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Ian Sherr

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I won’t bury the lede: I was laid off from CNET. My last official day is in a week and a half, but you won’t see my byline on any new…

5 min readMar 3, 2023

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Ian Sherr

“It’s campaigning through trolling”

As part of CNET’s ongoing series about what it takes to be an informed citizen in the modern age, I looked at how shock and awe in social…

1 min readOct 17, 2022

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“It’s campaigning through trolling”

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Ian Sherr

Everything’s a Twitter argument now…

With the midterm elections coming, we at CNET have been publishing a series of stories looking at how to be an informed and active voter in…

1 min readOct 7, 2022

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Everything’s a Twitter argument now…

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Ian Sherr

Today’s the 15th anniversary since the iPhone first launched, and I had a burning question: Will we…

After talking to a bunch of people inside and outside product development, including one of the leaders of the original iPhone team, Steve…

1 min readJun 29, 2022

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Today’s the 15th anniversary since the iPhone first launched, and I had a burning question: Will we…

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Ian Sherr

The ‘great resignation’ is here to stay. Here’s why

Many of us are wondering when life will return to normal from whatever the pandemic’s been. But in some ways, it won’t.

1 min readDec 27, 2021

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The ‘great resignation’ is here to stay. Here’s why

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Ian Sherr

Scammers are destroying lives, one gift card fraud at a time. Here’s who’s fighting back

Earlier, we published a story looking at how gift card scams work, who the victims typically are and why retailers aren’t doing much about…

1 min readNov 26, 2021

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Ian Sherr

Scammers want gift cards, and you might be their next victim

Every year, scammers trick millions of Americans to hand over hundreds of millions of dollars in gift card payments. Retailers aren’t doing…

2 min readNov 24, 2021

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Scammers want gift cards, and you might be their next victim

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Ian Sherr

Why your iPhone is ‘Designed by Apple in California,’ but made in China

It seems pretty straightforward why Apple doesn’t make phones in the US. Labor costs are higher here, regulations are different and it’s…

2 min readAug 5, 2021

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Why your iPhone is ‘Designed by Apple in California,’ but made in China

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Ian Sherr

Ian Sherr

Editor at Large @cnet, formerly at WSJ, Reuters, AFP. Now, doomscroller covering Apple, Microsoft, gaming, VR, internet troubles. Say hello.

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