Vistara Airlines plane en route from Mumbai to Frankfurt made an emergency landing on September 6, 2024, due to a bomb threat.

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  • India's airlines have received 999 hoax bomb threats this year, according to an Indian official.
  • He said there were 500 bomb threats in the last two weeks of October alone, but all were hoaxes.
  • Hoaxes are inflating airlines'
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The 13 best Black Friday deals worth shopping right now: Get up to 70 percent off today

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Black Friday 2024 is finally here, but we wouldn't blame you if you thought it's been here for quite some time. Deals began in earnest at the start of November, and it's safe to say that the best Black Friday deals we saw launch about a week ago remain the best ones today.

If you don't want to bother to sift through the plethora of deals across Amazon, Walmart, Target and other retailers, allow