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October 26, 2014, 6:15 AM

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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

CVS and Rite Aid reportedly disabling NFC in stores to shut down Apple Pay and Google Wallet, as they prepare to roll out MCX's rival payment system — CVS Stores Reportedly Disabling NFC to Shut Down Apple Pay and Google Wallet — Earlier this week, pharmacy chain Rite Aid shut …

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

A look at CurrentC, the clunky and creepy mobile payments app that Walmart, CVS, and other big retailers hope will help them sidestep credit card fees — CurrentC Is The Big Retailers' Clunky Attempt To Kill Apple Pay And Credit Card Fees — Long before Apple Pay, big brick …

More: MacRumors, Gizmodo, The Next Web, 9to5Mac and iMore

Tweets: @panzer, @lessien and @delrey

Thanks:@joshconstine

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

CVS and Rite Aid blocking Apple Pay is a defensive move to buttress a cumbersome and ultimately doomed rival payment system — Retailers Are Disabling NFC to Block Apple Pay — Eric Slivka, reporting for MacRumors: … These retailers are part of a group (Merchant Customer Exchange …

More: iMore, VentureBeat, iPhone Hacks, rc3.org, Re/code and SlashGear

Tweets: @drbarnard and @mikeisaac

Noah Everett / Twitpic Blog:

Twitpic agrees to give Twitter the Twitpic.com domain and photo archive, site to remain in read-only mode — Twitpic's Future — First off I want to say thank you to everyone who has used Twitpic over the years and for your patience with us over the last couple of months.

More: Re/code, CNET, TechCrunch, Mashable, Business Insider, Gigaom, The Next Web, Geek News Central, The Verge, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, The Daily Dot, tbreak.ae, iMore, App Advice, Electronista, Ars Technica, Engadget and Canadianreviewer.com. Tweets: @waxpancake. See also Mediagazer

Adrian Chen / Wired:

“It's like PTSD”: inside the army of outsourced moderators cleaning gore, porn, and hate speech from the Internet — The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed — The campuses of — the tech industry are famous for their lavish cafeterias, cushy shuttles, and on-site laundry services.

More: SocialTimes, Online Dating Insider and SiliconBeat

Tweets: @bobmcmillan, @zephoria, @kashhill, @bradplumer, @nickbilton, @hamburger and @tha_rami

Thanks:@srikardr

Re/code:

Larry Page reorgs staff, transfers leadership of core Google products to Sundar Pichai — Exclusive: Google CEO Larry Page Reorgs Staff, Anoints Sundar Pichai as New Product Czar — In a significant reorganization of Google management, CEO Larry Page is transferring leadership …

Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

Patent, trademark filings reveal more about Magic Leap's wearable augmented reality tech — How Magic Leap's Augmented Reality Works — Patent and trademark filings reveal the augmented reality technology that convinced Google and others to invest $542 million into Magic Leap.

More: Tech Times and ITProPortal. Thanks:@tsimonite

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

More crowdfunding campaigns for routers promising anonymity follow Anonabox, but choose wisely — Now Everyone Wants to Sell You a Magical Anonymity Router. Choose Wisely — Maintaining your privacy online, like investing in stocks or looking good naked, has become one of those nagging desires …

More: SlashGear, Ars Technica and Boing Boing

Dennis Fisher / Threatpost:

Researcher Finds Tor Exit Node Adding Malware to Binaries — A security researcher has identified a Tor exit node that was actively patching binaries users download, adding malware to the files dynamically. The discovery, experts say, highlights the danger of trusting files downloaded …

More: virusbtn.com and Geek.com

Stephen Lawson / ITworld.com:

Boingo uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals at Austin airport to predict security wait times — At Austin airport, Wi-Fi predicts how long the security line will be — Using signals from passengers' devices, the system collects data that can help travelers plan ahead

More: Gizmodo

Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:

Soft Machines, which has raised $125M, leaves stealth mode, reveals plan to license “virtual cores” technology to chip makers — Secretive Startup Unveils Universal Chip — Venture capitalists these days tend to avoid chip companies, largely because developing new products costs a bundle.

More: PC World, ExtremeTech, WCCFtech, KitGuru, Tom's Hardware Guide, bit-tech.net, The Tech Report, SemiAccurate, bizjournals and EE Times. Tweets: @donal888

Cecilia Kang / Washington Post:

Lionsgate and Tribeca film studios are launching a new streaming service — Now Hollywood is joining the Internet streaming craze. Lionsgate and Tribeca Enterprises said Monday they will jointly launch an online video service during the first half of next year for movies made by them and outside studios.

More: PR Newswire, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, The A.V. Club, Bloomberg, SlashGear, New York Times and Engadget. See also Mediagazer

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