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Google says Google Pay has 67M monthly active users and has processed transactions worth $110B+ in India in the last 12 months, unveils Google Pay for Business (Official Google India Blog)

{$inline_image} Official Google India Blog: Google says Google Pay has 67M monthly active users and has processed transactions worth $110B+ in India in the last 12 months, unveils Google Pay for Business — Rama Devi has taught more than a thousand women how to use the internet in her role as a Saathi—now she’s helping

A Madden tournament shooting survivor tried to move on. Then he found a bullet in his leg.

In an attempt to heal his mind, Jacob Mitich has not picked up his game controller since being shot in Jacksonville, but news cycles filled with mass shootings keep dredging up the pain. A Madden tournament shooting survivor tried to move on. Then he found a bullet in his leg. Source: Washington Post Tech

Microsoft: Cyberattacks now the top risk, say businesses

Business leaders have grown more nervous about cyberattacks over the past two years. Microsoft: Cyberattacks now the top risk, say businesses Source: ZDNet Microsoft

September 19, 2019

Verizon 5G will launch in New York City on September 26th

Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Verizon’s 5G millimeter wave network will face perhaps its biggest coverage test yet when it launches in “parts of” New York City on September 26th. Today the carrier announced that 5G service will reach areas of uptown, midtown, and downtown Manhattan, along with

September 19, 2019

What can Google do to compete with the Apple Watch? Not much

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Here’s my review of the Apple Watch Series 5. It is, of course, the best smartwatch for iPhone users. If you don’t want to spend $400, you can go get a Fitbit Versa or a hybrid smartwatch or — and this is probably the better choice — get

September 19, 2019

Arcimoto’s finally delivering its weird, fun electric trike

Images: Arcimoto More than three years after Oregon’s Arcimoto let us drive a prototype version of its delightfully oddball three-wheeler, the electric vehicle is finally going into production, and deliveries are underway. The EV startup announced Thursday that it’s handing over the first Arcimoto SRK that has come off the production line, and that customers

September 19, 2019

Facebook is learning that hardware is hard

Photo by Nick Statt / The Verge Meet me at our first-ever Interface Live on Tuesday, October 22nd! I’ll be chatting with misinformation researcher Renee DiResta. Get tickets. One of the first adages I heard as a tech reporter is a three-word refrain uttered by anyone who’s ever sought to make something with atoms rather

September 19, 2019

Pocket Casts changes subscription plans after user backlash

Pocket Casts Pocket Casts is making a change to its recently announced subscription plans after a backlash from users who were angry about losing access to apps they’d previously paid for. The company is now giving free lifetime access to Pocket Casts Plus, its premium subscription service, to anyone that paid for the service’s web

September 19, 2019

Book excerpt: as he exits Apple's board, Disney's Bob Iger recounts talks with Steve Jobs before Disney bought Pixar, and how their friendship grew (Robert Iger/Vanity Fair)

Robert Iger / Vanity Fair: Book excerpt: as he exits Apple’s board, Disney’s Bob Iger recounts talks with Steve Jobs before Disney bought Pixar, and how their friendship grew — As he exits Apple’s board, the Disney chief reminisces about his relationship with its mercurial founder—and how their radical visions aligned to save two companies.

September 19, 2019

Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Daily total Ethereum transaction fees surpass Bitcoin’s’

Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Bentham used to say: Yolo! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 18 2019, at a price of $10,198.

That Game Cartridge Isn’t As Straightforward As You’d Think

Classic games consoles played their games from cartridges, plastic bricks that held a PCB with the game code on it ready to be run by the console hardware. You might therefore expect them to be an easy prospect for emulation, given that the code can be extracted from whatever ROM they contain. But as anyone

Facebook users have raised over $2B for nonprofits and causes since 2015 – CNET

More than 45 million people have also donated or started a Facebook fundraiser. Facebook users have raised over B for nonprofits and causes since 2015 – CNET Source: CNet

September 19, 2019

Google Assistant gets its own phone number in India

Google is making its Assistant available to people in India via a phone call, so they don’t need a smart speaker or even a smartphone to access the service. The company announced at its Google for India annual event it has partnered with mobile carrier Vodafone-Idea to enable this feature. And as with Assistant on connected

September 19, 2019

Google Lens now translates text around you in Indic languages

At its annual Google for India event in New Delhi today, the company today announced it’s adding support for Indic language translation through Google Lens. You can scan a sign through Google Lens and it’ll show you translated text in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, or Telugu. With this feature, you can also listen to the translated

September 19, 2019

Google opens a new AI research centre in India

At its annual Google for India event in the capital of New Delhi today, the search giant announced it’s opening an AI research center in Bangalore, led by scientist Dr. Manish Gupta. The center called Google Research India will focus on tools that can be used by government and private entities. Developing… Or just read more

September 19, 2019

GitHub acquires Semmle to help developers spot security vulnerabilities

Popular software hosting service GitHub has acquired Semmle, a code analysis platform that helps product developers and security researchers discover potential zero-days and critical vulnerabilities in large codebases. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by the two companies. But GitHub intends to make Semmle’s automated code review products available via GitHub Actions. The San

WiringPi Library To Be Deprecated

Since the release of the original Raspberry Pi single board computer, the WiringPi library by [Gordon] has been the easy way to interface with the GPIO and peripherals – such as I2C and SPI – on the Broadcom SoCs which power these platforms. Unfortunately, [Gordon] is now deprecating the library, choosing to move on rather

September 19, 2019

Tesla’s Model 3 scores the company’s first top safety award from IIHS

Tesla often touts that its cars are really safe, but the company has just received a specific recognition of that safety for the first time ever: the Model 3 was just awarded “top safety pick” from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Model S had previously fallen short of earning top marks from

Space laser prototype to detect ripples in fabric of the universe unveiled – CNET

The LISA mission will detect gravitational waves from space with an extremely precise space laser system. Space laser prototype to detect ripples in fabric of the universe unveiled – CNET Source: CNet

September 19, 2019

Datadog, an app performance monitoring and analytics platform, raises $648M in US IPO, valuing the company at $7.83B, after rejecting Cisco's acquisition offer (Crystal Tse/Bloomberg)

Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: Datadog, an app performance monitoring and analytics platform, raises $648M in US IPO, valuing the company at $7.83B, after rejecting Cisco’s acquisition offer — Datadog Inc. raised $648 million in its U.S. initial public offering, pricing its shares above an already increased target range. Datadog, an app performance monitoring and analytics

Skullcandy's new Crusher ANC headphones deliver bone-rattling sound with noise cancellation – CNET

The next-generation vibrating Crusher headphone with Sensory Bass is the company’s first to feature active noise-cancellation. Skullcandy's new Crusher ANC headphones deliver bone-rattling sound with noise cancellation – CNET Source: CNet

New type of black hole activity discovered in dramatic galaxy transformation – CNET

Astronomers are surprised by the speed of this wimpy galaxy glow-up. New type of black hole activity discovered in dramatic galaxy transformation – CNET Source: CNet

Hackable Ham Radio Multitool Contributes To Long Term Survival Of The Hobby

Ham radio, especially the HF bands, can be intimidating for aspiring operators, many being put off by the cost of equipment. The transceiver itself is only part of the equation and proper test and measurement equipment can easily add hundreds of dollars to the bill. However, such equipment goes a long way to ease the

September 18, 2019

Sources: Cisco approached Datadog recently with a takeover offer significantly higher than the $7B valuation it is aiming for in an IPO expected this week (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Cisco approached Datadog recently with a takeover offer significantly higher than the $7B valuation it is aiming for in an IPO expected this week — – Software company rejected offer to instead pursue IPO — Datadog expected to raise up to $624 million Wednesday Sources: Cisco approached Datadog recently with a takeover offer

No dice: Truck spills more than 200,000 gaming dice onto highway – CNET

Let’s roll. No dice: Truck spills more than 200,000 gaming dice onto highway – CNET Source: CNet

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