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Square's personalized prepaid card is available to everyone http://ift.tt/2twTzeZ Digital payment service Square has been inviting customers to sign up for its prepaid debit card since May, and is now opening up the program to everyone. On Thursday, the company announced the Square Cash Card is available to order via the Square app or website. The card essentially cuts out the middleman, allowing customers to use their Square Cash at brick-and-mortar stores instead of having to transfer funds to their bank account or rely on Apple Pay. In that sense, it's probably more accurate to describe it as a prepaid card than a traditional debit card. The sign-up process is relatively straightforward, but does boast a playful element that lets you create your own, custom laser-etched signature for the card, which has a minimal design (no lengthy card number here, just the solitary Visa Debit logo and the chip). Whereas Square CEO Jack Dorsey simply used his @Jack Twitter handle as his signature on the card he teased back in May (he's also the CEO of Twitter, you see), other customers have been a bit more creative with their designs, as you can see in the tweets below. A word of caution: Square screens the signatures, so it's probably best to keep things clean.
Knowing that Square previously abandoned plans for a credit card program, it does come as a bit of a surprise that its Cash Card turned out to be more than just an experiment -- maybe it just wanted to beat its competitor Venmo to the punch. Via: The Verge Source: Jack Dorsey (Twitter) Gadget News via Engadget http://www.engadget.com June 30, 2017 at 04:12AM
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Germany passes controversial law to fine Facebook over hate speech http://ift.tt/2stmeN6 German lawmakers have passed a controversial law under which Facebook, Twitter, and other social media companies could face fines of up to €50 million ($57 million) for failing to remove hate speech. The Social Network Enforcement Act, commonly referred to as the “Facebook law,” was passed by the Bundestag, Germany’s parliamentary body, on Friday. It will go into effect in October. Under the law, social media companies would face steep for failing to remove “obviously illegal” content — including hate speech, defamation, and incitements to violence — within 24 hours. They would face an initial fine of €5 million, which could rise to €50 million. Web companies would have up to one week to decide on cases that are less clear cut. Justice Minister Heiko Maas and other supporters of the bill have argued that it is necessary to curb the spread of hate speech, which is strictly regulated under German law. But digital rights activists have broadly criticized the law, saying it would infringe on free speech, and that it gives tech companies disproportionate responsibility in determining the legality of online content. A Facebook spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the bill’s passage. Gadget News via The Verge http://ift.tt/1jLudMg June 30, 2017 at 03:22AM Elon Musk's first tunnel should be up and running next week http://ift.tt/2u5yUvy Elon Musk recently announced that his tunnel-digging operation, The Boring Company, is done carving out its first segment. He bundled the announcement with a declaration of love for tunnels -- which he totally loves more than floors, by the way -- but didn't talk about the first tunnel portion's location. Musk's latest tweets, however, are rife with clues about its location, and by the looks of things, The Boring Company's Godot machine has begun digging right across the SpaceX building in Hawthorne, LA County.
The location makes sense, considering the company transported Godot to SpaceX's Hawthorne offices in April. Musk even submitted plans to local officials, asking permission to build a pedestrian tunnel from the SpaceX building to its parking lot across the road. By that time, The Boring Company was already done digging a vertical shaft for it. Musk's main goal is to dig tunnels under all of LA that can be used to transport cars, bikes and even people in order to reduce traffic congestion aboveground. If the first segment truly is located on SpaceX property, though, the company could begin by building a 500-foot-long, horizontal pedestrian tunnel for the space corporation's employees. We'll definitely know soon enough, since the SpaceX chief said the segment's car/pod elevator "should be operating next week."
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Watch the trailer for Rick and Morty season 3, streaming from July 30th http://ift.tt/2twCYbt Rick and Morty season 3 is nearly here. Adult Swim dropped the first full trailer (above) and confirmed that the show will start streaming again on July 30th. By that time, it will have been two years since the second season of the cult show started airing, and fans have been eagerly, eagerly awaiting new episodes — especially since Adult Swim aired the first episode of the new season on April 1st. As far as the season 3 trailer shows we’re in for more of the same goofy, gory, imaginative, monstrous, disturbing, bizarre hijinks. Expect more from the Galactic Federation, what looks like a Mad Max: Fury Road parody, and the introduction of Pickle Rick. The trailer was aired on a live-stream by the show’s co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, and according to Polygon, Harmon even teased the possibility that a fourth season was already being worked on. Let’s hope we get it before 2019.
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Now Apple TV has access to all the cartoons on Boomerang http://ift.tt/2u59qOZ Parents tired of watching Moana on repeat, listen up: there's a new streaming service on Apple TV that just might catch your kids' attention. Boomerang, which offers a variety of classic Saturday morning cartoons from your youth, has finally arrived on Apple TV. It was originally a Time Warner cable channel until it re-emerged as a streaming service for the web, iOS and Android devices in March. Now that it's also out for Apple TV, you can stream all the Bugs Bunny, Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry, The Jetsons and The Flintstones you want if you fancy going on a nostalgia trip. Boomerang has around 5,000 episodes from Hanna-Barbera's, Looney Tunes' and MGM's libraries on offer, so you won't quickly run out of things to watch either. In addition to launching on Apple TV, the service has also debuted its first original series, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. It's celebrating the event by giving Kansas residents (naturally) a free 30-day trial if they sign up from today until July 4th. Once that's up, they'd have to pay $5 per month or $40 per year like everyone else, because there might no place like home, but Boomerang still has to make money. Via: Apple Insider Source: iTunes Gadget News via Engadget http://www.engadget.com June 30, 2017 at 01:36AM Mexico court suspends sale of Roku TV streaming gadgets - Reuters http://ift.tt/2twfe70
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Nike confirms 'pilot' partnership with Amazon http://ift.tt/2tqOqVe Nike's Q4 earnings report is notable today because CEO Mark Fields confirmed reports that the company will start selling some items directly on Amazon.
For Nike, part of the reason for the arrangement is so that it can help fight the distribution of counterfeit items, however, his comment about a "limited product assortment" leaves me wondering what exactly will be available on Amazon. While we wait to find out more about that deal, Fields also mentioned more about what's in store for Nike later this year, including that its SNKRS app and Nike+ experience will be available in Europe and China. While the company's revenue topped $8.7 billion in the fourth quarter alone, the company made some $2 billion last year via its apps and website -- more than double the year before. Products we'll see soon include HyperAdapt 2.0, a "delivering new forms in adaptive technology at more accessible price points," "never-before-seen technology in NBA apparel" and, of course, some new Air Maxes. Source: Nike Q4 earnings call transcript (PDF) Gadget News via Engadget http://www.engadget.com June 30, 2017 at 12:06AM |
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