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Stripe extends its business lending service Stripe Capital to online platforms, offering an "end-to-end lending API" to provide customers with financing options (PYMNTS.com)

PYMNTS.com: Stripe extends its business lending service Stripe Capital to online platforms, offering an “end-to-end lending API” to provide customers with financing options  —  Payments giant Stripe is taking Stripe Capital, its push into online business finance and lending, to the next level. Stripe extends its business lending service Stripe Capital to online platforms, offering

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Google’s AI experiment syncs every ‘Bad Guy’ song cover in an endless video

We’ve seen some cool AI-based musical experiments from Google’s team recently, including a virtual piano and a voice-to-music converter. The company’s latest experiment is a bit different: an infinite version of Billie Eilish’s hit song, ‘Bad Guy.’ Don’t worry. It’s not just one song being repeated again and again. Google’s team has developed a tool that

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Fortnite’s latest season adds new locations and weapons, along with Baby Yoda and the Mandalorian

Following a cataclysmic event starring the supervillain Galactus, the latest season of Fortnite is almost here. Chapter 2: Season 5 has been dubbed “zero point,” and it involves hunters from different realities joining forces to fight something called “the loop.” Most importantly: one of those hunters is the Mandalorian, accompanied as always by Baby Yoda

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President Trump in a late night tweet threatened to veto the annual defense bill authorizing ~$1T in military spending unless Congress repeals Section 230 (Tony Romm/Washington Post)

Tony Romm / Washington Post: President Trump in a late night tweet threatened to veto the annual defense bill authorizing ~$1T in military spending unless Congress repeals Section 230  —  President Trump on Tuesday threatened to veto an annual defense bill authorizing nearly $1 trillion in military spending unless Congress opens … President Trump in

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Trump threatens to veto major defense bill unless Congress repeals Section 230, a legal shield for tech giants

President Trump on Tuesday threatened to veto a nearly trillion dollar annual defense bill unless lawmakers repeal a federal law that spares Facebook, Google and other social-media sites from legal liability over their content-moderation decisions. Trump threatens to veto major defense bill unless Congress repeals Section 230, a legal shield for tech giants Source: Washington

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Chinese food delivery giant Meituan had sales of $5.4B in Q3, up 29% YoY; Meituan's stock has nearly tripled in 2020, bringing its market value to ~$220B (Ryan McMorrow/Financial Times)

Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times: Chinese food delivery giant Meituan had sales of $5.4B in Q3, up 29% YoY; Meituan’s stock has nearly tripled in 2020, bringing its market value to ~$220B  —  Expansion plan comes as company posts strong revenue growth in third quarter  —  Food delivery giant Meituan is expanding … Chinese food

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Apple's MagSafe Duo charger is now available to order online for $129, charging brick not included (Sam Byford/The Verge)

Sam Byford / The Verge: Apple’s MagSafe Duo charger is now available to order online for $129, charging brick not included  —  Don’t forget the power brick  —  Apple’s MagSafe Duo charger is now on sale online, after initially having been announced without a release date as part of this year’s iPhone launch. Apple's MagSafe

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Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple's AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Researcher details a now patched zero-click iOS device exploit using Apple’s AWDL protocol which would grant attackers access to device hardware and data  —  A Google Project Zero researcher found a stunning vulnerability  —  Ever watch that movie, or play that video game … Researcher details a now patched zero-click

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