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Paypal Pauses UK Crypto Purchases Amid Regulatory Changes; Assures Resumption in Early 2024 – Bitcoin News

August 17, 2023
In recent communications to its U.K. clientele, Paypal has announced a temporary suspension of cryptocurrency purchases starting October 1, 2023, with plans to resume in early 2024. Notably, even amidst this hiatus, users can continue to hold their crypto within the Paypal ecosystem and are free to liquidate their digital holdings whenever they wish. Paypal Temporarily Halts UK Cryptocurrency…
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MobileNews

Opera’s AI browser assistant is now available in its iOS app

August 17, 2023
Opera announced today that its Aria AI assistant has made its way to iOS. The feature launched on desktop in June and stems from a partnership with ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Opera says Aria, now available on all major desktop and mobile platforms, has tallied over a million…
MobileNews

New York City bans TikTok for government employees

August 17, 2023
New York City will ban TikTok from government devices, The Verge reported on Wednesday. City agencies have 30 days to remove the ByteDance-owned app from their devices. Employees will not be allowed to download or use TikTok on their city-sanctioned tech effective immediately. This comes three years after New York state banned TikTok from government devices in 2020, according to Times-Union. NYC…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: August 16, 2023

August 17, 2023
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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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AI & RoboticsNews

War Robots mobile shooter hits 250M downloads

August 17, 2023
My.Games announced that its War Robots mobile shooter has surpassed 250 million registered players across all platforms. Built by its in-house game studio Pixonic, War Robots is currently available on the App Store, Google Play, and Steam, My.Games said. War Robots celebrated its ninth anniversary in April 2023, and it has generated more than $750 million inlifetime gross revenue and continues to…
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