Is It the Future or Just a Blip?

Is It the Future or Just a Blip?

As a fringe group of consumers gets microchips implanted in their hands to make payments without using any external devices, time will prove whether these shoppers are early adopters or simply eccentrics. A TikTok video from last year with more than 10 million views, by a user who fittingly goes by @paybyhand on the platform, …

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EU ends Apple Pay antitrust probe with binding commitments to open up contactless payments

EU ends Apple Pay antitrust probe with binding commitments to open up contactless payments

The European Union has accepted commitments from Apple over how it operates Apple Pay to settle a long running competition investigation. Commission EVP Margrethe Vestager, who heads up the EU’s competition division, announced the development in a press conference Thursday. Apple has until July 25 to implement changes that will allow developers of rival mobile …

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Android 15 may soon be even more accessible for color blind users

Android 15 may soon be even more accessible for color blind users

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Android 15 is preparing to add an intensity slider to color correction settings. This slider adjusts the intensity of each color correction mode, giving color blind users more ways to adjust how colors are shown. Android currently offers a few fixed color correction modes to address deuteranomaly, protanomaly, and …

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Nothing’s budget-friendly brand CMF announced three new products, including a $200 smartphone

Nothing’s budget-friendly brand CMF announced three new products, including a 0 smartphone

CMF, a budget-friendly sub-brand Nothing announced last August, has officially unveiled a trio of new products. There’s a smartphone, a watch and earbuds, all of which seem to be modest in both price and features. Let’s start with the smartphone. Nothing made a splash with its original smartphone, the Nothing Phone 1, and the appropriately-named …

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What Google apps support Android 15 predictive back

What Google apps support Android 15 predictive back

With Android 15 enabling predictive back by default, these Google apps will show a preview of the homescreen as you swipe back.  The shrinking of the current window lets people confirm that they’re exiting the app, thus preventing accidental closures. This works when swiping from the left or right edge of the screen. This has …

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