- Twitter's 'Buy Now' button may be powered by Stripe payments
Remember that illusive “Buy Now” button that briefly showed up on Twitter last month? Re/Code says it’s still on the way — and it’s backed by Stripe, a mobile payments startup. According to sources close to the outlet, merchants that want to sell… - Over 1,000 US businesses hit with the same cyberattack as Target
Target’s massive data breach grabbed headlines right in the middle of holiday shopping that year, and the fallout continues. According to a Department of Homeland Security advisory this afternoon, the attacks that hit the red-hued retailer, along… - Text adventure 'game' offers a taste of what clinical depression is like
Unless you’re deep in the throes of it yourself, actual, clinical depression can be incredibly hard to wrap your head around. Sure, you can scroll through the Wikipedia article all you like, but intellectually knowing about and feeling depression are… - NSA and GCHQ employees may be undermining the agencies' work to hack Tor
It’s no secret that US and British spy agencies are trying to crack the Tor network, but new information suggests that the agencies’ floundering efforts may be sabotaged from within. For the uninitiated, Tor is a web browser that anonymizes a…
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OnePlus TV launching in September, coming to India first
OnePlus has announced that it will be launching its OnePlus TV next month in September. The company also announced that the TV will first be announced in India. The announcement was made by founder and CEO Pete Lau on the company's forum. Lau largely talked about the challenges involved in making a television as well as what we can expect from it once it releases. Lau explained that the reason the OnePlus TV will be releasing first in India is because the company has great relations with the content providers in the country. For OnePlus and for televisions in general, content is...
Samsung will release Marvel-themed smart covers for the Galaxy Note10 and Note10+
You can trust Marvel's superheroes to protect the Earth as well as your phone - Samsung will release Marvel-themed smart covers for the Galaxy Note10. The "smart" feature here is pretty basic, the covers have an NFC chip that lets your phone automatically switch to a matching theme. The four cases we've seen so far feature Iron Man, Spider-Man, Captain America and Deadpool. Here's what they look like on the Galaxy Note10+: Marvel cases on the Galaxy Note10+: Iron Man Spider-Man Captain America Deadpool And here's a sample of the wallpapers that will be loaded up...
Apple's TV+ coming in November for $9.99/month
Apple unveiled its TV+ service with exclusive shows, movies and series in March and left it at 'Coming this Fall' with no price tag. Now, according to sources within Apple, TV+ is scheduled for a November debut, costing $9.99 per month. Apple is expected to also offer a free trial period - likely one month - bringing TV+ in line with Apple Music. Apple will enter a busy market with its streaming service. Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have established a strong position while Disney is about to launch its own service. Netflix and Amazon charge slightly less at $8.99 while Disney+ will...
Xiaomi reports 60 million shipped phones in H1 2019
Xiaomi just released its financial report for the first half of 2019 and the numbers are good. Revenues stood at CNY 95.71 billion ($13.56 billion), a 20% improvement compared to the first half of last year. Adjusted net profits came out to CNY 5.72 billion ($810.36 million) which is a 49.8% year on year increase. Looking into phone shipments, Xiaomi managed to move 60 million units in the period despite stagnating global market. Outside of the smartphone business, Xiaomi's TV line also proved to be a big success as the company ranked first in China with 5.4 million units for the...
Leaked Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 ad shows off NFC
Xiaomi is busy shooting promo videos for the Redmi Note 8 and that carries a risk of leaks. We saw the Redmi Note 8 Pro starring in an ad yesterday, now a clip has surfaced on TikTok showing the Redmi Note 8 using its NFC. Yes, NFC. It's not the most exciting feature, but Xiaomi phones tend to omit it, it's something reserved for the flagship Mi series. NFC has been gaining adoption in China as AliPay and Apple Pay adopt it (QR codes are still prevalent, though). It's not clear if this is the "Pro" model or not or quite what will be the differences between the two. The Pro is...
