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Apple to soon enable third-party apps to use its NFC payment tech

January 27, 2024
Apple is willing to let other wallet and payment services access its NFC chip in the EU. This decision will end Apple’s exclusive control over the NFC chip for Apple Wallet and Apple Pay. The tech giant from Cupertino made this proposal in response to the European…
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Spotify planning to launch in-app payment system for iOS users

January 25, 2024
Big changes are coming to Spotify once the European Union’s Digital Markets Act kicks in on March 7. The audio streaming service has announced that EU residents will at last have the option to buy a Premium subscription or switch from an Individual to a Duo or Family…
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This iOS app glitch cost a restaurant owner almost $8000

January 25, 2024
A blunder on Apple Maps might have hit a small Aussie business hard, costing them a bunch of cash. They wrongly tagged a Thai restaurant, Pum’s Kitchen, in Queensland, Australia, as “permanently closed” and messed up its location. Chris Pyatt, who runs the…
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Hackers using Discord bots to steal information

January 24, 2024
Experts are cautioning that hackers are employing Discord to snatch data gathered from compromised computers. In a recent report, cybersecurity researcher Gurumoorthi Ramanathan from Trellix outlined the malware and the techniques it utilized for data exfiltration. As per…
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Meta’s Threads app could soon integrate Instagram DMs

January 24, 2024
Threads has evolved significantly to emerge as the most practical alternative to X (formerly Twitter). However, a notable missing feature is the ability to privately message people you know on Threads. An APK teardown of the latest version of the Threads Android app now…