| January 28, 2022
It's January 28, 2022. On this day in 1999, Yahoo! bought GeoCities for $3.65 billion. Remember GeoCities? If you spent any amount of time online in the late 90s and early 2000s, you should.  ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 290 articles, 14 podcasts, 10 press releases, 429 tweets, and 23 YouTube videos 1. Your iPhone May Be Able to Accept Direct Payments Soon A new report suggests Apple has plans for a new service that would let your iPhone accept payments directly, rather than just make payments. The concept has been in development since 2020 and will likely use the same NFC chip already used for Apple Pay. Come on, Apple, get to announcing already! 2. Apple Says It Has Fixed the iCloud CloudKit Synching Bug Apple has finally fixed a CloudKit bug that caused problems with iCloud syncing for many third-party developers and their users. If you've dealt with this bug before, your apps' syncing should work now. If the developer shut off sync features, however, you'll need to wait for them to be re-enabled. 3. GeForce NOW Launches on Select LG TVs Nvidia's GeForce NOW cloud gaming app has exited beta and is officially releasing on select LG TVs. An update is rolling out now to implement its new graphical features, and to celebrate the launch, people who buy a supporting LG TV will get a free six-month Priority membership. Talk about enticing. 🦑 Go Deeper The EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) is taking on targeted ads, but Charlie Sorrel wants you to know that, while it does take big swings, it doesn't take enough of them to address what you really want it to. 🎱 By the Numbers How does Siri put up with so many people?  Data: Business of Apps We shouldn't be surprised by how many iPhones are roaming around the world, but it is kinda neat to see how far the smartphone has come since its debut. Back in 2008, 10 million active units would've been a lot, but now it's well over a billion. At least 30 of those came from us here at Lifewire.  🔥 Today's Hot Deal
Of course you need a new pair of headphones, which is why we're highlighting JBL's Tour One Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones. They're down to $150 at Best Buy right now, exactly 50% off their usual price. Have at it! 🤓 Nerd Out "In a parallel universe, this game actually came out." —Rob LeFebvre, Senior News Editor What's more nerdy than watching new footage of a cancelled Star Wars game? Very little. Regardless, new gameplay has surface from what would have been Star Wars 1313, featuring Boba Fett. Check it out. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It But what if it was wider?  Image: Dell Look, if you desire something, you may as well go big. Or in this case, wide. The 49-Inch Dell UltraSharp Curved Monitor is perfect for those ready to graduate from two monitors to a single unit that can do it all. Imagine all the windows you could fit on this. Shame it's so expensive, coming in at $1,359.99. 🎥 Behind the Scenes See, same-day streaming releases can be great Movie studios want you to think releasing a movie in theaters and on streaming services is bad, but services like HBO Max have increased subscriber numbers because of it, too. Thanks, The Matrix Resurrections. 🗞 Extra! Extra! We've got you covered with the best in daily tech news! See the latest on our site or follow us on Apple News and Google News. Did someone forward this to you? Sign up here. Have something you'd like us to write about? We're always open for suggestions, too.
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Accepting Direct Payments on iPhone? Finally
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