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Sling's New $20 'Select' Package Gives You 11 Channels

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-12 18:41:00

There's a new $20 skinny bundle on the scene, and you probably want to know what the low-priced live TV package gets you. Sling introduced a fresh package called Sling Select on Tuesday, joining its prior offerings of Sling Orange, Sling Blue and Sling Orange & Blue plans. Select's selection is a pared-down version of Blue (plus some outliers not found in Blue or Orange), and its price reflects that. Select includes Fox News, FS1, FX, National Geographic, NFL Network, Lifetime Movie Network, Ga

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Unsealed Apple Pay ruling explains Fintiv’s Texas retreat and weakens new Georgia case

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-12 23:55:04

A newly unsealed opinion shows why Apple had little patience for Fintiv’s long-running claims in Texas. As it turns out, after seven years of litigation, Fintiv still could not point to any evidence that Apple Pay or Apple Wallet ever used the kind of “widget” described in its patent. That finding explains the company’s abrupt retreat in Texas and bodes poorly for its latest attempt to profit off Apple Pay in Georgia. Why Fintiv’s Texas claims collapsed Judge Alan Albright, who oversees one of

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Substack lets you subscribe as an in-app purchase – but you shouldn’t

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-11-15 06:26:37

Indie content platform Substack now lets you subscribe to newsletters, podcasts, and video channels via an in-app purchase. However, while this removes friction from the subscription sign-up process, you definitely shouldn’t use it, for two reasons … The last few years have seen growth in subscriber-funded independent newsletters, with Ben Thompson’s Stratechery one of the earlier successful examples. Substack was created to handle the business aspects of this, leaving independent creators fr

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Substack writers can now direct US readers to (often cheaper) web-based subscriptions on iOS

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-11-16 15:16:50

Newsletter subscription platform Substack will begin taking advantage of an option on the U.S. App Store that allows users to make purchases outside of Apple’s in-app purchasing system. This functionality is permitted by a change to the App Store’s rules in May, as a result of Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. Since then, a number of top apps have moved to offer in-app purchase links that point to their own websites, including Spotify, Patreon, and the Amazon Kindle app, amo

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Car Company Charges Monthly Fee for Its EVs to Drive Faster

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-17 14:30:42

Cars aren't just cars, these days. They have to be stuffed with smartphone-like tech. Maybe it was inevitable, then, that they'd start using the subscription model of a phone app. As Electrek reports, drivers of several Volkswagen EV models will have to pay a monthly fee to unlock the full horsepower of their cars — at least in the UK, though we wouldn't rule out the scheme expanding to other markets. The affected models are the Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4, which start at 201 horsepower. But if

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Making Your Own Merchant Service Provider

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 03:01:20

2025-08-14: Payment Processor Fun 2025 -- Making Your Own MSP Valve and Itch have been in the spotlight for being more or less forced by "Payment processors" to pull certain adult content off their storefronts. The short story of it is Valve pulled a couple of games down while Itch pulled down everything marked mature/adult temporarily and had to sort through their entire library to find certain kinds of content to remove. One of these responses drew more ire than the other, understandably. I

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Payment Processor Fun 2025 – Making Your Own Merchant Service Provider

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 09:01:20

2025-08-14: Payment Processor Fun 2025 -- Making Your Own MSP Valve and Itch have been in the spotlight for being more or less forced by "Payment processors" to pull certain adult content off their storefronts. The short story of it is Valve pulled a couple of games down while Itch pulled down everything marked mature/adult temporarily and had to sort through their entire library to find certain kinds of content to remove. One of these responses drew more ire than the other, understandably. I

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Volkswagen is making UK owners pay extra to unlock ID.3 EV's full potential

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-19 18:00:11

It's safe to say nobody likes it when a company locks the full potential of a vehicle they already bought behind a monthly subscription, which is what Volkswagen is doing in the UK. As Electrek and Auto Express have reported, the automaker now lists the Volkswagen ID.3 Pro and Pro S on its UK website with lesser horsepower that what they're capable of. In a footnote for the ID.3 Pro S Essential page, the company notes that for new orders, 150 kW or 201 horsepower is now the new standard for engi

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Steam's censorship issues have broken PayPal support in some regions

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-20 18:42:23

If you've been unable to pay with PayPal on Steam, Valve says the limitation has to do with issues one of PayPal's banking partners has with content on the platform, according to Rock Paper Shotgun. Users have noticed PayPal was disabled in some regions as far back as July, and the issue seems like it might be out of both Valve and PayPal's hands. "In early July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquiring bank for payment transactions in certain currencies was immediately terminating the p

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Big Tech's A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone

news.ycombinator.com Ivan Penn 2025-11-20 17:54:57

But even with their expressed good will, getting the companies to make consumers whole will not be easy because determining how much large users like data centers should pay is not straightforward. The business of keeping America’s lights on is mostly about two things: supplying reliable electricity and figuring out what to charge to deliver it. In recent years, big tech companies have inserted themselves into debates over both. They lobby lawmakers and regulators, and they are pitching their o

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Airbnb now lets you ‘pay later’ on vacation rentals

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-11-21 09:33:14

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Airbnb has introduced a new “reserve now, pay later” option that lets users in the US book a reservation without paying right away. Instead, users can put off their payment to a later date before check-in. Airbnb says it will require payment before the end of a

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Airbnb will allow US users to book stays without paying up front

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-21 15:00:00

Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying up front, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change. The feature is applicable to properties that have a “flexible” or “moderate” cancellation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before they check in, while moderate policies allow for no-fee cancellations until five days before ch

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Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying up front

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-21 21:00:00

Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying upfront, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change. The feature is applicable to properties that have a “flexible” or “moderate” cancellation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before they check-in, while moderate policies allow for no-fee cancellations until five days before che

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Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying upfront

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-22 09:00:00

Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying upfront, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change. The feature is applicable to properties that have a “flexible” or “moderate” cancellation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before they check-in, while moderate policies allow for no-fee cancellations until five days before che

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Zenobia Pay – A mission to build an alternative to high-fee card networks

news.ycombinator.com Ryan Prendergast 2025-11-22 20:19:37

Why we're open sourcing our payments platform Since Februray, Teddy and I have worked tirelessly on Zenobia Pay. Our mission: build an alternative to high-fee card networks (Visa, Mastercard) using bank transfers as payments. We were super excited by FedNow, the Federal Reserve's instant transfer rail, which inspired us to quit our jobs and do this full time. We thought, let's build QR code payments, like Pix or UPI or AliPay, but for the US. And we did! We built an instant clearing, mobile fir

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Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-11-24 04:09:02

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Starlink now charges $5 a month to pause its high-speed, low-latency internet service, a feature that used to be available for free. It affects Roam, Residential, and Priority subscribers in the US, most of Europe, and Canada with lots of exceptions

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Gboard now has new shortcut for seamless access to your credentials and cards

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-25 18:47:50

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Gboard has gained a new “Autofill” shortcut that makes it easier and faster to fill out credentials and payment information. Once enabled in the On-screen keyboard settings, you’ll see the shortcut in your Gboard options. The shortcut is rolling out on the latest stable version of the keyboard, but some users are only seeing it on the beta version of the app. Gboard is getting a new “Autofill with Google” shortcut to fill in credentials and payment i

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Indian fintech Paytm wins a major regulatory battle days after key investor exit

techcrunch.com Jagmeet Singh 2025-11-26 18:08:02

Indian fintech giant Paytm has received long-awaited approval from the country’s central bank to operate as a payment services provider for online merchants — just days after one of its Chinese investors sold its entire stake — marking a key regulatory breakthrough after months of setbacks and scrutiny. On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted “in-principle” approval to Paytm’s Payment Services unit to operate as an online payment aggregator, parent company One97 Communications said

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Google is streamlining how you send money abroad — and getting new tools for spending it at home

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-27 23:00:49

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is improving visibility of Wallet’s international transfer tools by starting to surface them in Search. Buy-now-pay-later options are expanding from Google Pay to Chrome autofill. Chrome is starting to show reward details for a whole lot more credit cards. Google has long grown beyond being a simple search company, and at this point its interests are so vast and varied that it can be more than a little difficult to cleanly categorize it. Those

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3 ways Google Chrome and Wallet just made shopping a whole lot easer

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-27 23:00:00

Google / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's takeaways Google adds new features to give you more ways to pay online. See reward details for 100+ cards to find your best option. More "buy now, pay later" options, including Affirm and more. The next time you check out online with Chrome or Google Wallet, you might notice things look a little different. Google has announced several upgrades, each one designed to give you more flexibility and convenience when you shop online. 1. Support for m

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Apple pushes back on Fintiv’s latest litigious attempt to profit off Apple Pay

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-01 23:05:52

Fintiv, a firm you’ve probably only heard of in the context of patent litigation, is once again suing Apple over Apple Pay. Apple’s secure mobile payment solution launched over a decade ago in 2014. Fintiv has been unsuccessfully suing Apple over Apple Pay since 2018. Apple is not hiding its frustration. In a statement to 9to5Mac, the company accused the Texas-based firm of trying to “distract from their failed patent case” with a new set of allegations. “The court has repeatedly rejected Fint

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Woman wins $200,000 case after her phone started a house fire while charging

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-06 23:53:31

TL;DR A woman has been awarded the equivalent of $200,000 after her phone caused a house fire while charging. The court ruled the LG K8 was defective and failed to meet safety expectations. Most of the payout will go to her insurer, but she also received compensation for injuries. We’ve heard multiple reports of the Google Pixel 6a melting down over recent months, but nothing as nightmarish as this. For one woman, her plugged-in Android phone caused a house fire, eventually leading to a six-f

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Trump’s trade and environment policies are a disaster for carmakers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-08 04:58:42

An ill wind blows through the automotive industry. Yesterday, after the market closed, Rivian reported its results for the second quarter of 2025, and they weren't great. Unlike the last two quarters, Rivian did not make a gross profit, and it's estimating it will have a larger loss this year than first predicted. A day earlier, it was Lucid's turn: The Saudi-backed EV startup also missed analyst estimates for the quarter, and Lucid says it will build fewer cars this year than originally planned

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Payment platform Lava raises $5.8M to build digital wallets for the ‘agent-native economy’

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-12-08 09:45:00

A new startup, Lava Payments, aims to take on payment giants by building a solution for the modern web where AI agents now handle transactions for their customers. The idea came to founder Mitchell Jones after he left his earlier Y Combinator-backed fintech startup, Lendtable, as he began to experiment with AI. He saw the potential to build out a system that would make using AI and agent payments simpler and more developer-friendly. While experimenting with an AI app and trying to build what he

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Fine-tuned small LLMs can beat large ones with programmatic data curation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-13 05:55:19

{ "systemInstruction" : { "role" : "system" , "parts" : [ { "text" : "# Retail agent policy As a retail agent, you can help users cancel or modify pending orders, return or exchange delivered orders, modify their default user address, or provide information about their own profile, orders, and related products. - At the beginning of the conversation, you have to authenticate the user identity by locating their user id via email, or via name + zip code. This has to be done even when the use

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Tesla awards Musk $29B in attempt to “keep Elon’s energies focused on Tesla”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-13 08:50:07

Tesla is awarding Elon Musk over $29 billion of stock in an "interim" pay plan designed to maintain his interest in the company while a larger pay package awarded in 2018 remains held up in court. "Retaining Elon is more important than ever before... It is imperative to retain and motivate our extraordinary talent, beginning with Elon," Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm and board member Kathleen Wilson-Thompson wrote in a letter to shareholders today. The letter noted that Musk has several other

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Tesla awards Elon Musk $29 billion after much larger pay plan blocked in court

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-13 14:50:07

Tesla is awarding Elon Musk over $29 billion of stock in an "interim" pay plan designed to maintain his interest in the company while a larger pay package awarded in 2018 remains held up in court. "Retaining Elon is more important than ever before... It is imperative to retain and motivate our extraordinary talent, beginning with Elon," Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm and board member Kathleen Wilson-Thompson wrote in a letter to shareholders today. The letter noted that Musk has several other

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Tesla Approves Elon Musk’s $29 Billion Pay Package Despite Political Risks

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-12-13 23:45:09

Despite the headaches Tesla has faced from Elon Musk’s political antics, the company’s board just signed off on a new pay package for the CEO that is worth a whopping $29 billion. The new compensation terms come after a Delaware judge blocked a previous $55 billion compensation plan from 2018, siding with shareholders who argued the deal was unfairly approved. The plan was also announced during a pivotal moment for the struggling EV maker, which is trying to expand into robotaxis and humanoid

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Tesla awards Musk $29 billion in shares with prior pay package in limbo

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-12-14 04:27:37

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was awarded an interim pay package of 96 million shares of the company over the weekend. The shares would be worth about $29 billion. Tesla stock climbed about 2% Monday. The company said in a filing Sunday that the pay package would vest in two years as long as Musk continued as CEO or in another key executive position. The new award would be forfeited if the legal battle over his 2018 compensation ends with Musk being able to exercise the larger pay package, which was va

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Mastercard denies pressuring game platforms, Valve tells a different story

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-14 20:29:14

The outcry after a recent marketplace crackdown on games with adult content, seemingly due to pressure from payment processors, prompted Mastercard to release a brief statement Friday pushing back against recent headlines. “Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations,” the company said, adding, “At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard

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Sling's New $20 'Select' Package Gives You 11 Channels

Unsealed Apple Pay ruling explains Fintiv’s Texas retreat and weakens new Georgia case

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Making Your Own Merchant Service Provider

Payment Processor Fun 2025 – Making Your Own Merchant Service Provider

Volkswagen is making UK owners pay extra to unlock ID.3 EV's full potential

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Big Tech's A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone

Airbnb now lets you ‘pay later’ on vacation rentals

Airbnb will allow US users to book stays without paying up front

Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying up front

Airbnb will allow US users book stays without paying upfront

Zenobia Pay – A mission to build an alternative to high-fee card networks

Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature

Gboard now has new shortcut for seamless access to your credentials and cards

Indian fintech Paytm wins a major regulatory battle days after key investor exit

Google is streamlining how you send money abroad — and getting new tools for spending it at home

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Tesla awards Musk $29B in attempt to “keep Elon’s energies focused on Tesla”

Tesla awards Elon Musk $29 billion after much larger pay plan blocked in court

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Tesla awards Musk $29 billion in shares with prior pay package in limbo

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