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United Wholesale Mortgage has announced it will accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency by year’s end. Cryptocurrencies are gaining mainstream traction, with multiple companies accepting them, or investigating the possibility. According to TheStreet, United Wholesale Mortgage plans to accept Bitcoin initially, with support for Ethereum and others coming later. “We’ve evaluated the feasibility, and we’re looking forward to being the first mortgage company in America to accept cryptocurrency to satisfy mortgage payments,” said CEO Mat Ishiba “That’s something that we’ve been working on, and we’re excited that hopefully, in Q3, we can…

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Customers eager to get their hands on Tesla’s electric pickup truck will have to wait a bit longer, as the company has delayed production to 2022. Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck to a great deal of fanfare. Ever the showman, Elon Musk proudly displayed a demo of the Cybertruck beating an F-150 in a tug-of-war, the validity of which some of questioned. While mass production was always planned for 2022, Musk had previously said there would be at least some deliveries in 2021. That appears to have changed, if the company’s order…

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SAP and Google are tightening their working relationship, with the two companies partnering to help customers move to the cloud. Google switched from Oracle Finance to SAP in April, and now Google Cloud and SAP are partnering to help accelerate cloud adoption. “Google Cloud and SAP share a commitment to supporting customer success and growth. We’re delighted to partner with SAP to accelerate business’ digital transformations with SAP on Google Cloud and with next-generation cloud capabilities,” said Rob Enslin, President at Google Cloud. “Through support for RISE with SAP and in-depth…

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Despite an announcement to the contrary, Windows 11 will ship with the more traditional light mode activated by default. At a recent event, a Microsoft employee had announced the company would ship Windows 11 with dark mode on by default. Dark mode is a popular choice across platforms, supported by macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Linux. Users who were excited about such a visibly obvious refresh are in for a disappointment, as Microsoft has backtracked in a statement to BetaNews. We are aware that inaccurate information about Windows 11 shipping in…

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TSMC reported its quarterly earnings, including record sales and an 11% increase in revenue. TSMC is the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturer. The company is the primary chip-maker for Apple, and also makes chips for Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, NVIDIA, Alphabet and others. The company has now reported record revenue of $13.29 billion, a 28% increase. Net profit was up 11%, coming in at $4.81 billion. “Our second quarter business was mainly driven by continued strength in HPC and Automotive-related demand,” said Wendell Huang, VP and Chief Financial Officer of TSMC. “Moving…

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Circle, the company behind cryptocurrency USD Coin (USDC) is planning on going public via a SPAC. SPACs (special purpose acquisition company) are companies startups merge with to go public. Merging with a SPAC is a popular alternative to an IPO, as there is less regulatory scrutiny and more control over valuation. Circle is planning on going public by merging with a SPAC, according to a blog post by Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO. I am writing to share with you an exciting and significant milestone in our journey as…

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Apple is working on an all-new iPad Pro design with an even larger screen, if reports are to be believed. The largest iPad Pro has been the 12.9-inch model since its introduction in 2015. The screen size puts it roughly on par with the MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (via AppleInsider), Apple is ready to expand the iPad Pro even more, with engineers working on a design that’s even larger. Users hoping to see it in the 2022 refresh will be disappointed, however, as the new…

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According to new research, the APAC (Asia-Pacific) region accounted for the lion’s share of the mobile gaming market, coming in at 60%. It’s not uncommon for many games to debut in China or other APAC countries, much to the disappointment of US and European games. According to research from GlobalData, however, companies are just following the money. GlobalData’s study found that China alone accounted for 35% of mobile gaming revenue. The US came in second with 20%. Combining the rest of the APAC region with China, however, accounted for a…

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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit trying to have Google declared a public utility. Google is facing increased scrutiny on multiple fronts, with some critics saying the company should be categorized as a public utility. Such a move would subject Google to more regulation, much like a gas or electric company. Supporters of the move say the company’s monopoly in search justifies the classification and increased regulation. Ohio AG Yost is one such critic, and is now suing to force a reclassification of Google. “Google uses its…

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A glitch at Fastly, a popular CDN, led to outages for some of the internet’s biggest sites Tuesday morning. CDNs, or content delivery networks, are distributed networks of servers designed to help websites and web apps manage their user load and remain responsive. Fastly is a popular CDN option that helps power some of the biggest websites on the net. Early Tuesday, a glitch at Fastly led to outages at the BBC, CNN, Financial Times, The New York Times, Reddit, Spotify, GitHub, Twitch, Stack Overflow, Hulu, HBO Max, Quora, PayPal,…

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