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  • Apple Pay now in 20 markets, nabs 90% of all mobile contactless transactions where active

     While we are going to have to wait a little longer for Apple to launch payments in iMessage, this weekend, Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s VP of Apple Pay, announced a series of other milestones for the digital wallet and payments service that competes against the likes of Android Pay from Google (which today announced its own …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Runner wins marathon after the people in front of him go the wrong way

    Getting lost in Venice is half the fun. Unless you’re a group of runners at the 2017 Venice Marathon on Sunday, who found themselves off course midway during the race. SEE ALSO: Watch this badass runner master leaping across 7 treadmills The lead pack of seven athletes followed a motorcycle that took a wrong turn …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • So-called gang of scooter-riding teens cause havoc in city

    Truly, nothing says cool like a gang of scooter riding teenagers. Hundreds of them turned up on Sunday in the city centre of Brisbane, Australia, clashing with police and leading to several arrests. Yes, you read that correctly. SEE ALSO: Dangerous fall activity: Catching apples in your mouth But, look only words can say so …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • 'The Walking Dead' Season 8 premiere explains that Old Rick time-jump, kind of

    This recap contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 8, episode 1, titled “Mercy.” The title for The Walking Dead‘s Season 8 premiere couldn’t be more appropriate; after last season saw our heroes being continually outwitted and oppressed by Negan and his brutal Saviors, this opening hour showed our characters and the audience some mercy, …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Cyclist finds a way to scare off swooping birds, with a helmet of party horns

    In Australia, it’s magpie season. The black and white birds wreak havoc on picnics, pedestrians, and well, anyone that crosses its path.  They don’t bother this unnamed Queensland cyclist though in a video uploaded by 7 News Sydney, who has a creative — if bizarre way — to ward them off. As you’ll see, who …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • 'Outlander' finally reunited Claire and Jamie, and it feels so good

    This recap contains spoilers for Outlander Season 3, episode 6, titled “A. Malcolm.” To refresh your memory of where we left off, check out our episode 5 recap. On Oct. 22, Outlander finally gave us the reunion that we’ve been waiting five episodes for (which is a while, sure, but definitely preferable to the 20 …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Justin Timberlake confirmed for Super Bowl 2018 halftime show

    Justin Timberlake will be the headlining performer for next year’s Super Bowl LII halftime show. Confirmed by the NFL on Twitter, the pop singer will take the stage on Feb. 4, 2018 for the halftime bonanza in Minneapolis. Minnesota.@SuperBowl LII.February 4, 2018.@jtimberlake! #PepsiHalftime #SBLII pic.twitter.com/XreajJiHJu — NFL (@NFL) October 23, 2017 Timberlake also announced the …

    October 23, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Stephen Hawking makes one of his most famous research papers available online

    More than 50 years ago, Stephen Hawking wrote his doctoral thesis on how universes expand.  On Monday morning (GMT), that research became available for anyone to read through a digital library maintained by the University of Cambridge.  SEE ALSO: Researchers watched as gold was made millions of light-years from Earth “By making my PhD thesis …

    October 22, 2017 | by Raheel