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Salvation Army rings the bell for mobile payments
The campaign was kicked off at Neiman's Family Market on Friday by a Salvation Army regular, Tim Hart. Additionally, company employees were among the first volunteers to work the red kettles. The Salvation Army needs volunteer bell ringers to cover almost 18,000 hours of bell ringing. 82 cents of every dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwi... [Full Article...]
Alibaba looks forward for record Singles' Day sales on November 11
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's annual Singles' Day has already notched up 91.2 billion yuan ($20.5b) within the first hour. Media captionAlibaba Singles' Day: Dollars or data? A large screen shows the campaign's total gross merchandise value (GMV) reached 100 billion RMB by one hour and three minutes and 59 seconds. [Full Article...]
Unveiled the new Rainbow No. 6 siege Y4S4 transition tide operator
During this weekend's Pro League Finals, held in Tokoname, Japan, Ubisoft revealed details on the fourth and final event of Year 4 in its tense tactical shooter Rainbow Six Siege . Kali's gadget is the LV Explosive Lance . Ubisoft states that the Rail Platform has been removed while the East and West section have been brought closer together. [Full Article...]
Instagram will test hiding 'likes' in some accounts next week
As TechCrunch reports, the expansion was announced at the Wired25 conference . Tests on hiding likes have already been carried out Australia, Brazil, Japan and beyond. The company wants people to worry less on the number of likes on their posts. Instagram will test hiding "likes" in some accounts in the US starting next week, according to Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri , who made the ann... [Full Article...]
Amazon Ring doorbells exposed users’ Wi-Fi passwords
The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at cybersecurity firm Bitdefender. TL;DR: The Ring Video Doorbell 2 and Echo Show 5 typically retail for $199 and $89.99, respectively, but you'll pay just $149 if you bundle them together through Amazon - a 50% savings. [Full Article...]
Mercury transit visible from Greece on Monday
The transit of Mercury on November 11, 2019, begins at 4:35 a.m. PST (7:35 a.m. EST), but it won't be visible to West Coast viewers until after sunrise. The last transit of Venus was in June of 2012, and the next will occur in December of 2117. It starts on Monday at about 7.35am (8.35pm Singapore time) and will last almost six hours. [Full Article...]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Patch Adds New Maps, Nerfs Shotgun
Later in the present day, Ground War will probably be added to Modern Warfare's queue of multiplayer modes. What is a most welcome diversion from the paltry selection of decent maps is the return of Ground War. But Activision's president, Robert Kostich, described Modern Warfare's launch as "just scratching the surface of what it can do", so it's safe to say that Activision intends for Mo... [Full Article...]
Samsung Galaxy S11 gets bigger: 3 sizes, 5 models total
As for the front camera, this series should continue to use a punch-hole front camera. However, it appears that Samsung is preparing something truly radical with the Galaxy S11 and it will deliver a serious beat-down to all these aforementioned handsets. [Full Article...]