Digital payments company Square will create a new business focused on the Bitcoin cryptocurrency to help developers design decentralized financial products, CEO Jack Dorsey said in a series of tweets on Thursday. The business will build “an open developer platform with the sole goal of making it easy to create non-custodial, permissionless, and decentralized financial …
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WhatsApp is rolling out a limited public beta test for its updated multidevice capability. The Facebook subsidiary plans “to initially test the experience with a small group of users from our existing beta program,” according to a Wednesday post on Facebook’s engineering website. With the beta, first teased in June, users will be able to use WhatsApp on a phone …
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Facebook is creating new programs that’ll dole out more than $1 billion to creators who make content for the social network and for its photo-focused service, Instagram, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post Wednesday. “We want to build the best platforms for millions of creators to make a living, so we’re creating new programs to invest over $1 …
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This week Amazon launched Kindle Vella, a “mobile-first” reading experience for serialized stories. Kindle Vella stories are offered in short 600 to 5,000 word “episodes” that can be purchased one at a time. The first three episodes of every story are free, Amazon said in a press release Tuesday, adding that readers can then buy additional episodes with tokens available …
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I have a feeling this deal will sell out quickly, so grab it while you can if you’re looking for a cheap wireless charging stand. Today only, Woot has the Mophie Universal Wireless Multi Coil Charge Stand on sale for $8. It’s been out a few years and only charges at up to 7.5-watt speeds, but it’s designed to work …
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TikTok has become the first non-Facebook mobile app to surpass 3 billion downloads globally, according to a Tuesday analysis from Sensor Tower. The milestone makes TikTok the fifth nongame app to cross the threshold, following WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook and Instagram, which are all owned by Facebook. In the first half of 2021, TikTok became the most downloaded nongame app globally, boasting …
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Apple announced plans on Wednesday to expand its free educational efforts by bringing a version of its Today at Apple retail classes to YouTube. The tech giant said it plans to offer creative projects for photo, video, art and design, teaching various techniques throughout each video. In its first episode, Apple will teach people how to draw themselves as a …
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Twitter on Tuesday rolled out an update that lets you change who can reply to your tweet even after you’ve posted it. The company says this could be useful to people who tweet something that gets unexpected attention and unwanted replies. The update builds on Twitter’s rollout last summer of a feature that lets users decide who can reply when …
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Facebook will label group experts. Queenie Wong/CNET Facebook said Tuesday it’s giving users who manage groups a way to designate experts in the online spaces, a tool that’s partly meant to help the social network combat misinformation. The social media company has been trying to direct users to more authoritative sources as false information spreads online about the coronavirus, vaccines …
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Apple is developing a new “buy now, pay later” service that’ll let customers pay for Apple Pay purchases on an installment basis over time, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The service, dubbed Apple Pay Later, will use Goldman Sachs as the lender, unidentified sources told the news agency. Goldman Sachs has partnered with Apple on its Apple Credit credit card since 2019, …
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