Spotify is mysteriously installing itself onto Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs, appearing in the Taskbar when you start up your PC – and I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing this myself. Starting up my PC this week, I found Spotify’s icon glowing in my Taskbar as other apps were also starting up. It’s an…
Paying for items using your iPhone could soon be much smoother thanks to an announcement from Square. The payment provider has officially launched its Tap to Pay on iPhone service, which will allow merchants and sellers of all sizes accept contactless mobile payments directly from their iPhone. There’s no need for any additional hardware, either…
New leaks suggest third person shooter Returnal may be coming to PC sooner than you might think. The game has been a PlayStation 5 exclusive since its release in 2021, but we may see it on our PCs in the near future. If this is the case, we will see a familiar pattern of Sony…
TikTok’s powerful algorithm and cultural relevance has made it the go-to platform for emerging shopping trends. To succeed on TikTok, brands must craft their social commerce strategies around creating content that’s designed for entertaining first and shopping second. Insider Intelligence’s TikTok Commerce 2022 Report details social shopping behaviors on TikTok, the importance of creators in…
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Reuters reported that China told state-owned banks to get ready to sell dollars and buy yuan in an effort to prop up the local currency. The move could stem the yuan’s fall, as it remains on track for its largest annual loss against the dollar since 1994. A…
Lord Chancellor Liz Truss. Reuters UK prime minister Liz Truss defended the plan to cut taxes after the plan caused chaos in markets. She blamed the pound’s slump on the fallout from Russia-Ukraine war. “Currencies are under pressure around the world,” Truss said. UK prime minister Liz Truss said the pound’s slump last week was…
Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz SE. Rob Kim/Getty Images The spike in Treasury yields is holding sway over other markets, Mohamed El-Erian said Wednesday. “Yields are in the driver’s seat and in the backseat of stocks and now FX,” he said. The 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields hit multi-year highs this week. The…
US President Donald Trump (L) is embraced by Rupert Murdoch at a dinner in New York in 2017. Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch attended a 2017 meeting with Donald Trump, a new book says. At the meeting, Murdoch shared his succession plans, says the book by Maggie Haberman. Trump’s closeness with key…
Mohamed El-Erian REUTERS/Fred Prouser The UK needs to ditch its plan to cut taxes and instead hike interest rates immediately, Mohamed El-Erian said. Though aggressive rate hikes could cause a recession, the UK is past the point of hoping for a soft-landing, he warned. El-Erian has been a vocal critic of the UK’s mini-budget, which…
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