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Apple has expanded Tap to Pay's availability and is giving businesses and merchants across the United Kingdom the option to accept contactless payments using just their iPhones. The tech giant initially released the feature in the US in mid-2022 before making it available in Taiwan and Australia. Like in those regions, merchants in the UK will be able to receive payments without having to purchase extra hardware, since the capability uses NFC. As long as they have an iPhone XS or later, they can offer contactless payment…

Apple has today announced that a big new iPhone payment upgrade is coming to the UK. The feature, already available to US iPhone users, allows any merchant, small or large, to accept payments using nothing but an iPhone, accepting both Apple Pay and contactless cards using nothing but an iPhone. It's a fantastic feature that means businesses don't have to fork out on fancy credit card machines or payment terminals, instead taking cash using nothing but an iPhone. It's available for payment platforms and app makers to…

Image: Mario Tama (Getty Images)Instead of getting on a conference call to figure out how to give SAG-AFTRA a fair deal, Variety reports that bigwigs in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers got on a conference call to “discuss the urgent situation.” Additionally, Variety says that the group, which included Bob Iger (Disney), David Zaslav (Warner Bros) and Ted Sarandos (Netflix) “ efforts to bring in a federal mediator.”Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksWhile…

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The U.S. ecosystem is riddled with PFAS. And anew study released this week by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) revealed that these toxic chemicals are in almost half of the country’s tap water.Biggest Forest Fire in New Mexico HistoryThis is the first time a government agency has tested for and compared PFAS found in private and public water supplies throughout the country. 45% of the locations tested positive for PFAS chemicals. This stands for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances. They’re also commonly known as…

Your local store might only need a smartphone to accept your payments. PayPal is rolling out tap to pay on Android for Venmo and Zettle businesses in the US. Shops can accept Apple Pay, Google Pay and other contactless services or cards, including digital wallets, without requiring a card reader. You might not have to bring out your wallet, in other words. Setup takes just minutes, PayPal claims. Initial setup is free. Tap to pay will roll out to all Venmo businesses in the country over the "coming months," PayPal says,…

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The global beer conglomerate finds itself caught up in a distinctly American uproar. But for long-term investors, the Bud Light brouhaha could be a rare buying opportunity. The global beer conglomerate finds itself caught up in a distinctly American uproar. But for long-term investors, the Bud Light brouhaha could be a rare buying opportunity. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the…

Public health advocates today applauded the news that President Joe Biden intends to name Mandy Cohen, a physician and public health expert with broad government experience, to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Biden will appoint Cohen by the end of the month to replace current CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, who will step down on 30 June, The Washington Post reported yesterday, citing three anonymous sources. The White House did not…