A major payment option is disappearing from Google Wallet in just a few days

If you use an Android smartphone, there’s a strong possibility you often take advantage ofGoogle Walletfor quick online and in-person payments. It’s undoubtedly one of the best digital wallets out there, and for many, it’s hard to live without it due to itssheer convenience. Over the years, Google has consistently improved the app. Recently, it announced the launch ofnearby notificationsfor loyalty cards and added support for driver’s licenses in some states, along with NFC-based car keys....

August 23, 2025 · 4 min · 666 words · Mary Robinson

A watershed moment in App Store’s history: China displaces U.S. as #1 app market by revenue

Some quite interesting data points in a new report from app marketing firm App Anniesuggestthat China has now overtaken the United States as Apple’s top market for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch apps, with a fifteen percent higher App Store revenue than the U.S. in the September quarter. Chinese users spent more than five times the amount they spent just two years prior in the App Store. In the September quarter alone, Apple raked in more than $1....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Nicholas Martinez

Acer Swift 7 review: The smartphone-thin laptop is here

Most of Acer’s laptops are made for the average buyer, offering solid specs at a good price. Models like theSwift 3are worth a look if the prices of MacBooks make you want to cry. The Acer Swift 7 is quite different, though. Its aim is to be the thinnest laptop in the world (just like the last Swift 7 was at launch, in 2017). Guess what? Mission complete. However, this laptop’s high price, annoying non-clicky trackpad and so-so performance make it a little tough to recommend....

August 23, 2025 · 8 min · 1618 words · Daniel Armstrong

All Abacus Weapons in Metaphor: ReFantazio

InMetaphor: ReFantazio, there are several weapon types available depending on the Archetype lineage of a character. Aside from standard damage and hit applications, weapons can also have multiple effects that include passive and active abilities. Below are the different weapon types available in-game: Weapon Purification Often, weapons can be purified in an effort to increase their stats and ultimately change the weapon into a significantly better one. Weapons can be purified at a church, andSt....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Amanda Harvey

All Scroll Locations in Tangledrift in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands

Scrolls are collectibles that players can find in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands to get more lore on the characters and world around them. Since Scrolls are collectibles, players need to find all of them in an area to achieve 100% completion in an area. Tangledrift has five Scrolls in total for players to hunt down. Where to find all Scrolls in Tangledrift in Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Scroll #1 Location you’re able to find the first Scroll in the upper section of the area along a stone wall....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Courtney Allen

All SoulGlad Scorchsand Audition Venue chests, Origami Birds, Lordly Trashcan, and Trotter locations in Honkai Star Rail

The SoulGlad Scorchsand Audition Venue is one of the most complicated areas added to Honkai Star Rail to date, and there are dozens of chests, Origami Birds, Trotters, and Lordly Trashcans to find within it. The SoulGlad Scorchsand Audition Venue is comprised of several mini zones that feature unique challenges. There are two potential challenges per zone, but you only need to complete one of them to progress through the main story....

August 23, 2025 · 4 min · 773 words · Michael Camacho

Apex Legends players want simple Warzone map feature to be added

Apex Legends players want simple Warzone map feature to be added Apex Legends players have called on Respawn to add a simple pre-match feature that is prominent in other battle royales, including Call of Duty’s Warzone. The battle of battle royales means that, on occasion, the player base for Apex Legends looks enviously at what Fortnite and Warzone are getting, and vice versa. In the past, Apex fans have suggested that thegame would benefit from adding more mobility (thought to be coming in Season 10 in the form of cable cars),whileWarzone players have suggested the CoD battle royale should implement penalties for early quitters....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Samantha Buchanan

Apple Hardware Subscription Could Make Your iPhone A Monthly Payment

Apple Hardware Subscription Could Make Your iPhone A Monthly Payment Shedding more light on the plans, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman tweeted that Apple’s hardware subscription service will launch next year. Moreover, it could be offered as a bundled package with theApple Onesubscription that currently covers only software products such as Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, and Apple Arcade among a total of six offerings. Additionally,AppleCarecould also tag along as part of the hardware subscription service, likely for covering scenarios such as accidental damage to the loaner devices....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 316 words · Pamela Jones

Apple officially joins non-profit AI research group as one of the founding members

Apple has officially joined the non-profit organizationPartnership on AIas a founding member alongside other technology giants like Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft. Apple has been involved and collaborating with the Partnership on AI since before it was first announced last year and is “thrilled” to formalize its membership, the organization said Friday. Accordingto Bloomberg, joining the non-profit is the latest sign that Apple is opening up more and becoming less secretive when it comes to artificial intelligence....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Eric Buchanan

Apple says the App Store stopped more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions and more in 2020

Right now, Apple is knee deep in an antitrust case againstEpic Games, with the results potentially changing Apple’s digital storefront forever. But, Apple’s taking today to promote how theApp Storehelps keep users safe. Today,Apple announcedthat the App Store has done a lot of work to stop fraud. Specifically, the digital storefront has stopped more than $1.5 billion in “potentially fraudulent transactions” throughout the year 2020. Apple says this is a clear sign that the App Store is a “safe and trusted place”....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 616 words · Brenda Stout

Behold the dreaded dragon-sharks in the full trailer for final Sharknado movie

SyFy will end its campy cult Sharknado franchise whenThe Last Sharknado: It’s About Timepremieres August 19. As the title implies, this installment will be about time travel, as intrepid hero Fin (Ian Ziering) tries to undo all the havoc he has wrought since the first movie in 2013. A full-length trailer for the movie was released August 17. We’ve already seen the teaser, which gave us a look at the bizarre time-travel theme of the latest fil,....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Heather Kelly

BMW Vision iNext showcases BMW's 2021 autonomous electric SUV

BMW unveiled the Vision iNext in September 2018 and then whipped this concept car off on a world tour, before dropping in on the LA Auto Show, for its official global debut. The Vision iNext is BMW’s future car - and it isn’t just painting a pretty picture - it plans to have this car on the road in 2021. How much of the iNext design will remain in 2021 remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: it’s very serious about the technology that underpins it....

August 23, 2025 · 4 min · 686 words · Douglas Bell

Bridgerton season 2 release date and how to watch

Bridgerton - the glossy period drama with a modern twist - gracedNetflixin late 2020 and it was excellent. Full of scandal, drama, sex and romance, it wastheTV series that had us all hooked on Lady Whistledown’s detailing of the events from start to finish. The first series was inspired by Juila Quinn’s book - ‘The Duke and I’- which is the first of eight so there is plenty of material to see us binge on Bridgerton for quite a while longer....

August 23, 2025 · 4 min · 828 words · Tiffany Hall