7-Eleven Japan shut down its mobile payment app after hackers stole $500,000 from users
On Thursday, 7-Eleven Japan suspended a recently-launched mobile payments feature on its 7Pay app after a flaw allowed a third
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Month: July 2019
Google is testing a play button for Chrome’s toolbar
It appears that Google will soon add a play button to its Chrome browser, as spotted by ZDnet and Techdows.
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Formula E’s electric off-road SUV is an absolute unit
Formula E, the first global all-electric racing series, has unveiled the racecar that will run in its new upcoming off-road
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Nintendo president: ‘we must keep up’ with cloud gaming tech
In some ways, the Nintendo Switch can already provide one of the biggest benefits of cloud gaming: the ability to
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AMD cuts Radeon 5700 GPU prices just two days before their release
When AMD announced its next-gen Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 and 5700 XT graphics cards last month, the news was just
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LA’s earthquake warning system worked — just not how people expected
After a recent earthquake in Los Angeles, some residents were left wondering why their ShakeAlert LA app hadn’t notified them.
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The US Army has released its first audiobooks
The US Army wants its soldiers to begin listening to its training materials, which, surprisingly, has never been an option
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People in Japan are renting cars but not driving them
Most people who spend money on car-sharing services do so because they have a destination in mind. They need transportation,
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Volkswagen’s electric racecar breaks 20-year-old Goodwood hill climb record
The Volkswagen I.D. R electric racecar just broke a 20-year-old record at the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb.
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Toyota is testing a much more efficient solar roof for its electric cars
Toyota will start testing a new solar roof for the Prius that it says can add as much as 44.5
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