PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people
PayPal is partnering with global fintech companies to let users pay to different wallet systems cross border.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
Here’s What ‘Terrifies’ OpenAI’s CEO About Financial Institutions Today: ‘This Is a Huge Deal’
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that society is going to have to change the way it verifies identity in response to AI.
Chili’s Is Selling Boots Made from Its Red Booths — And It Will Cost You a Lot More than a Triple Dipper
Chili’s new collab wants you to wear the furniture.
Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers
Researchers say Apple sent out threat notifications to several Iranians in recent months, saying their iPhones had been hacked. Iran is likely behind the attacks.
Amazon acquires Bee, the AI wearable that records everything you say
Amazon has acquired the AI wearables startup Bee, which makes a bracelet and an Apple Watch app that record your day-to-day life to function as an AI assistant.
OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services
OpenAI was customer that signed the huge deal that Oracle disclosed last month.
Rocket Lab’s first hurdle to flying its new rocket is getting it to the pad
Rocket Lab is asking regulators to approve a temporary method to transport hardware to its new spaceport.
These 3 Common Mistakes Are Holding You Back at Work, According to a Former Meta Engineer Known as the ‘Coding Machine’
Meta’s former “coding machine” says that software engineers often make the same mistakes that can hurt their careers — and they can be applied to every profession.
iOS 26 beta 4 arrives, with Liquid Glass tweaks and AI news summaries
Apple launches iOS 26 beta 4 for developers with updates to Liquid Glass and AI notification summaries, ahead. A public beta is expected later this week.
Threads adds improved content performance metrics for creators
The Meta-owned platform says the updates are focused on helping creators build audiences.