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Google Wallet is adding tap-to-pay for kids

In the next few weeks, parents will be able to allow access to Google Wallet through the Family Link app.




#downward : tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level

- French: en bas

- Italian: discendente

- Portuguese: descendente / para baixo

- Spanish: abajo

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Zelenskyy says Putin's vow not to hit Ukraine's energy infrastructure 'at odds with reality' (Hanna Arhirova/Associated Press)

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Wall Street should have known better than to trust Donald Trump (Helaine R. Olen/MSNBC)

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4 nations bordering Russia to withdraw from land mine treaty (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)

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SECRET. He has been let into the secret: he has been cheated at gaming or horse-racing. He or she is in the grand secret, i.e. dead.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Minnesota State Senator Arrested In Sting On Same Day He Introduced 'TDS' Bill (David Moye/HuffPost)

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Paragon spyware could have ties to governments around the world.

The Citizen Lab just published its investigation into Paragon Solutions, an “ethical” cyber defense company recently linked to a spyware campaign targeting journalists on WhatsApp. Along with the Canadian Ontario Provincial Police, researchers found that governments in Australia, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel, and Singapore may also be potential Paragon customers.

Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers | TechCrunch



The Cost of the Government's Attack on Columbia (Christopher L. Eisgruber/The Atlantic)

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The Playdate is about to get a price increase

After relocating to a new factory, Panic has announced a $30 price bump for its handheld.



2028 POV on 2025 Dems -- Just now ... Good morning, Early Birds. (Meryl Kornfield/Washington Post)

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Amazon is blundering into an AI copyright nightmare

Alexa’s integration with Suno misses the whole point of music.



ABC: print circulation of the UK's Daily Mirror fell 16.4% YoY in February 2025 to 196,150, dropping below 200,000 for the first time since the Edwardian era (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

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Portal’s now pinball.

Multimorphic worked with Valve and official assets from Portal and Portal 2 to create this new pinball machine built on the company’s modular P3 platform. The game includes features like launchers that can send a ball flying from one side to the other, weighted companion cubes, and a giant animated screen beneath the playfield, as spotted by Ars Technica.

But since this is a full mechanical pinball machine, pricing starts at a staggering $11,620.




Major law firms are struggling to respond to Trump's attacks (Daniel Barnes/Politico)

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