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April 2nd 2025

Visa Wants to Take Over $20 Billion Apple Card Business

The company wants to take over processing of payments for Apple's credit card, and has reportedly offered $100 million to replace Mastercard.

Commerce Thomas Maxwell Apr 2

January 31st 2025

U.S. oligarch Elon Musk at the U.S. Capitol after a meeting with Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., while on the Hill to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's "Department of Government Efficiency," on Thursday, December 5, 2024

Elon Musk’s Goons Are Trying to Gain Access to the Government’s Payment Systems: Report

The system sent $5.4 trillion in payments last year.

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 31

April 29th 2024

Switching Your Credit Card May Not Stop a Streaming Service’s Recurring Charges

Thanks to a relatively unknown banking system that tracks your financial life, switching your credit card may not stop streaming services from charging you.

Privacy & Security Maxwell Zeff Apr 29

January 19th 2024

Pornhub Has a New Kink: Consent

The porn website now requires proof of consent from every performer on the platform.

Tech News Maxwell Zeff Jan 19

October 27th 2022

Pornhub’s Instagram Account Has Been Shutdown (Again)

Pornhub is no longer allowed to post on Instagram following a second ban from the social media website. For real this time!

Internet Kevin Hurler Oct 27

August 4th 2022

Visa and Mastercard Suspend Pornhub Ad Payments Amid Child Porn Lawsuit

Visa's CEO said a court's recent ruling created “new uncertainty” around the role the company that places ads on the massive porn site.

Tech News Mack DeGeurin Aug 4

August 1st 2022

Judge Greenlights Suit Accusing Visa of Profiting off Kids on Pornhub

"The Court can comfortably infer that Visa intended to help MindGeek monetize child porn," a judge wrote.

Tech News Lucas Ropek Aug 1

May 19th 2022

Crypto Exchange FTX Digs Into Stock Trading Alongside Its Coin Game

It joins the likes of Robinhood in the online stock trading scene, but the announcement couldn’t have come at a stranger time in a hemorrhaging market.

Cryptocurrencies Kyle Barr May 19

May 11th 2022

Google Adds Virtual Credit Cards for Google Pay

At I/O, Google announced that it will be launching virtual cards to protect users' financial information during online transactions.

Tech News Lucas Ropek May 11

May 5th 2022

Google, Microsoft, and Apple Say You’ll Soon Be Able to Use the Same Login on Any Browser

The major tech companies are promoting a passwordless existence on the internet’s most-used browsers starting next year.

Tech News Kyle Barr May 5

April 29th 2022

Russians Reportedly Turn to Old Soviet-Era Tactics to Watch Western Movies

Putin's government's activities curtailing VPNs has only pushed more people to find bootlegs of big releases.

Tech News Kyle Barr Apr 29

January 17th 2022

Amazon Simmers Down, Says It Won’t Block Visa Credit Cards in UK Store on Jan. 19 After All

Amazon and Visa are “working closely” to reach an agreement so that the credit cards can be used on the e-commerce site.

Commerce Jody Serrano Jan 17

November 17th 2021

Amazon to Stop Taking Visa Credit Cards in the UK Thanks to Brexit

Visa raised fees in the UK after the country's split from the European Union.

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 17

August 1st 2021

Square Will Eat ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Platform Afterpay for $29 Billion

Square will integrate Afterpay, which allows customers to pay for their purchases in interest-free installments, into its seller and Cash App ecosystems.

Tech News Jody Serrano Aug 1

December 14th 2020

Pornhub Just Removed Millions Of User-Uploaded Videos

Pornhub announced today that it’s removing all videos uploaded to the site by unverified users, purging millions of uploads in the process. Per a report by Motherboard, Pornhub originally hosted close to 13.5 million videos. As of this morning the number dipped to 4.7 million, then rebounded to 7.2 million a couple hours later. Some…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Dec 14

October 12th 2019

Facebook’s Being Sued Over Look-A-Like Logo And…Well…

Looks like Libra’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week isn’t over yet. In addition to major backers like PayPal, eBay, Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard dropping support for Facebook’s cryptocurrency project, now its logo has become the center of a legal battle over alleged trademark infringement. The logo for Calibra, a subsidiary Facebook formed to…

Social Media Alyse Stanley Oct 12

October 2nd 2019

Sure Sounds Like Things Aren’t Going Well for Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Scheme

There’s been no shortage of official opposition to Facebook and dozens of corporate partners’ plans to launch a cryptocurrency powered global payment network, Libra. A short list of the wary might include the heads of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department, the House and Senate banking committees, EU antitrust officials, Indian and Chinese finance…

Social Media Tom McKay Oct 2

August 23rd 2019

Members of Facebook’s ‘Crypto Mafia’ Reportedly Getting Cold Feet About Libra Currency

At least two of the 28 entities that have signed on for Facebook’s planned Libra currency are now getting nervous about the project, according to a new report from the Financial Times. And Facebook is just as worried about being the only company currently with its “neck out,” as regulators push back against the plan…

Social Media Matt Novak Aug 23

June 1st 2018

Massive Network Crash Temporarily Renders Visa Cards Useless in UK and Europe

Despite the prevalence of credit cards and payment services like Venmo and Apple Pay, when things go wrong, cash is still king. And today, Europe and the UK got a really good reminder of that after a network crash prevented millions of Visa credit and debit card holders from making any transactions. Then things got…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jun 1

February 26th 2018

Credit Cards With Chips Are Reducing In-Store Fraud—But Online Breaches Are Picking Up the Slack

Chip-based credit card readers, first introduced around 2011, have led to a 70 percent drop in counterfeit fraud in the United States, according to Visa. Visa says more 481 million chip cards are now in circulation, representing roughly 67 percent of all Visa debit and credit cards. The company also says that nearly two-thirds of…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Feb 26

VISA

Visa Wants to Take Over $20 Billion Apple Card Business

Elon Musk’s Goons Are Trying to Gain Access to the Government’s Payment Systems: Report

Switching Your Credit Card May Not Stop a Streaming Service’s Recurring Charges

Pornhub Has a New Kink: Consent

Pornhub’s Instagram Account Has Been Shutdown (Again)

Visa and Mastercard Suspend Pornhub Ad Payments Amid Child Porn Lawsuit

Judge Greenlights Suit Accusing Visa of Profiting off Kids on Pornhub

Crypto Exchange FTX Digs Into Stock Trading Alongside Its Coin Game

Google Adds Virtual Credit Cards for Google Pay

Google, Microsoft, and Apple Say You’ll Soon Be Able to Use the Same Login on Any Browser

Russians Reportedly Turn to Old Soviet-Era Tactics to Watch Western Movies

Amazon Simmers Down, Says It Won’t Block Visa Credit Cards in UK Store on Jan. 19 After All

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Square Will Eat ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Platform Afterpay for $29 Billion

Pornhub Just Removed Millions Of User-Uploaded Videos

Facebook’s Being Sued Over Look-A-Like Logo And…Well…

Sure Sounds Like Things Aren’t Going Well for Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency Scheme

Members of Facebook’s ‘Crypto Mafia’ Reportedly Getting Cold Feet About Libra Currency

Massive Network Crash Temporarily Renders Visa Cards Useless in UK and Europe

Credit Cards With Chips Are Reducing In-Store Fraud—But Online Breaches Are Picking Up the Slack

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