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Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Expose Willy Wonka’s Scam

In this brainteaser, you must convince Uncle Joe that Wonka’s winning bars don’t exist.

The Crossover You Didn’t Think You Needed: eBay Users Can Now Showcase Their Items on Snapchat

The two platforms announced a partnership for sellers to post their listings.

Apple Employees Spotted Using Unreleased Tap-to-Pay (Between Phones) Feature

The company's iPhone-only contactless payment system is scheduled to launch later this year.

Apple Wants to Kill Square

A new Tap to Pay iPhone feature will let businesses accept payments without accessories—like the kind Square makes.

Apple Could Turn iPhones into Payment Terminals—RIP Square

The feature will reportedly arrive in the spring with the public launch of iOS 15.4.

Tesla Says It Will No Longer Accept Bitcoin for Car Payments, Citing Fossil Fuel Concerns

Tesla has “suspended vehicle purchases using bitcoin,” CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday night, allegedly out of concern over the “rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining.” In the statement, which quickly went viral, Musk said that while cryptocurrency is a “good idea on many levels,” the resource-intensive nature of Bitcoin mining —…

Jack Dorsey Claims Bitcoin ‘Incentivizes Renewable Energy’ Despite All Evidence to the Contrary

Earth Day is prime time for brands and people to promote their pre-existing products to the masses, swaddled up in a green package. So perhaps it’s no surprise that area shaman Jack Dorsey and meme enthusiast Elon Musk are pumping bitcoin, a cryptocurrency both men hold and that their respective companies invest heavily in, as…

For Some Strange Reason, Square Is Reportedly Thinking About Buying Tidal

It’s still 2020 folks, so I’ll believe anything. However, after learning that Square, the digital payments processor, is reportedly talks to buy Tidal, the music streaming service, I thought the world was getting really weird. At first glance, that is one strange pairing, but after thinking about it for a good long while, I can…

Apple Reportedly Eyes Turning iPhones Into Payment Terminals

Apple has reportedly bought Mobeewave, a startup that allows phones to become payment terminals with a simple tap, Bloomberg reported this week. The company’s apparently got money on its mind. According to Bloomberg, Apple paid about $100 million for Mobeewave and has retained the startup’s team, which is based in Montreal, Canada. Mobeewave uses an…

Websites Can Discriminate Against You Even If You Don’t Use Them, California Supreme Court Rules

Nearly four years ago, a lone bankruptcy lawyer sued Square, the payment processor run by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, challenging the app’s terms of use—despite never signing up. As of yesterday, the case will proceed, thanks to an opinion issued by the California Supreme Court that could have wide-reaching implications for online businesses. The first…

DoorDash Is Acquiring Food Delivery Service Caviar From Square for $410 Million

DoorDash, the delivery service known for screwing over its delivery workers with an elaborate tip-skimming scheme, is reportedly acquiring upscale food delivery platform Caviar in a deal valued at $410 million. Caviar’s parent company Square announced the news during its second-quarter earnings on Thursday. According to its Q2 shareholders letter, the multimillion-dollar sale will be…

Square’s Food Delivery Service Caviar Settles in Suit Claiming Its Gratuities Never Went to Drivers

Square, the online payments company helmed by Twitter CEO and Bitcoin fanboy Jack Dorsey, has settled a class-action lawsuit over allegations the company pocketed tips customers believed were going to drivers for its California-based food delivery service Caviar. According to TechCrunch, the $2.2 million settlement will pay out up to $755,000 for plaintiff Spencer Janssen’s…

Jack Dorsey Seems Pretty Sure Bitcoin Will Be the World’s ‘Single Currency’ in 10 Years

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who also happens to be the chief executive of crypto-friendly mobile payments company Square, appears to be under the impression that Bitcoin will overtake the world’s supply of fiat currency within ten years. In an interview with the Times, Dorsey made the rather dubious proposition that some form of cryptocurrency, and…

Twitter Teams Up With Square So You Can Donate Money Through a Tweet

Because you didn’t already have enough ways to transfer money online, Twitter now offers the ability to make political donations through tweets. Square is going to help make it happen. And yeah, it’s a little bit confusing. Essentially, political campaigns and causes can apply for the ability to accept donations via tweet. Once they’re set…

Mobile payments provider Square has apparently filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering. This could give the company the additional capital it needs to build out new initiatives, including a wireless device that accepts payments from Apple Pay. Learn more at Bloomberg.

Apple Pay Is About to Be Everywhere With a New Square-Built Reader

Get ready to pay with your iPhone at the flea market, because the company just announced a mobile Apple Pay reader built by Square. Apple also announced a whole host of new big box stores that will accept Apple Pay. And to top it all off: Passbook is now called Wallet. These three announcements together…

Square’s New Food Delivery App Wants to Eat Seamless’ Lunch

Seamless changed the way we order food. And now Square wants to change it all over again with Caviar, a premium courier service for restaurant deliveries that’s finally going nationwide—and mobile. The Caviar appjust came out, and it basically lets you order food from all the restaurants that aren’t on Seamless. This sounds like a…

Apple Pay Could Be Coming To Small Businesses, Thanks To Square

Since it launched last month, Apple’s mobile payment system has been doing pretty well for itself. But the list of participating stores, while impressive, is dominated by big names. Thanks to plans to team up with Square, a credit-card processing service for small firms, that could all change. In its current guise, Square is (mostly)…

A Square Filtering Water Bottle You Can Easily Clean From Both Ends

Four years ago the Clean Bottle arrived with a true innovation: a removable cap on either end that made it incredibly easy to properly clean. A few years later an upgraded version called the Square arrived that swapped curves for a rectangular design that wouldn’t roll away if dropped. And now its creators are introducing…

The Poynt Smart Terminal Is Like a Swiss Army Knife for Payments

The Poynt Smart Terminal is like a one-size-fits-all payments system. It has an NFC antenna, a magnetic swipe reader, a Bluetooth antenna, a QR code reader, a printer for receipts, and even an Android tablet to boot. So not matter how the future of payments pans out, you’ll be able to get your dang cup…