Why we’re ready to pay the price for open banking Improving the overall payment experience When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. It’s not every day you hear a company asking to pay for something. But in our response to the upcoming roll-out of commercial Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs), we’re doing exactly that. To understand why we want banks to charge us, we need to start from the beginning....

YouTube may be planning to give us new AI song generators this year – and this time the music labels could let it happen YouTube may be working on an ethical use for AI When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The battle between the music industry and the rampant, often copyright-infringing, use of AI to train and compile data sets has been heating up for quite some time....

‘The most brutal 15 minutes of Star Wars ever’: The Acolyte viewers are in deep shock over episode 5’s biggest gut punches Jedi? More like Je-bye When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Full spoilers follow forThe Acolyte’s first five episodes. The Acolyteepisode five is out now onDisney Plus– and, after the show’s first four episodes largely underwhelmed audiences, it’s finally come out swinging with its latest chapter....

5 new A24 movies I can’t wait to watch in 2024 Four thrillers and a drama When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. A24 rarely misses, delivering recent hits across multiple genres such as the breakout Australian horrorTalk to Me, the mind-bendingEverything Everywhere All at Once, and the recent remastered version of Jonathan Demme’sStop Making Sense, a concert movie focused on Talking Heads....

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Apple doesn’t think prioritizing repairability is always good for the environment – and it might be right A new whitepaper details Apple’s multi-pronged approach to repairability and durability When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. If you readApple’s new whitepaper,Longevity by Design, you quickly realize that the road to sustainability is paved with good intentions and a lot of variability. An iPhone that can be completely repaired is not, in Apple’s view, the answer, nor is one that is so durable and locked down that it can not be accessed and repaired by human hands....

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