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The Best Android Apps for 2026
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Online Data Protection 101: Don't Let Big Tech Get Rich Off Your Info
More of your data is available for the taking than you might imagine. Here's a primer on the best products for securing your digital privacy and tips for taking back control of your info.
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Snapchat Snapcash Going Away Aug. 30
Snapchat is planning to shut down its peer-to-peer mobile payment service at the end of August. Posts on Twitter indicate that many adult content creators have embraced the service as a way to accept payment for private content.
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Uber, Lyft, and Grab Want to Do More Than Give You a Ride
At this week's Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, the heads of Uber, Lyft, and Grab all talked about 'transportation as a service,' and their different views on the market.
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Be Careful What You Share on Venmo
For better or worse, Venmo will make all your transactions over the app public by default and even encourage you to write a blurb about them. However, that data can also expose personal details about yourself, according to a privacy researcher.
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Which Technology Will Have the Biggest Impact on Your Life?
Fifty-eight percent of consumers believe the smart home will have the biggest impact on their lives, up from 51 percent in 2015, according to research firm GfK.
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How to Get the Android O Beta
The Android O public beta is now available. Here's how to get it on your Pixel or Nexus phone.
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MasterCard Makes it Easier to Open, Close a Bar Tab
MasterCard adds a new 'Open a Tab' feature to its payments app and tips an Oracle partnership.
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Hands On With Motorola's New G5 and G5 Plus
With revamped builds, new processors, and better cameras, the Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus set a new standard for what constitutes a budget phone.
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McDonald's Pilots Mobile Ordering and Self Service Kiosks
Over 500 Golden Arches locations in the US have already installed giant touch screens.
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Android Pay Headed to More Places on Mobile Web
Android Pay will soon be available on sites where Visa Checkout and Masterpass are accepted.
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Android Pay Works With Chase Visa Cards
Meanwhile, now through Oct. 15, all US Android Pay users will get 50 percent off 10 Uber rides.
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Samsung: Hacking Samsung Pay is Very Difficult
Samsung played down a security researcher's claims that hackers could steal digital tokens to make fraudulent purchases.
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Black Hat Demo Cracks Chip-and-PIN
NCR's Nir Valtman and Patrick Watson promised to bypass chip and PIN, and they delivered.
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What to Expect at Black Hat 2016
That home to hackers, that bivouac of (code) breakers, Black Hat shapes the security discussion for the year.
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