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X Money is launching in the US starting today
X Money, a core part of Elon Musk’s mission to turn X into an “everything app,” is rolling out starting today, 9to5Mac reports. The payment platform offers a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payments similar to Venmo, along with a metal Visa card users can emblazon with their X username. Other…
Read MoreX Money begins limited US rollout
Only Premium and Premium X subscribers get the privilege of banking with Elon for now. Source
Read MoreQuote of the day by Barack Obama: ‘Our new information ecosystem is turbocharging some of humanity’s worst impulses’ — a warning against rampant disinformation
Social media has been a big part of our lives for the best part of two decades, with the platforms we use shifting how we behave – and the way we behave, in turn, reshaping how the platforms are built. There have long been efforts to understand this phenomenon and…
Read MoreAMD’s Venice is the first 2nm x86 server chip, but the stack doesn’t fully ship until 2027
AMD EPYC 9006 “Venice” offers mammoth 256-core, 512-thread configuration that incorporates up to 1GB of L3 cache and PCI-E 6.0 and 16 DDR5 memory channels under the hood It’s the first time AMD’s EPYC lineup sees high core count CPUs push past the 5GHz barrier AMD is claiming a win…
Read MoreRazer’s analog Huntsman V3 Pro is over 20 percent off
Gaming keyboards have evolved over the years to add RGB LEDs, extra knobs, and buttons with screens, but one feature has remained fairly consistent: the mechanical switch. That’s slowly changing, with brands introducing adjustable optical switches that are more customizable and have a faster response time. Razer’s Huntsman V3 Pro…
Read MoreSpotify is experiencing another major outage
A second gremlin is rolling through Spotify this evening. Source
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