CryptoNews

Standard Chartered Launches Bitcoin and Ethereum Custody in UAE

September 11, 2024
Standard Chartered has launched a digital asset custody service in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), licensed by the Dubai Financial Services Authority. The service aims to provide secure storage for digital assets, initially focusing on bitcoin and ethereum. Brevan Howard Digital is the first client, and the bank plans further expansion into additional digital assets. The launch highlights the…
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MobileNews

Apple is finally going to open up iPhone tap-to-pay

September 11, 2024
Apple is going to let developers offer in-app NFC transactions using the Secure Element starting with iOS 18.1, and as part of the update, you’ll also be able to set a default contactless payment app that’s accessible when you double-click your iPhone’s side button.
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iPhones will help decide offside violations in English soccer this season

September 11, 2024
The UK’s top soccer league is switching up the tech it uses to detect offside violations on the football pitch. The Premier League has contracted with a company called Genius Sports, which will use dozens of iPhones combined with machine-learning models to help game officials make an offside call. Offside violations aren’t always clear-cut, especially when players are grouped in a way that…
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MobileNews

Huawei’s triple-screen folding phone leaked — again

September 11, 2024
Spy photos of a thin triple-folding phone held by consumer group CEO Yu Chengdong have surfaced again. The images were posted by Weibo user Whylab on Thursday, reports Android Authority.posted by Weibo user Whylab The device looks as if could get as thin as current…
MobileNews

Welcome back, Fortnite

September 10, 2024
For the first time since August 2020, Fortnite is back on iOS, and it’s just as exciting and engaging as ever — although a lot has changed in that time. August 2020 Following years of legal battles, rumors, and the launch of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Epic Games’…
MobileNews

Apple Intelligence: What to Expect from the iPhone 16 Line

September 10, 2024
Apple should be spinning up the iPhone 16 line soon, and while rumors about its phones don’t tend to leak like certain other phones I know, some details have trickled out of the halls of Cupertino and its supply chain. Physically, we mostly expect them to look, well, like iPhones, but as the first new Apple smartphones after the WWDC debut of Apple Intelligence, the changes could be more than…
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MobileNews

European iPhones are more fun now

September 10, 2024
Whining about stuff is a treasured American pastime, so allow me to indulge: the iPhone is more fun in Europe now, and it’s not fair. They’re getting all kinds of stuff because they have cool regulators, not, like, regular regulators. Third-party app stores, the ability…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

I sold all my Tesla shares (TSLA), here's why

September 10, 2024
I fully divested from Tesla (TSLA), selling all my tesla shares. I’m going to try to explain why. At Electrek, we like to be clear about our biases rather than claim we have none. I’ve followed Tesla shares since 2008 and invested in the company after it went public in 2010. I started writing about EVs, and especially Tesla, full-time in 2015. I invested in the stock mainly because I fully…
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