Bitcoin wallet BitPay’s Prepaid Mastercard users in the US can now add their card to Apple Wallet and Apple Pay will now allow Bitcoin to be spent online, in stores and in apps, BitPay said Friday. The BitPay Wallet app supports not only Bitcoin but also cryptocurrencies Ether and Bitcoin Cash as well as the dollar-pegged …
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Facebook has announced it’s working on “topic exclusion controls” with a group of advertisers to ensure ads don’t appear on the News Feed next to certain topics. Facebook said Friday that while developing these tools, it will also build in “safeguards to protect people’s privacy.” Advertisers will be able to select which topics to keep their ads away from, with …
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Nvidia this week added Chrome browser support for its game streaming service GeForce Now. According to release notes, beta support for GeForce Now gaming on Google’s browser is now available for Windows and Mac users. GeForce Now via Chrome browser has also added a way to create bookmarks and shortcuts for your favorite games. To do this, just click on …
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Android users in the US will soon gain access to betting and gambling apps through the Play Store, Google announced Thursday. As of March 1, online casino games, sports betting, lotteries and daily fantasy sports apps will be allowed in certain states. You can see a complete list of what types of gambling apps are allowed in each state on …
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The European Parliament has invited Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple chief Tim Cook, Facebook helmsman Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet head Sundar Pichai to Brussels in February or March for a hearing focused on the dominance of their companies, Reuters reported. “The purpose of the planned hearing is to have an exchange with the chief executive officers of the four globally leading platform companies …
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Former US Ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg has sued Apple, demanding it remove the Telegram app from its App Store. According to the Jan. 17 lawsuit, the messaging app is used to help coordinate violence, extremism, racism and anti-Semitism. “Telegram is being used to intimidate, threaten and coerce members of the public,” says Ginsberg’s complaint. The Coalition for a Safer …
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Raspberry Pi on Thursday announced the launch of its first microcontroller product. The $4 Raspberry Pi Pico is powered by a new chip developed by the company. The 7x7mm chip has 40nm silicon with a dual-core Arm Cortex-M0 processor. Raspberry Pi has sold over 37 million products to date. Its mini computers cost just $35, but sometimes need to be …
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Apple has already begun developing a foldable iPhone, Bloomberg reported Friday. So far, the tech giant has only worked on a prototype display with no set plans for a launch date, the report said, citing unnamed sources. The prototype foldable screen has an invisible hinge, Bloomberg said. An Apple patent for a foldable iPhone first appeared almost a year ago, …
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A robocaller has been fined $9.9 million for using caller ID spoofing to intentionally cause harm, the US Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday. The scam caller made thousands of robocalls using prerecorded racist, xenophobic and threatening messages, the FCC said. The calls were made to a victim’s family, a local journalist, political candidates — and even as an apparent …
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This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. LG on Monday at CES 2021 revealed its UltraFine OLED Pro monitor, intended for professionals who work across fields including video, photography and gaming. The 31.5-inch monitor announced during LG’s event at this year’s online-only CES has a 3,840×2,160 4K display. …
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