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Ultra Wideband feature availability expands to additional countries

If you’re traveling this year, there’s a decent chance you can now use the Ultra Wideband functionality in additional countries. The Ultra Wideband functionality found in the Apple Watch Series 6, iPhone 11, and iPhone 12, has now been expanded to additional countries, including Argentina, Pakistan, Paraguay, and the Solomon Islands. Apple is not allowed […]

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Apple, Google, Mozilla block spying Kazakhstan root certificate in web browsers

Apple, Google, and Mozilla have begun blocking a Kazakhstan-based government-issued root certificate embedded in its websites. The root certificate attempts to spy on citizens and works to gain access to web browsers via its credentials. Per The Hacker News: “The root certificate in question, labeled as ‘trusted certificate’ or ‘national security certificate,’ if installed, allows […]

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Apple Pay looks close to launching in Luxembourg, Hungary

Apple Pay’s expansion continues, and amidst recent launches in Poland, Norway, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Austria, and Iceland over the last year, it looks like the service will likely roll out in Hungary and Luxembourg in the near future.  The launch seems to be forecasted by the usual server-side changes that go […]

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Rumor: Apple Pay expected to launch in Germany this week

If you’re in or headed to Germany, you’re going to like this. According to the rumor mill, Apple Pay will make its long-awaited German launch this week. The report, published by German blog Macerkopf, cited unnamed sources within German banking circles, who indicated that the launch will likely occur on Tuesday with mobile bank N26 […]

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Apple Pay launches in Belgium, Kazakhstan

If you’re traveling through Europe, this will come in handy. Apple Pay access has launched in both Kazakhstan and Belgium have arrived as of Wednesday. The launches bring the total number of Apple Pay countries to 31, showing that it’s expanding with no slowing down.