Consumers may be going offline and back into stores to shop, but when they do, they want to go digital to pay. Smartphone payments and tap to pay options continue to gain acceptance, leading the transition away from cash and card swipes as merchants rapidly install modular point-of-sale (POS) systems. Macro pressures took some of
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Playstation’s sequel to “virtual reality” — PSVR2 review: Plenty of improvements, but is it too little, too late? Six years later, the tech has improved, but so has the competition. Kyle Orland – Feb 16, 2023 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / The overall color and design scheme means there’s no mistaking that this is a
Flashback to November 2021: Bitcoin is soaring at over $64,000 (more than three times its current price in 2023). The S&P 500, as well as popular tech stocks like Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN , Apple Inc AAPL and Tesla Inc TSLA , are all at historic highs. Meme stocks like GameStop Corp. GME and AMC Entertainment
a new benchmark for benchmarks — Geekbenchs creator on version 6 and why benchmarks matter in the real world “How hard can it be to write a benchmark? Maybe I should write my own.” Andrew Cunningham – Feb 17, 2023 1:00 pm UTC EnlargePrimate Labs reader comments 12 with Share this story Share on Facebook
Rishi Sunak has launched a high-stakes gamble to seal a deal with Brussels over Northern Ireland, making a surprise visit to Belfast as Tory Eurosceptics warned he was going too far to accommodate the EU. The UK prime minister is seeking to win backing from Northern Irish parties for an outline deal with the EU
reach outside the box — Meta develops an AI language bot that can use external software tools With Toolformer, an LLM can improve its abilities by calling APIs to external programs. Benj Edwards – Feb 15, 2023 11:56 pm UTC Enlarge / An artist’s impression of a robot hand using a desktop calculator.Aurich Lawson |
Major Wall Street indices closed in the red on Wednesday as investors and traders turned their focus away from Federal Reserve commentary toward corporate earnings. The Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 closed over 1% lower while the Dow Jones fell 0.61%. Here are the five stocks that are drawing investors attention: 1. Tesla Inc
Apple Inc.AAPL co-founderSteve Wozniakhas describedBitcoinBTC/USD as the only cryptocurrency thats pure-gold mathematics. What Happened: Wozniak made the comments about Bitcoin in aninterviewwith Business Insider in March 2022, adding that many cryptocurrencies are untrustworthy and have a track record of being rip-offs. There are so many cryptocurrencies that come out now; everybody has a way to
Two for one — Grid of atoms is both a quantum computer and an optimization solver The optimization mode requires quantum effects, can solve a growing list of problems. John Timmer – Feb 16, 2023 12:30 pm UTC EnlargeQuEra reader comments 4 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit
BEIJING – China imposed fines and sanctions against two US defence companies in a further escalation of tensions between the worlds two biggest economies. Lockheed Martin Corporation and a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies Corp were added to a list of unreliable entities due to their participation in arms sales to Taiwan, Chinas Ministry of Commerce
TD Ameritrade's thinkorswim platform will transition to Charles Schwab Corporation SCHW later in 2023, according to a Tuesday announcement. After Charles Schwab's announcement in August 2020it was acquiring TD Ameritrade,the company continued to improve its thinkorswim trading product suite, with a host of new features and services added in the second half of 2022, Schwab
Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation as Scotland’s first minister and leader of the Scottish National party on Wednesday after a backlash over her strategy for securing independence and controversy over proposed gender laws. A thorn in the side of UK prime ministers for almost a decade, Sturgeon led the pro-independence SNP to repeated electoral success
Nearly $2.7 billion USD worth of crypto has been lost in 2022 to hacks of smart contracts or protocol infrastructure a 63% increase from last year. With flash loan attacks remaining detrimental to blockchain sustainability, Q2 2022 experienced over $870 million USD in losses. The attacks plaguing Web3, however, are no different than the tried
NOT THE PYPI PACKAGE YOU’RE LOOKING FOR — Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better The code found in the malicious packages closely resembled legit offerings. Dan Goodin – Feb 14, 2023 11:37 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 35 with Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share
The following is the opening satirical monologue from The Andrew Klavan Show. As you know, the State of the Union was delivered this week by the president of the United States, a doddering old wreck sinking into oblivion through a fog of lies and self-delusion, which by some strange coincidence is also the state of
Green Check Verified (GCV),a fintech provider of compliant cannabis banking solutions and services haslaunched Green Check Connect or GCC a new marketplace enabling marijuana-related businesses to find reliable financial service providers. The idea behind this marketplace is to help cannabis companies with one of their biggest struggles financial, as it connects them with providers that
They came up with the “Privacy Sandbox” name on opposite day — Android launches yet another way to spy on users with Privacy Sandbox beta Rather than match iOS’s tracking limits, Google built an additional tracking system. Ron Amadeo – Feb 14, 2023 10:29 pm UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson / Getty Images reader comments 110 with
AI’s existential crisis — AI-powered Bing Chat loses its mind when fed Ars Technica article “It is a hoax that has been created by someone who wants to harm me or my service.” Benj Edwards – Feb 14, 2023 11:46 pm UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 322 with Share this story Share
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt are exploring a pay offer to try to end the wave of public sector strikes that would backdate next year’s wage award for NHS staff and other key workers. After weeks of deadlock, Sunak and Hunt are considering giving workers a lump sum by backdating next year’s
uh-huh — Shkreli tells judge his drug discovery software is not for discovering drugs Shkreli now says his drug discovery software is like a recipe website. Beth Mole – Feb 13, 2023 11:20 pm UTC Enlarge / Martin Shkreli arrives at Brooklyn Federal Court on the first day of his securities fraud trial in 2017.Getty