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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. Previously, Apple has only allowed Apple Pay to appear when you double-click that button. With this change, developers will…
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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…
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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’ flagship title has reappeared on the newly launched Epic Games Store on iOS and Android, as well as the AltStore PAL…
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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…
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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…
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Oxford commercializes its 20% more powerful solar panels in the US

September 10, 2024
University of Oxford spin-off Oxford PV has revealed a “world-first” commercial sale of its tandem solar panels that produce 20% more energy than standard silicon panels. The 72-cell panels, comprised of Oxford PV’s proprietary perovskite-on-silicon solar cells, will be used in a utility-scale installation by an undisclosed US customer. The panels – which have a groundbreaking 24.5%…
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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…
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AI2’s new model aims to be open and powerful yet cost effective

September 10, 2024
The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) released a new open-source model that hopes to answer the need for a large language model (LLM) that is both a strong performer and cost-effective. The new model, which it calls OLMoE, leverages a sparse mixture of experts (MoE) architecture. It has 7 billion parameters but uses only 1 billion parameters per input token. It has two versions: OLMoE-1B-7B, which is…
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