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Android Pay comes to the UK with Transport for London support
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Google announced today that its mobile payments app Android Pay will be rolling out in the UK.

Android Pay is the company's re-vamped version of Google Wallet, which launched in 2011 and used near-field communications (NFC) to send payment information from an Android phone to a contactless terminal. Alphabet decided to update and re-brand...

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BAHFest London: Hard science collides with fake theories on Trump and squirrels
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Would I like to cover Barfest? Why, of course! Even though it seems like some form of alcoholic devolution, considering I was very recently in Germany at Puke-Fest... Oh, sorry, I see—you mean BAHFest, aka the Festival of Bad ad Hoc Hypotheses. I consider myself a layperson when it comes to hard science so, in...

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DevOps IT service Sendachi raises $30M after Seattle and London startups merge
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Startups from Seattle and London are merging to form a new IT services company called Sendachi that today announced a $ 30 million investment from Columbia Capital. Seattle-based Clutch and London-based Contino have come together and now operate as Sendachi, which is headquartered in Seattle and will also utilize a U.K. office. Sendachi, named after a Japanese concept that blends the value of “pioneer, leader, and guide,”...
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Taser lands big order from London Police for 22K body-worn cameras
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Taser founder Rick Smith (right) and Axon general manager Marcus Womack.
Taser announced today that it will ship 22,000 body-worn cameras to the London Metropolitan Police. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Taser recently completed a pilot program with the London Police that helped the department reduce its officer complaints by 33 percent. Shares of...
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