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Airport Security Delays Are Surging: See How Long You'll Wait Some airports have been warning fliers to arrive four hours early because of long security lines. Peter Butler Managing Editor Peter is a writer and editor for the CNET How-To team. He has been covering technology, software, finance, sports and video games since working for @Home Network and Excite in the 1990s. Peter...

A $500 Smart Tea Maker or $9 Tea Infuser? Based on Testing, I Have an Answer The Teforia smart tea infuser scans NFC chips on its tea boxes to make the perfect cup of tea. Anna Gragert/CNET A $500 Smart Tea Maker or $9 Tea Infuser? Based on Testing, I Have an Answer Teforia’s design: Like a Keurig for loose-leaf tea The setup: Not as easy as I’d hoped...

Tax reform in Canada can’t come soon enoughA comprehensive overhaul of our tax system is needed to stimulate investment, raise wages and restore Canada’s global competitiveness, according to a new report out this week from the C.D. Howe Institute. Photo by Doug Ives /The Canadian PressArticle contentCanada is in dire need of major tax reform. Facing a decade of virtually stagnant per-capita...