Apple Launches ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Service in US

Apple Launches ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Service in US

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has launched its “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) service in the United States, a move that threatens to disrupt the fintech sector dominated by firms like Affirm Holdings (AFRM.O) and Swedish payments company Klarna. As reported on Reuters, the service, Apple Pay Later, will allow users to split purchases into four payments…

Elon Musk: Twitter Says Parts of Source Code Leaked Online

Elon Musk: Twitter Says Parts of Source Code Leaked Online

Parts of the source code which underpins multi-billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform have been leaked online, Twitter says. It says the code was posted on GitHub, a Microsoft-owned service where software developers share code. It has now been taken down after Twitter requested its removal. Separately, Mr Musk has reportedly signalled to Twitter workers…

Pepsi Thrill Fans With An Opportunity To Win An All Expense Paid Trip To The UCL Finals 2023
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Pepsi Thrill Fans With An Opportunity To Win An All Expense Paid Trip To The UCL Finals 2023

Pepsi has launched a new challenge that would give fans the opportunity to win an all-expense paid trip to watch the UCL finals 2023 live. For the first time ever, fans will have the opportunity of a lifetime to be part of the biggest annual global sporting event in person as Grammy award winner and…

Man Utd Takeover Latest: Sheikh Jassim also Submit Second Bid After Sir Jim Ratcliffe
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Man Utd Takeover Latest: Sheikh Jassim also Submit Second Bid After Sir Jim Ratcliffe

Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim has joined Ineos owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe in submitting a second bid to buy Manchester United. A representative for Sheikh Jassim said on Saturday they put in a revised bid overnight. On Thursday, Ratcliffe put in his second bid after Wednesday’s confusion and extended deadline.It followed Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus stating…

Pay $84 a Year for Twitter Blue or Lose Your Checkmark Beginning April 1, Twitter Says

Pay $84 a Year for Twitter Blue or Lose Your Checkmark Beginning April 1, Twitter Says

Twitter’s free blue “verified” checkmarks for notable users may finally be coming to an end. Ever since Elon Musk took control of the company in October, he’s been threatening to remove the “legacy” checkmarks that confirmed the identities of users like government officials, corporations, journalists, celebrities and other high-profile tweeters. Now Musk may follow through:…

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Visit to China Raises Some Eyebrows

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s Visit to China Raises Some Eyebrows

Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook gave a show of support for China as a market and manufacturing base during a visit to Beijing Saturday, even as trade and tech sector tensions escalate between the United States and the world’s second-largest economy. As reported on CNN, Apple and China had “grown together” over the past three…

China May Prefer TikTok to be Banned Than Fall into US Hands
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China May Prefer TikTok to be Banned Than Fall into US Hands

Nearly three years after the Trump administration threatened to ban TikTok if its Chinese owner didn’t sell the company to American investors, the video app is once again facing an existential threat. On Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Chew appeared before US lawmakers, many of whom want the app banned in the United States because of…

Huawei’s New Folding Phone Is Thinner Than an iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Huawei’s New Folding Phone Is Thinner Than an iPhone 14 Pro Max

Huawei’s newest foldable phone, the Mate X3, is an impressively thin and light book-style foldable phone. It was unveiled Thursday alongside the non-foldable flagship P60 series. The Mate X3 has a 6.4-inch cover screen that unfolds to make way for a 7.85-inch inner screen. Despite the presence of two screens, the Mate X3 weighs 239…

Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April

Twitter to Revoke ‘Legacy’ Verified Badges in April

As Elon Musk promised, Twitter’s previous blue check-mark verification regime will soon be history. As reported o Variety, the social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion deal, announced on Thursday that starting April 1, it will remove the verified check-mark status of accounts that Twitter had been verified as…

FTC Wants to Make it Easier for Consumers to Cancel Free Trials and Subscriptions

FTC Wants to Make it Easier for Consumers to Cancel Free Trials and Subscriptions

New rules from the US government could soon let Americans more easily cancel free trials and subscriptions they no longer want, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The proposed rule change announced would apply to vast swaths of the US economy, covering both digital and physical subscriptions. Products subject to the new rule would include…