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Apple

Facebook and Apple are in a fight. Your browsing history is in the middle.

Apple and Facebook are going to need each other in the long run, because billions of people want their social media apps to work well on their phones and tablets. But first, the two California tech giants need to settle a brawl that’s playing out in newspaper ads, industry meetings and potentially federal court. Facebook […]

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Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Nears $29K While Ether Options Trader Makes Long-Shot Bet

Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $28,775 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 7.3% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $26,796.90 to $28,969.90 (CoinDesk 20) BTC above its 10-hour and 50-hour moving averages, a bullish signal for market technicians. Another day, another all-time high in bitcoin as the cryptocurrency changed hands as high […]

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How Apple’s self-driving car plans might transform the company itself

What would an Apple self-driving car look like? We don’t know yet, but what we do know is that the company has serious plans to roll out its own electric self-driving car by 2024. Apple hasn’t officially confirmed any of the information disclosed in the Reuters reports that broke the news last week. And we […]

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New York adds Apple Pay support to all subway stations, bus routes

Apple Pay is now accepted by MTA at all stations, and on all buses, across New York’s five boroughs.
More than 18 months since it first trialled Apple Pay on selected subway stations, New York’s MTA has completed rolling it out to all lines, stations, and boroughs. The Metropolitan Transport Authority has installed its One […]

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It’s game over for FarmVille, as Flash also buys the farm

Farewell, FarmVille. Zynga 2020 isn’t the only thing coming to an end Thursday. The last day of the year is also the last day for FarmVille, one of the original addictive Facebook games. FarmVille, which allowed players to cultivate colorful cartoonish farms by tending crops and caring for livestock, had 30 million daily players at […]

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Apple

After Christmas sales 2020 — Best Buy, Amazon, Apple and more

The new year is upon us and after Christmas sales are still in full swing. That means if you didn’t get the gift you wanted over the holidays, now’s the time to shop. Like all major sales, after Christmas sales are not a one-day event and will last for the next few days. Retailers from […]

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Bitcoin

Forget Bitcoin: Here’s How to Turn $30,000 Into $990,000 for Retirement

Bitcoin is on a roll, and investors continue to drive the price of of the cryptocurrency to new highs amid lofty price predictions for 2021. Buying at these levels, however, comes with significant risks, and it might be better to search for other opportunities today. Bitcoin price bubble? At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s price […]

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s 2020 In Tech | Nasdaq

Seemingly undisturbed by 2020’s craziness, and largely unfazed by bitcoin’s wild price swings that concluded with new all-time highs in December, Bitcoin’s technical community continues to plow ahead. Bitcoin’s software and the many projects around it were gradually improved throughout the year, as software was optimized, bugs fixed and privacy leaks patched. The bulk of […]

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2020’s Important Bitcoin Infrastructure, feat. Alyse Killeen

A look at privacy and infrastructure advances that will shape the bitcoin ecosystem in the years to come. Alyse Killeen is the founder and managing partner of StillMark, and has been investing in bitcoin companies since 2013. While much of the conversation this year has been about high level narratives and new institutional investors, Alyse […]

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T-Mobile data breach sees phone numbers and call records leaked online

T-Mobile has revealed that it suffered a data breach in which customers’ proprietary network information (CPNI), including their phone numbers and call records, was exposed online. Earlier this week, the US telecom began informing its customers via text message that a security incident had occurred that may have impacted some of their account information.  However, […]

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