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How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
Bank of America’s corporate clients approved a record $500 billion in payments through its CashPro app by mid-year, up almost 40% versus the same period in 2023, the company said in a statement on Thursday. Payments on the app are projected to exceed $1 trillion this year from $802 billion last year, BofA said. Global payments revenues rose to more than $2.2 trillion in 2022, with commercial accounts generating 53% of the total, the report showed.
Fractile thinks it can deliver 100 times faster performance 10 times cheaper than GPUs.
Epic has been attempting to expand the distribution of its games beyond smartphone companies' official app stores, opposing steep commissions on in-app payments and users being limited to downloading applications through dedicated stores. The company also said its videogames will be leaving the Samsung Galaxy Store in protest of the phone maker's decision to block default side-loading - the installation of applications on a mobile device without using its dedicated app store - on Android devices, calling it "anticompetitive". Along the same lines, Epic said its mobile games will come to AltStore on iOS in the EU.
Some of the Uber Eats gift cards offered to partners were flagged as fraud
Rosalía stepped out wearing a breathtaking naked dress at the Prelude to the Olympics in Paris. The design was a nude coloured see-through lace gown by Dior.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called in to Fox News Thursday, where he told supporters that presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is a “radical left, not very smart person” who’s part of a massive conspiracy to weaponize the nation’s legal system against him. Harris’ campaign fired back mere minutes later with an email blasting the “78-year-old convicted criminal’s Fox ...
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New Reds boss hails latest Anfield arrivals as plans take shape
The astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are still not able to come home, Nasa has said. Two astronauts went to the space station almost 50 days ago as part of a test of Boeing’s Starliner capsule. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but thruster failures and helium leaks on Boeing‘s new Starliner capsule prompted Nasa and Boeing to keep them up longer.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says what matters most in his hiring philosophy is people being able to do one thing really well.
Manchester United’s academy staff have been left “shocked”, “upset” and in some cases “angry” at the news that several respected, long-serving coaches could lose their jobs in the cost-cutting drive at Old Trafford.
Almost 35 years ago, Gerald Ford predicted that America would get its first female president only when a male incumbent could no longer continue.
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Hundreds of protesters chanted ‘shame on you’ at a protest at Manchester airport following the incident captured on camera
A police investigation is underway following a violent incident during a youth basketball game where a 13-year-old player stomped on an opponent's head, leading to a concussion. The game, held at the College of Alameda on Sunday, involved the Filipino American Tumakbo United team and Payton's Place team, both from the Bay Area. What happened: The now-viral video of the incident shows a scuffle over the ball, during which the Filipino boy falls to the ground before his 13-year-old opponent stomps on his head.
Brothers confronted man who had argued with their mother on flight before pushing trolley into her, it is claimed
"The View" co-host went after Vance, who once likened Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg to "cat ladies."
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Anthony Scaramucci said Trump made a "really bad decision" choosing JD Vance as his VP, although Trump has said that Vance is "doing a fantastic job."
"There's some question about whether or not it's a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear," FBI Director Christopher Wray said