Exclusive: Square Bets Big on Next-Gen Credit Card Tech
Square first came to fame with a credit card reader you could plug into an iPhone jack. But next year, the company’s signature device will be on its way to obsolescence as the U.S. transitions to a new kind of credit card that verifies purchases with an embedded computer chip.
July 30, 2014 at 4:38PM
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Why Does Google Employ a Pro-Slavery Lunatic?
In 2011, Justine Tunney was an anti-establishment organizer within Occupy Wall Street, exhorting class warfare on the sidewalk. Today, it appears that Tunney spends much of her day ranting and railing against the poor, advocating for the overthrow of American democracy, and not least notably, working at Google’s New York branch.
July 30, 2014 at 1:15PM
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The world’s third-largest smartphone maker is weirdly cagey about its progress outside of China
Huawei has leveraged its position as the world’s biggest telecom equipment maker to quickly grab market share in the brutally competitive smartphone industry. But how is the company doing outside of its core smartphone market in China? The picture is not as clear.
July 30, 2014 at 12:15PM
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The Drone Primer You’ve Been Waiting For
This drone expert covers everything about how drones work, how to fly them and modify them. If Martha Stewart can do it, so can you!
July 30, 2014 at 12:15PM
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Best Buy CEO Says Tablet Sales “Crashing”
What began as an “unbelievable phenomenon” is starting to falter says Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly.
July 30, 2014 at 11:14AM
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Australian Hackers Get ‘Doom’ To Run On An ATM
Take out cash and bad guys. One-stop shopping at its finest.
July 30, 2014 at 10:51AM
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The Retired Men Who Take Care Of Their Friend The Steam Engine
Kempton Steam Museum is home to the world’s largest functioning triple-expansion steam engine. The unique friendship between the retired volunteers who keep the engine going and the engine itself is the stuff Disney movies are made of.
July 30, 2014 at 10:51AM
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Why a New Jersey school district decided giving laptops to students is a terrible idea
“There is no more determined hacker, so to speak, than a 12-year-old who has a computer.”
July 30, 2014 at 9:39AM
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Attack on Tor Has Likely Stripped Users of Anonymity
Tor, the network used specifically for privacy and anonymity, just warned users of an attack meant to deanonymize people on the service. Anyone who used Tor from February 2014 through this July 4 can assume they were impacted.
July 30, 2014 at 9:08AM
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The NSA’s Cyber-King Goes Corporate
Here’s why the former director of the NSA, Keith Alexander, thinks he’s worth a million dollars a month.
July 30, 2014 at 8:02AM
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