Image: T-Mobile T-Mobile on Wednesday announced a major expansion of its Starlink-powered T-Satellite service, bringing app-based satellite data connectivity to smartphones across the U.S. The rollout comes just over two months after the carrier first launched T-Satellite commercially with support limited to SMS, MMS, and location sharing. Now, thanks to more than 650 Starlink Direct…
【Now新聞台】八達通即日起，支援用戶透過應用程式在日本進行支付。港人熱愛到日本旅遊，將來無論在當地食、買、玩，都不用再提前兌換日圓。八達通公司與日本流動支付平台PayPay合作，即日起支援本地用戶透過應用程式在日本進行支付。用戶只須使用旅遊專頁功能，掃描商戶的支付二維碼，輸入要繳付的日圓金額，即可進行兌換及交易，毋須支付額外手續費。行政總裁應天麒期望服務可便利市民出行。八達通行政總裁應天麒：「想像一下，你在秋葉原，在電器商店看最新產品，或者你在東京街頭口渴，不再有匯率爭議，只要拿出八達通應用程式掃描PayPay二維碼，然後完成交易。」支付服務覆蓋衣食住行各範疇的數百萬大小商戶，包括男女老幼都喜歡逛的百貨公司、連鎖電器商店及藥妝店等。已認證的八達通銀包帳戶，每日最高交易限額達3萬港元。八達通指，兌換匯率參考銀行即時批發匯率計算，務求讓用戶可享「最抵價」。不少人關心辦理退稅時是否能夠直接將款項退回八達通帳戶，公司則表示相關操作仍研究中，但重申用戶在購物過程中不會被徵收手續費。八達通零售業務及合作夥伴總經理黎家聰：「對名方面，我們之後再分享提示應該怎樣做，因為錢包上有名字的，那個是可以核對 Source link
Maria Kelly also said a suggestion she would leak the name of trans colleagues as part of a crowdfunder for her legal action was “shocking” and something she would never do. She has lodged a complaint alleging harassment, direct and indirect discrimination against her employer Leonardo UK at its facility in Edinburgh. Ms Kelly, people and…
Oct. 2 (UPI) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk‘s net worth reached $500 billion Wednesday, making him the first person to be worth half a trillion dollars. Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list ranks him at No. 1, followed by Larry Ellison of Oracle, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta and Jeff Bezos of Amazon. Musk had a net worth…
India and China will restart direct air services by late October 2025, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. This agreement follows technical discussions between the aviation authorities of the countries with the aim to normalise relations. “It has now been agreed that direct air services connecting designated points in India and China can resume…
By Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) -China’s biggest state banks are lending billions to Aramco’s Jafurah gas project, though its funds have passed on the opportunity to invest in the venture, three people familiar with the matter said. Chinese banks provided more than a third of the financing for what will potentially be the biggest…
A large-scale study of free virtual private network (VPN) apps has uncovered serious privacy and security risks that affect both consumers and enterprises. The analysis, conducted by Zimperium zLabs, reviewed 800 VPN applications available for Android and iOS and found that many failed to deliver the protection users expect. Major Security and Privacy Weaknesses The…
【Now新聞台】國慶假期首日訪港內地旅客逾23萬人次，較去年同期多半成。周四截至下午4時，有近19萬內地客人次來港，零售業界指整體銷情不錯。 內地國慶中秋八日長假展開，煙花匯演過後翌日的維港依然熱鬧。響應國慶氣氛，她們穿著一身紅衣在海傍打卡留影，有旅客指會繼續探索香港其他景點。山東旅客李小姐：「香港也有很多我們覺得港片中，很多那種比較有市井氣息的小吃，或者老城區的港味很足的店，我們也想去逛一逛。」不少旅客也排隊買雪糕，打卡之餘消暑。亦有來自北京的旅客為了節省旅費，選擇在深圳的酒店過夜。北京旅客格小姐：「我感覺(房價)相差挺多，差不多一倍。(內地)當然會便宜啊，因為這邊物價高，看個夜景就回去了。」入境處統計，內地國慶中秋長假，首日出入境人次超過99萬人次，其中訪港內地旅客達23.2萬人次，較去年同期多5%，超過一半人次經高鐵西九龍站和落馬洲支線以及深圳灣來港。有旅遊業界人士指，整體酒店預訂理想，預計接下來數天會有更多北方旅客訪港。香港旅遊促進會總幹事崔定邦：「昨天大部分的酒店，我相信入住率其實都接近9成多，我也有問過一些行家，精品酒店一些價單比較便宜的，他們是爆滿的。長江以南的客人計劃今 Source link
By Levi Sumagaysay, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In exchange for its embrace of Trump 2.0, Silicon Valley has received a grab bag of policies that some experts worry could hurt the U.S. tech industry in the long run. On the one hand, corporate tax rates will…
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