Monthly Archives: June 2024

Apple kills Pay Later feature ahead of Affirm integration

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

Apple announced at last week’s WWDC 2024 that users would be able to access loans through third-party app Affirm through Apple Pay. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple Set to be Charged by EU for Violating Digital Markets Act

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

Apple is allegedly not allowing developers to “steer” their apps’ users to third-party purchase options.

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Astroscale’s space junk inspection satellite snaps a close-up photo of a discarded rocket stage

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

Astroscale’s space junk observation satellite has moved within striking distance to a discarded rocket upper stage that’s been floating around Earth for nearly 20 years, taking close-up pictures — preliminary to actually deorbiting the object in a future mission. The … Continue reading →

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DeepMind’s new AI generates soundtracks and dialogue for videos

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

DeepMind says that it sees the tech, V2A (short for “video-to-audio”), as an essential piece of the AI-generated media puzzle. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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US sues Adobe for hiding termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

In the complaint filed on Monday, the DOJ wrote that “Adobe has harmed consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing important plan terms.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Up your Shmup game with five discounted classic blasters on the Switch

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

If you ever fancy a really bland conversation that goes on for hours, strike up a conversation with me about Cave’s classic shoot ‘em-ups. Sadly, the reflexes I once had made me rather good at games such as DoDonpachi and … Continue reading →

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Stablecoins could bolster U.S. dollar: former House Speaker

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

The 2024 U.S. Presidential race is heating up, and cryptocurrency policy is emerging as a key issue. With the Biden administration reportedly planning to attend a crypto policy roundtable and former President Trump expressing support for keeping crypto companies in … Continue reading →

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Madden 25 editions explained: Which should you pre-order for the best bonuses?

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

Madden 25 is right around the corner. While some have probably already paid for a copy and are maybe even getting stuck into the Beta, you might be holding out to get the full lowdown on all of the editions … Continue reading →

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VanEck Set to Launch Spot Bitcoin ETF on Australia’s ASX

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

Prominent investment management firm VanEck announced that it is about to list Australia’s first spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) listed on the domestic Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Thursday. The announcement follows late-April rumors that such a listing was … Continue reading →

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Here’s how to use ChatGPT to analyze PDFs

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Techme101

From answering the most random of questions to allowing for HTML 5 games to be created in a matter of minutes, the free version of ChatGPT has leveled up once more as people can now use the tool to analyze … Continue reading →

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