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We all knew it, but Apple finally made it official: it will now allow businesses to accept card payments through iPhones. The company announced that, later this year, US merchants will be able to use its handsets as payment terminals. It refers to the function as ‘Tap to Pay.’ The iPhones in question will not only accept Apple Pay, but will also work with other contactless payment types, including American Express, Discover, Mastercard, and Visa cards. All a business needs to do is download the associated a
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Canadians ticked back across the border in April, but they're still booking almost everywhere but the U.S. Read more ›
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The Google Threat Intelligence Group said its proactive measures stopped a "mass exploitation event." Read more ›
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Amazon still has all-time low prices on the Apple Watch Series 11 this week, with up to $130 off numerous models of the smartwatch. This sale includes nearly every aluminum GPS model of the Series 11 on sale at a record low price, plus new steep markdowns on cellular models. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive... Read more ›
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Jonathan Gray, president of Blackstone, said hiring, firing, and promotion decisions do the most to change a firm. Read more ›
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This MVNO claims to block porn from your phone at a network level — with no opt-out, even for adults. Read more ›
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Venmo is redesigning its app with a very useful privacy feature. With the new app, during the onboarding process, you will be able to set whether you want your posts to be viewable by everyone by default, only by your friends, or viewable only to you. This is important because a lot of people may not know that the default has so far been sharing with everyone. You will of... Read more ›
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The longer that Richard Gadd's new TV show continues, the more Ruben makes me feel sick. But when does Half Man episode 4 drop on HBO Max and BBC iPlayer? Read more ›
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AI money is already pushing San Francisco housing prices way, way higher — up 14% in the last year. When OpenAI and Anthropic go public, watch out. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Speaking to graduates of University of Central Florida's College of Arts and Humanities and Nicholson School of Communication and Media on May 8, commencement speaker Gloria Caulfield, vice president of strategic alliances at Tavistock Group, told graduating humanities students that AI is the "next industrial revolution," and was met with thousands of booing graduates. "And let's face it, change can be... Read more ›
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Stripe and U.S. fintech players signal a shift toward agent-driven finance, where AI systems execute payments, manage workflows, and enable machine-native commerce at scale. Read more ›
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The complaints, obtained by WIRED, described Bad Bunny’s performance as being overly sexual and protested that the show was in Spanish. Read more ›
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Apple now lets you have encrypted RCS conversations with Android users through the Messages app on iOS. As part of iOS 26.5, which was released on Monday, Apple added support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, meaning that Apple and Google can't see your messages while they're sent. With iOS 26.5, you'll see a […] Read more ›
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India’s leading digital gold platforms have banded together to form a new self-regulatory organisation (SRO), called Digital Precious Metals Assurance… Read more ›
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Have a carrier other than T-Mobile and interested in T-Sat? You no longer need to call or visit a store to sign up. Read more ›
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Trump voiced support for suspending the federal gas tax as prices surge during the war with Iran, backing planned legislation from Sen. Josh Hawley. Read more ›
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AMD is allegedly planning to launch an RX 9050 SKU to compete with the RTX 5050, featuring more cores than the OEM-exclusive RX 9060. Read more ›
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Apple today updated its Apple Developer app, introducing a Liquid Glass redesign and giving developers some WWDC-themed stickers that can be used in the Messages app. The Apple Developer app has a revamped Liquid Glass icon that reintroduces some older design elements while adopting the translucent Liquid Glass aesthetic. The icon has a pencil, paintbrush, and ruler that form the "A" shape, which is a departure from the prior version... Read more ›
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Ryan Cohen announced on Saturday that GameStop has submitted an unsolicited, non-binding proposal to acquire eBay for $125 per share, a cash-and-stock offer valuing the e-commerce company at approximately $55.5 billion. GameStop’s market capitalisation at the time of the offer was $11.9 billion. eBay’s was $46.2 billion. The company proposing to buy is roughly a […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman two days before trial to ask about settling. Brockman suggested Musk drop all claims against the individuals. Musk replied: “By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America. If you insist, so it will be.” The exchange, disclosed in a court […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The Geneva-based chipmaker has shipped over 5 billion RF antenna chips to Starlink and now expects its low-Earth-orbit business alone to deliver more than $3bn in cumulative revenue between 2026 and 2028. Orbital data centres are an option for later. When STMicroelectronics first qualified its chips for the European Space Agency in 1977, the satellite […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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There are more than 8,000 active satellites in orbit. By 2030, there will be more than 25,000. A single geomagnetic storm, the kind the sun produces several hundred times during a solar maximum, could cost the satellite industry $40 billion. In February 2022, a moderate storm knocked 40 freshly launched Starlink satellites out of orbit, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Eight AI partnerships signed in six months. Williams runs Claude. McLaren runs Gemini. Red Bull runs Oracle. The 2026 regulation overhaul has turned the paddock into one of the largest live commercial AI deployments in sport. The teams in the Formula One paddock have always quietly run on data. They have just become noisier about […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The pitch deck version of digital health goes something like this: AI replaces the clinician, costs drop, access expands, outcomes improve, everyone wins. The pitch has been effective. Venture capital has poured billions into companies built around the premise that removing humans from the care loop is both possible and desirable. The premise has a […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Katie Haun has raised $1 billion for two new venture funds at Haun Ventures, split evenly between early and later-stage vehicles to be deployed over the next two to three years. The capital will go into crypto and blockchain companies, which have been the firm’s focus since Haun left Andreessen Horowitz in 2022 to […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Apple has spent more than a decade trying to get every gym, cinema, airline, and transit system on Earth to build native passes for its Wallet app. Most have not. The gym down your street still gives you a QR code in a standalone app. The cinema chain still emails you a PDF. The local […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Every major government now has an AI strategy. Most involve pilot programmes, task forces, and multi-year roadmaps that promise transformation without specifying a deadline. Dubai has taken a different approach. On Sunday, Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched an initiative to transition the emirate’s entire private sector toward agentic AI […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Denmark generates more than 80 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources. Its wind farms, both onshore and offshore, have made the country a global model for clean energy transition. Its grid operator, Energinet, has spent decades building the infrastructure to support a decarbonised power system. In March, Energinet paused all new grid […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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