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PayPal launches its ‘super app’ combining payments, savings, bill pay, crypto, shopping and more –

PayPal has been talking about its “super app” plans for some time, having recently told investors its upcoming digital wallet and payments app had been given a go for launch. Today, the first version of …

Facetune maker Lightricks raises $130 million ahead of M&A plans –

Facetune developer Lightricks, which operates more than a dozen subscription-based photo- and video-editing apps across iOS and Android, now has $130 million in new funding to further grow its business. The company’s newly announced Series …

Netflix launches free plan in Kenya to boost growth –

Netflix said on Monday it is launching a free mobile plan in Kenya as the global streaming giant looks to tap the East African nation that is home to over 20 million internet users. The …

iOS 15 adds all the little features that were missing –

The release of iOS 15 should be a major event for mobile operating systems. And yet, this year, there’s no breakthrough feature or overarching theme that makes this release stand out. Apple has focused on …

iOS 15 is now available to download –

Apple has just released the final version of iOS 15, the next major version of the operating system for the iPhone. It is a free download and it works with the iPhone 6s or later, …

Roku debuts new Streaming Stick 4K bundles, software update with voice and mobile features –

Weeks after Amazon introduced an updated Fire TV lineup that included, for the first time, its own TVs, Roku today is announcing its own competitive products in a race to capture consumers’ attention before the …

Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible –

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad, in Pakistan, with a goal “to …

Tile secures $40 million to take on Apple AirTag with new products –

Tile, the maker of Bluetooth-powered lost item finder beacons and, more recently, a staunch Apple critic, announced today it has raised $40 million in non-dilutive debt financing from Capital IP. The funding will be put …

News aggregator SmartNews raises $230 million, valuing its business at $2 billion –

SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Apple News, today announced it has closed on $230 million in Series F funding. The round …

TikTok expands mental health resources, as negative reports of Instagram’s effect on teens leak –

TikTok announced this morning that it is implementing new tactics to educate its users about the negative mental health impacts of social media. As part of these changes, TikTok is rolling out a “well-being guide” …

Apple’s iPhone 13 sports better battery and improved cameras, starting at $799 –

The rumors were right. The centerpiece of today’s big Apple event is the latest iPhone. The latest device lands less than a year after its predecessor, now that things have settled down somewhat on the …

iPhone users will receive iOS 15 update on September 20 –

Shortly after today’s virtual conference, Apple announced that the next major version of iOS will be ready for prime time very soon: iPhone users will be able to update to iOS 15 on September 20. …

Apple sheds value during iPhone event –

The crew is hard at work writing up the latest from Apple’s iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch event. They have good notes on the megacorp’s hardware updates. But what are the markets saying about the …

Watch Apple unveil the new iPhone live right here –

Apple is set to announce new iPhone models today. The company is holding a (virtual) keynote at 10 AM PT (1 PM in New York, 6 PM in London, 7 PM in Paris). And you’ll …

South Korean antitrust regulator fines Google $177M for abusing market dominance –

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday it fined Google $177 million for abusing its market dominance in the Android operating system (OS) market. The U.S. tech company has restricted market competition by …

Microsoft reverses controversial .NET change after open source community outcry
Microsoft is reversing a decision to remove a key feature from its upcoming .NET 6 release, after a public outcry from the open source community. Microsoft ...
Sounds like the Halo Needler is finally getting the Nerf blaster it deserves
The Halo Needler is one of the most memorable video game weapons ever designed: an alien rifle that shoots homing spikes of crystalline plasma that explode. ...
Get a year of PlayStation Plus for just $39 this weekend
For this weekend, you can get a whole year of Playstation Plus at Eneba for just $39 by using the code 365USVERGE at checkout. Anyone who owns a PlayStation 4 ...
Twitter’s research shows that its algorithm favors conservative views
A post on Twitter’s blog reveals that Twitter’s algorithm promotes right-leaning content more often than left — but the reasons for that remain unclear. The ...
A new Facebook whistleblower has come forward with more allegations
A second Facebook whistleblower has come forward with a new set of allegations about how the social media platform does business. First reported by the ...
NASA now aims to launch massive next-generation rocket on debut flight in early 2022
NASA is aiming to fly its massive, next-generation rocket, the Space Launch System, for the first time in February of 2022, a critical test flight on NASA’s ...
Nintendo’s Advance Wars Switch remaster delayed to spring 2022
Nintendo has delayed its upcoming remaster of the first two Advance Wars games. Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp had been set to release on December 3rd, but it ...
Apple’s new M1 Max MacBook Pro is getting a virtual turbo button for High Power Mode
Apple wants you to think of its new M1 Max MacBook Pro as a beast of a machine — it actually calls it a “beast” in the ad — but the upcoming macOS Monterey, ...
iFixit took a peek underneath the Apple Watch Series 7’s larger display
In our review of the Apple Watch Series 7, Dieter Bohn called it the best smartwatch while noting the new model’s changes as “smaller iterations” ...
Google announces new tools to help bring more Matter smart home devices to the market
Google gave a glimpse into how the new smart home standard Matter might actually work in our smart homes today, and it’s looking pretty exciting. At its Google ...