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PayPay and Alipay+ announced an extended partnership at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024, to increasing merchant coverage across Japan. PayPay, Japan’s leading QR payment operator, and AliPay+, Ant International’s mobile payment method that helps merchants reach shoppers in Asia, will now connect over three million local merchants to the global payment ecosystem. The extended partnership... Read more » Read more ›
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Nintendo's Switch might be nipping at its heels, but PlayStation 2 continues to hold the record as the best-selling console of all time - with Sony now confirming the machine has shifted a whopping 160m units since launching all the way back in March 2000. Read more Read more ›
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A little over a year ago, we shared an amazing trick with you that was saving Verizon customers up to $10 per line (per month) for a year as a part of Verizon’s ongoing loyalty efforts. For many, this trick was able to save them hundreds of dollars on their Verizon bills over the past … Continued Read the original post: Verizon $10 Per Line Loyalty Discount Returns With Old... Read more ›
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Chloe Tan, 30, worries about whether her lifestyle is sustainable. She works 12 hours, six days a week. She often goes in to do prep work on her day off. Read more ›
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Despite significant enterprise AI hype, most job seekers remain unconvinced of its benefits, with 69% doubting its ability to enhance work performance and 62% skeptical it reduces workloads. The findings come from a study conducted by Resume Genius. The Register reports: Consistent with the majority opinion that AI in the workplace has failed to impress, only 34 percent of respondents said they were worried about being replaced by a bot,... Read more ›
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The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more ›
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge If you’re looking to catch up on recent shows and movies — including Shogun, The Penguin, and Dune: Part Two — the upcoming holiday weekend is the perfect time to do so. Thankfully, multiple streaming services are slashing subscription prices ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, including Max, Hulu, and others. Right now, for example, you can sign up for a year... Read more ›
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A still from a video generated by OpenAI’s Sora. | OpenAI OpenAI first teased its text-to-video AI model, Sora, back in February and hasn’t provided any meaningful updates on when it will be released since then. Now, it looks like some artists leaked access to the model in protest of being used by the company for what they claim is “unpaid R&D and PR.” On Tuesday, a group of Sora... Read more ›
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Meizu has had a rocky few years, but it’s still in the smartphone business and pumping out new devices and the latest one is the mBlu 21. A midrange smartphone, mBlu 21 features a 6.79-inch IPS LCD with HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. The display sports a punch-hole cutout for the 8MP front-facing camera. Meizu mBlu 21 The back houses a 13MP primary shooter and a 2MP depth... Read more ›
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President-elect Trump announced on Monday plans to levy 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico. Read more ›
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Rumors on social media inflamed speculation of a pay disparity between Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Read more ›
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OK, Ahsoka isn't technically a Jedi, but you know what we mean. Her lightsaber is $140 right now. Read more ›
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Farez Najid found a way to make a living as a professional "Dungeons & Dragons" dungeon master. He now runs multiple studios and a training program. Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isn’t so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, we’re here... Read more ›
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Musk's X is trying to stop The Onion from buying Alex Jones' social media accounts. Read more ›
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A recent neo-Nazi rally in Columbus, Ohio drew national attention—but it was just one of dozens that increasingly emboldened white power groups have held this year. Read more ›
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For enterprise executive decision-makers, the uncertain environment around AI regulation poses both significant risks and hidden opportunities, join us on Dec. 5 in Washington D.C. for a discussion delving into this. Read more ›
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If you're searching for the perfect gift for the D&D fan in your life, now's your chance to get this printer for just $270. Read more ›
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Another legal complication may have surfaced in The Onion’s bid to buy the Infowars empire from bankrupt conspiracy media mogul Alex Jones. X filed a limited objection to the transfer of Infowars’ X accounts to the satirical media empire in a federal Bankruptcy Court on Monday. The objection claims that X Corporation’s terms of service states “the Trustee cannot sell, assign or otherwise transfer such license absent X Corp.’s consent,”... Read more ›
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Uber's gig-economy workforce now includes programmers. According to Bloomberg, "The company is expanding beyond its rideshare roots to enter a hot new market: helping other businesses outsource some of their artificial intellgience development to independent contractors." From the report: Its new AI training and data labeling division, called Scaled Solutions, builds on an internal team that tackles large-scale annotation tasks for Uber's rideshare, food delivery and freight units. According to... Read more ›
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Department of Justice also likely to ask for curbs on use of the service’s results in training AI models in broad remedy Read more ›
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Chipmaker’s shares slip after-hours as analysts watch to see how new generation of chips affect short-term growth Read more ›
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Tech group doubles total investment to $8bn as generative artificial intelligence race intensifies Read more ›
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Peter Thiel-founded data company, whose biggest client is the US government, rises $23bn in value since election Read more ›
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Chip giant’s earnings are a big event for US equity investors, and not just because of its $3.6tn heft Read more ›
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Social media platform that has grown in exodus from Elon Musk’s X is accused of not declaring user numbers Read more ›
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Vow to crack down on the ‘censorship cartel’ has researchers worried — and Big Tech is on notice Read more ›
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I expect the administration, with the advice of Elon Musk, will adopt a mercantilist AI policy Read more ›
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Silicon Valley billionaires are selling a dream of unfettered markets — but reality is not so certain Read more ›
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