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Wave Cash App’s Magic Wand to Pay for Stuff
You can tap the star-shaped, NFC-enabled wand at terminals to make contactless payments. It's the first of several tap-to-pay hardware doodads coming from Cash App.
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The Zuckerbergs Are Hiring a Lifeguard but Calling It a ‘Beach Water Person’
The job, which is associated with the Zuckerberg family office, is located in Kauai, Hawaii, where the Meta CEO owns a massive compound.
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The Emptiest Places in the Universe Might Contain Its Best Secrets
Once dismissed as empty expanses between galaxies, cosmic voids are becoming one of the most promising tools for probing the universe’s biggest mysteries.
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All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in Science Rely on Two Stone-Age Techniques
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‘Doo-Doo Water and a Few Needles’: Inside the Mystery of the New York City Manhole Prowlers
An “urban explorer” tells WIRED their mother checked in to make sure they weren’t one of the people seen scurrying out of a manhole with their friends.
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Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats
I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least it’s secure.
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Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil!
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Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi
The pale-blue Ojai vehicles will start picking up members of the public in California and Arizona in the next few weeks.
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Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme
According to federal prosecutors, Michele Spagnuolo made more than $1 million on the prediction market platform using confidential information about Google Search traffic.
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