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b'It\\u2019s that time of the year again: Figuring out all of the best gifts to buy from our Holiday Gift Guide. This week, Commerce Editor Valentina Palladino joins Cherlynn and Devindra to chat about our latest batch of product suggestions, as well as some tips on snagging deals ahead of Black Friday. Also, they chat about Microsoft\\u2019s intriguing new $249 Surface Laptop SE, a low-spec, kid-focused notebook for schools. And Devindra chats with Ethan Zuckerman, a UMASS Amherst professor and technology researcher, about Facebook/Meta\\u2019s vision of the metaverse and ways we can combat corporate control of the internet. (Check out Ethan\\u2019s article at The Atlantic: Hey Facebook, I Built a Metaverse 27 Years Ago.)\\nMicrosoft goes after Chromebooks with the $249 Surface Laptop SE \\u2013 1:50\\nHoliday Gift Guide with Commerce Editor Valentina Palladino \\u2013 17:06\\nGoogle Project Relate brings voice recognition to people with speech impairments \\u2013 36:12\\nPeloton is making a $495 smart camera to detect your workout form \\u2013 42:11\\nTwitter Blue expands Twitter functionality for $3 a month \\u2013 46:16\\nApple will make it easier to replace an iPhone 13 screen without breaking FaceID \\u2013 52:45\\nRoombas are about to get much smarter Alexa voice commands \\u2013 54:47\\nPeter Jackson sells most of WETA to Unity \\u2013 55:55\\nPop Culture Picks \\u2013 58:36\\nMetaverse interview with Ethan Zuckerman \\u2013 1:07:26\\n\\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.'