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Russians Reportedly Turn to Old Soviet-Era Tactics to Watch Western Movies
If you thought the age of streaming services would put an end to people watching oddly formatted bootleg copies of the newest movie releases, then you’d probably be surprised to see what some Russians have been forced to do to watch Turning Red in theatres.
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Square Will Eat ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Platform Afterpay for $39 Billion
Fintech company Square, led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced on Sunday that it plans to acquire the “buy now, pay later” platform Afterpay for $US29 ($39) billion. If the purchase is approved, it would turn Square into a power player in the online payments space.
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Facebook’s Being Sued Over Look-A-Like Logo And… Well…
Looks like Libra’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week isn’t over yet. In addition to major backers like PayPal, eBay, Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard dropping support for Facebook’s cryptocurrency project, now its logo has become the centre of a legal battle over alleged trademark infringement.
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Massive Network Crash Temporarily Renders Visa Cards Useless In UK And Europe
Despite the prevalence of credit cards and payment services, when things go wrong, cash is still king. And today, Europe and the UK got a really good reminder of that after a network crash prevented millions of Visa credit and debit card holders from making any transactions.