Urian B., Tech Times 04 May 2021, 12:05 am (Photo : Screenshot From Commons.Wikipedia.org) eBay Could be Looking at Accepting Cryptocurrency as Payment Taking Apple Pay and Google Pay eBay is currently looking at cryptocurrency as a particular payment option for its whole 187 million buyers on the given platform. The company’s CEO himself revealed that the e-commerce giant is now also exploring opportunities to venture into the non-fungible token or NFT business. eBay Accepts Apple Pay and Google Pay: What About Bitcoin? eBay CEO Jamie Iannone recently shared in a CNBC interview on Monday that the company is looking…
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Epic Games and Apple have a long history of technological feud and on Monday, May 3 the three-week trial began in the federal court in Oakland, California. The lawyers from the two giant companies are expected to present the cases to Judge Yvonne Gonzales-Rogers. Epic, Apple Begins the Hearing (Photo : Epic Games) Primarily, Apple has been fighting for its right in the App Store, which it claimed is being patronized by many developers and users. On the other hand, Epic saw this as an outlet of exploitation when it comes to financing which only intensifies their competition, USA Inquirer…
Verizon forgoes its media arm, Yahoo and AOL to Apollo Global Management, the equity group that acquired the operation of Venetian Las Vegas. The early internet rockstars were sold at $5 billion, the company announced. The equity firm now owns the 90 percent share of both brands, now collectively rebranded as Yahoo, sans the exclamation mark. Accordingly, Verizon will be able to keep what is left of the deal, a 10 percent stake of the renamed company. (Photo : Wikimedia Commons)Verizon forgoes its media arm, Yahoo and AOL to Apollo Global Management Originally, Verizon bought the two internet pioneers separately…
The unidentified suspect was taken to a local hospital and his condition wasn’t immediately known. AP | , Mclean, Virginia PUBLISHED ON MAY 04, 2021 06:30 AM IST At least one FBI agent opened fire on an armed man outside CIA headquarters in Virginia on Monday, authorities said.The suspect was shot and wounded after he “emerged from his vehicle with a weapon,” around 6 pm, the FBI said in a statement.The unidentified suspect was taken to a local hospital and his condition wasn’t immediately known.The FBI said it is reviewing the incident.“The review process is thorough and objective, and is…
The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorise Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for young adults age 12 and older by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year.The announcement is set to come barely a month after the company found that its shot, which is already authorised for those age 16 and older, also provided protection for the younger group.The federal official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to preview the FDA’s action, said the agency was expected to expand…
Apple has been working on a prototype for the Foldable iPhone according to leaks, and it has been recently confirmed by a trusted analyst of the Cupertino giant, Ming-Chi Kuo, that it would arrive by 2023. This is a massive move for Apple, especially as its devices have all been a full-screen smartphone that does not fold in any way. (Photo : Apple Newsroom) The first foldable smartphone in the world was from a Chinese company called “Royole” with their FlexPai device which became an inspiration for the first-generation Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X. These devices spun an…
Ethereum has recently reached a record-selling high on the stock market, increasing its value up to $3,000 selling price, all while the demand for GPUs increase and shortages continue amidst this development. The demand for GPUs has increased for cryptocurrency mining, and it has affected the gaming industry where these graphics cards are mostly used. While the world has been suffering from a chip shortage, a.k.a semiconductors, there is another crisis at hand and this is the GPU for computers which has been silently diminishing from the current market. Massive industries were affected by the 2021 chip shortage which has started over…
Bill and Melinda Gates announced Monday that they are divorcing. The Microsoft co-founder and his wife, who launched the world’s largest charitable foundation, said they would continue to work together at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In identical tweets, they said they had made the decision to end their marriage of 27 years. “We have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives,” they said in a statement. “We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new…
Most capacity restrictions will be lifted across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, while all-day subway service will resume in New York City, as lower virus rates and higher vaccinations help move the region toward normalcy.“This is a major reopening of economic and social activity,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday at a briefing.Round-the-clock subway operations in the city that never sleeps will resume May 17, while capacity restrictions on restaurants, theaters, stores and museums will end May 19, Cuomo said. The subway move will provide an essential service to restaurant and hospital staff and others who commute outside…
A leading US-based global health research body has projected 1.02 million cumulative deaths from Covid-19 in India by August 1, with 630,000 additional fatalities from April 26, unless “drastic measures” were taken. The previous projection by this institute for the same end date was 960,000.The deadly disease crossed another grim milestone last week, becoming the No 1 killer in the country, going up by 78%.A top official of the Biden administration, national security adviser Jake Sullivan, told ABC news on Sunday the pandemic is “raging out of control” in India. Even as the United States has rushed assistance worth $100…