Apple has now brought its Tap to Pay easy-payment technology to New Zealand. Merchants can now use an iPhone or Apple Watch to accept payments from contactless debit and credit cards, Apple Pay, or other digital wallets. Merchants can use iPhones to accept contactless payments. Image credit: Apple The technology requires a partner-enabled iOS app
Read MoreA planned sequel to the Apple TV+ original movie “Wolfs” has reportedly been cancelled, marking another unexpected turn for both this film series, and for how it appears Apple is changing its movie ambitions. Brad Pitt, George Clooney in the film “Wolfs.” Image credit: Columbia Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection “I don’t know what I’m
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Earlier this year, Google rolled out a new feature for Android phones called Theft Detection Lock. Ostensibly, when a thief quickly grabs your phone out of your hands and then makes a run for it, this feature uses sensors in the phone to understand what’s happened and then trigger
Read MoreCredit: Amazon Move over, Temu and Shein — there’s a new bargain store in town. Amazon has just launched Haul, a dedicated section in its mobile shopping app that purports to deliver ultra-affordable wares. With everything priced at $20 or less, Haul is targeting shoppers looking to keep an eye on the purse strings. I
Read MoreKristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. I’ve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. I’ve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for
Read MoreKristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. I’ve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. I’ve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for
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Read MoreNeuralink, the brain chip startup founded by Elon Musk, says it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. Reuters reports: [T]he Canadian study aims to assess the safety and initial functionality of its implant
Read MoreNeuralink, the brain chip startup founded by Elon Musk, says it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. Reuters reports: [T]he Canadian study aims to assess the safety and initial functionality of its implant
Read MoreMacworld You might think that connecting anonymously to a public Wi-Fi network doesn’t reveal much about you. You might be using a VPN (virtual private network) to protect everything you do. Even if you aren’t, the vast majority of websites and email servers (and pretty much all those run by companies) use client-to-server encryption. But
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Read MoreVehicles that change their shape and form to adapt to their operating environment have long captured the imagination of tech enthusiasts, and building one remains a perennial project dream for many makers. Now, [Michael Rechtin] has made the dream a bit more accessible with a 3D printed quadcopter that seamlessly transforms into a tracked ground
Read MoreMacworld It’s no secret that Black Friday is the biggest shopping event of the year and if you are looking for a deal on a new MacBook Air or MacBook Pro you have come to the right place. Even though the newest Macs just arrived, they’re already on sale for hundreds less. We check all
Read MoreMacworld It’s no secret that Black Friday is the biggest shopping event of the year and if you are looking for a deal on a new MacBook Air or MacBook Pro you have come to the right place. Even though the newest Macs just arrived, they’re already on sale for hundreds less. We check all
Read MoreMacworld It’s no secret that Black Friday is the biggest shopping event of the year and if you are looking for a deal on a new MacBook Air or MacBook Pro you have come to the right place. Even though the newest Macs just arrived, they’re already on sale for hundreds less. We check all
Read MoreLongtime Slashdot reader mspohr shares a report from Gizmodo: Hackers for the Chinese government were able to deeply penetrate U.S. telecommunications infrastructure in ways that President Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t yet acknowledged, according to new reports from the Washington Post and New York Times. The hackers were able to listen to phone calls and read
Read MoreCredit: Marshall You’ve probably noticed a Marshall Woburn series speaker at retail stores or your local Best Buy. There is no way you’ll walk past it and won’t notice it. I honestly fell in love with the Marshall Woburn II the first time I laid eyes on it. I could never justify spending $500 on
Read MoreIllustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the government’s bloat and posting about
Read MoreIllustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the government’s bloat and posting about
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a TV service megamerger, but it fell through after Dish bondholders rejected the takeover. In September, DirecTV reached an agreement to acquire Dish, Sling TV, and EchoStar’s TV business for just one
Read MoreStruggling with back pain while you sleep or when you wake up in the morning? These mattresses can help with that.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Black Friday has come early to OnePlus fans, with every flagship device in the manufacturer’s range subject to eye-catching price reductions this week. For instance, the impressive OnePlus Open is a lot more of a palatable gateway to foldable phones right now, with a $500 markdown dropping it to
Read MoreMacworld The other night I decided to work on some home videos while watching TV. I launched iMovie on my Mac and on the Projects screen, I saw something I had not seen before: a banner ad, like the ones you see on this site. This ad was for Apple’s Final Cut Pro. I sat
Read MoreGoogle’s got a new STTL.240812.006.N1 update hitting the Chromecast with Google TV. The new update weighs in much smaller than last month’s and keeps us on the September security patch. We’re still waiting for Android 14 and the Google TV Streamer’s Home panel. Google has been spending the last few weeks slinging out major platform
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: Plex is beginning to test its “newly reimagined Plex experience,” which will be available first on mobile and is coming to TV platforms “very soon.” Plex says the new experience has been in development for almost two years and is “designed to bring everything you love into one seamless
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