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Old Google Pay Android app to lose P2P money transfers, transaction history in April

February 23, 2021
At the end of last year, Google launched a revamped Google Pay experience in the US, based on what was once the Tez app in India. Google is now warning that, as of April, the older Google Pay apps on Android, iOS, and web will no longer be able to send and receive money. The move from the previous Google Pay app to the newer experience has been something of a confusing migration, with Android…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: February 22, 2021

February 23, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Google Search gets modernized weather card on desktop web

February 23, 2021
Google Weather in Search for Android was last redesigned in 2019, and the desktop experience is now seeing a handful of tweaks that help modernize the old UI. The changes are subtle, starting with the temperature being the first piece of information displayed in the…
GamingNews

Nintendo teases Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 port for Switch

February 23, 2021
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 is probably on its way to the Nintendo Switch. Tony Hawk, Activision, Nintendo, and Crash Bandicoot all teased the possibility in posts on Twitter today. This started with Tony Hawk posting a tweet asking for Crash Bandicoot’s help. “Just heard #Crash4 is coming to new platforms, and I’m kinda jealous,” reads Tony Hawk’s tweet. “Hey, @CrashBandicoot can you…
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AI & RoboticsNews

EU report warns that AI makes autonomous vehicles ‘highly vulnerable’ to attack

February 23, 2021
The dream of autonomous vehicles is that they can avoid human error and save lives, but a new European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) report has found that autonomous vehicles are “highly vulnerable to a wide range of attacks” that could be dangerous for passengers, pedestrians, and people in other vehicles. Attacks considered in the report include sensor attacks with beams of light…
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MobileNews

LG denies the Rollable phone has been put on hold

February 23, 2021
LG Electronics has told The Verge that the company’s phone with a resizable screen, the LG Rollable, has not been put on hold. “I can firmly deny that any such decision on future mobile products has been finalized,” says an LG spokesperson. The denial comes in response…
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iOS 14.5 makes zero-click exploits ‘significantly harder’ according to security researchers

February 23, 2021
Amid the other new features in iOS 14.5, Apple has also implemented changes to how it secures the code running in iOS. As reported by Motherboard, the changes Apple has made behind the scenes here will make it harder for hackers to develop zero-click exploits. The report cites multiple security researchers who believe that these changes will make zero-click exploits harder. These are exploits…
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