This iPad keyboard case is the perfect addition to our Back to School tech roundup

If you have kids returning to school or college, the back to school sales are great timing to equip them with tech that can help them carry out their study assignments.

Apple last month launched its own back to school promotion , offering a $150 gift card with qualifying Mac and iPad purchases, and you can also pick up some great deals on Amazon, too.

We’ve rounded up a number of perfect tech options for kids returning to school below.


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These are the tech CEOs young people trust most and least when it comes to AI

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Connecting the dots: Is it surprising to know that CEOs – the profession most likely to attract or suit individuals with psychopathic or sociopathic traits – aren't trusted to act responsibly when it comes to AI? A new study has confirmed that this is especially true among younger people, who have a particular distrust of executives at Palantir.

The finding was part of a poll conducted by CNBC with Generational Lab. Participants aged between

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5 charged in Brampton double homicide; 2 youths among those arrested

Peel Regional Police (PRP) say three adults and two youths have been arrested and charged in connection with a double homicide that left two males dead on the grounds of a Brampton school earlier this spring.

Officers were called to the area of Rutherford Road and Kennedy Road near St. Joachim Elementary School and Arnott Charlton Public School at approximately 10:21 p.m. on April 3 after reports of gunfire.

When they arrived, police found an adult male suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. A second victim —

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US top court again rejects Trump push to toss out E. Jean Carroll verdict

E. Jean Carroll leaves the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, New York in 2024. Photo: Reuters

The US Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump’s push to throw out a jury’s US$5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.

The Republican president’s lawyers had asked the justices to reconsider their refusal to hear his appeal.

It is unusual – although not unheard of

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Testing the Best Shotgun Microphones of 2026

By now, you’re used to seeing nearly every YouTube video shot with a little clip-on wireless microphones. They’re small, discreet, and they go anywhere, but there’s a real case to be made for the onboard camera shotgun mic, too.

They are directional, they capture whatever is in front of the lens, and sometimes you just don’t have time to mic up your speaker. Maybe you’ve got multiple people talking, or maybe you just want to record the

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Mortal Shell II (PS5) Review – Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Both frustrating and intriguing all the same, Mortal Shell II vastly improves on the original title with a world filled with secret dungeons about while routinely kicking the player's teeth in without mercy

The next silicon? AI data centre material faces price spike amid China supply crunch

The artificial intelligence boom is driving demand for optical modules that enable ultra-fast data transmission in data centres, with the latest beneficiary a chemical compound that is seeing an unprecedented surge in prices.

Indium phosphide (InP) is used to make lasers that convert electrical signals into light, allowing data to travel rapidly through fibre-optic cables.

As a major producer of the material, China has seen prices climb sharply. According to a recent report by financial services firm Nomura citing industry experts, two-inch InP substrates surged


Chinamaxxing: is the trend really about China or Gen Z fleeing Western fatigue?

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US-China investment, ‘Chinese Schindler’, DJI Pentagon battle: 7 US-China relations reads

From a Chinese AI surprise to US defence bill, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in the first half of August 2026

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We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing .
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