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Apple's big iOS 11 update is about to drop, but one of its most exciting new features isn't quite ready. The company's new peer-to-peer payments feature, which lets you exchange money through Apple's Messages app, won't launch until later this year, Apple confirmed in a statement on Monday. SEE ALSO: The next iPhone has a hidden security feature that cops will hate The company didn't say exactly when it would be ready, only that it would be available "this fall" through a separate iOS 11 update. iOS 11 is due to come out of beta with its official public release slated for Tuesday, Sept. 19. First introduced at WWDC earlier this year, Apple's new payments system is one of the few iOS 11 features we have yet to see in action. Though we got a brief taste of the payments during the WWDC keynote, it hasn't been part of the developer or public betas for iOS 11. Read more... More about Tech, Apple, Venmo, Apps And Software, and Ios 11 View the full article

Essential is bringing the latest version of Android to its first smartphone, the aptly named “Phone.” The Android 8.0 release is already available for Google’s own flagship Pixel hardware, but Essential has previously talked about how it will endeavor to follow Google quickly when it comes to major software updates. Read More View the full article

It’s impossible to ignore the rush of ICOs in venture capital land. The new fundraising dynamic has helped companies raise more than $1.7 billion this year to date. Huge sums of money tend to catch the attention, but experts in the industry argue that there’s far more to ICOs, also known as token sales, than simply the cash. Eyal Hertzog, a co-founder of Bancor Network —… Read More View the full article

Two days ago, a friend who invested in Bitcoin asked me how secure her Coinbase investment was. She had plans to put her coins in cold storage, but as a security stopgap was relying on two-factor authentication (2FA) through Coinbase, as many people do. My main question: What kind of two-factor? Read More View the full article

Waymo and Intel just announced a blockbuster new partnership in the self-driving space — but it's a collaboration that's actually been going on for years. The two companies, which are among the leaders in the race to develop driverless car technology, officially announced their partnership in a blog post penned by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich. There were no financial terms revealed, and other details about the partnership were not disclosed, but we did gain some new insights about Waymo's driverless vehicle platform. We now know that Waymo was using Intel's tech well before the partnership was made official earlier today. A separate post from Waymo revealed that it has used Intel technology in its self-driving cars since 2009, long before it spun out from Google as a standalone company last year. Read more... More about Intel, Partnership, Autonomous Vehicles, Self Driving Cars, and WaymoView the full article

Donald Glover is a modern day revolutionary artist in Black culture. In his ascension to superstardom, Donald has become a trailblazer that has furthered Black culture, and given it a new voice in the media. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/donald-glover-black-excellence-news.37407.htmlView the full article

Some Bengals players want the team to bring in Kaepernick. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cincinnati-bengals-players-reportedly-want-colin-kaepernick-news.37404.htmlView the full article

A few months ago, TVAddons was without doubt the leading repository for third-party Kodi addons. During March, the platform had 40 million unique users connected to the site’s servers, together transferring a petabyte of addons and updates. In June, however, things started to fall apart. After news broke that the site was being sued in a federal court in Texas, TVAddons disappeared. It was assumed these events were connected but it later transpired the platform was being used in Canada as well, and that was the true reason for the downtime. While it’s easy to be wise after the event, in hindsight it might’ve been better for the platform to go public about the Canadian matter quite a bit sooner than it did. Of course, there are always legal considerations that prevent early disclosure, but when popular sites disappear into a black hole, two plus two can quickly equal five when fed through the web’s rumor machine. Things weren’t helped in July when it was discovered that the site’s former domains had been handed over to a Canada-based law firm. Again, no official explanation was forthcoming and again, people became concerned. If this had been a plaintiff’s law firm, people would’ve had good reason to worry, since it would have been technically possible to spy on TVAddons’ users. However, as the truth began to filter out and court papers became available, it soon became crystal clear that simply wasn’t the case. The bottom line, which is backed up by publicly available court papers, is that the law firm holding the old TVAddons domains is not the law firm suing TVAddons. Instead, it was appointed by the court to hold TVAddons’ property until the Canadian lawsuit is brought to a conclusion, whenever that might be. “They have a legal obligation to protect our property at all cost, and prevent anyone (especially the law firm who is suing is) from gaining access to them,” says TVAddons. “The law firm who is holding them is doing nothing more than protecting our property until the time that it will finally be returned after the appeal takes place.” Unfortunately, assurances provided by TVAddons and information published by the court itself hasn’t been enough to stop some people fearing the worst. While the facts have plenty of support on Twitter and Facebook, there also appears to be an element who would like to see TVAddons fail in its efforts to re-establish itself. Only time will tell who will win that battle but in the meantime, TVAddons has tried to cover all the bases in an update post on its blog. Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services. View the full article

Pinterest is rolling out a new feature inspired by its power users, said Pinterest CEO and co-founder Ben Silbermann, speaking today at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco. The new addition, called Sections, allows Pinterest users to divide their board into various sub-groups related to the board’s main topic. For example, if you’re redesigning your home, you might create sections… Read More View the full article

In the future, said Andy Warhol, everyone will be bionic for fifteen minutes. I’m paraphrasing, but it looks like a Portuguese company called Nuada is about to give us that opportunity. Created by Filipe Quinaz and Vitor Crespo, the seed-funded company pitched on our Disrupt stage and showed us one of the coolest pieces of hardware I’ve seen in a long time. The Nuada is a smart glove. Read More View the full article

R-Mean links up with a hip-hop legend for Week 38 of "Mean Mondays". https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/r-mean-welcomes-krayzie-bone-on-his-new-track-real-ones-new-song.1975719.htmlView the full article

It's been nearly two weeks since Amazon announced that it's looking for the perfect place to build its second American headquarters and in that time, there's been a frenzy of cities hoping to catch Jeff Bezos' eye so he can choo-choo-choose them. SEE ALSO: Donald Trump's threats won't stop Amazon's mega-acquisition of Whole Foods Amazon has put out some parameters for their eventual choice, noting it's looking for metro areas of at least 1 million people and preferably an urban or downtown space. Other guidelines, like "a stable and business-friendly environment" are bit more vague. If we're being honest, just about every damn city in the country (and a few in Canada) would probably love to host Amazon's second home and the 50,000 jobs, $5 billion investment, and all the name recognition that comes with being home to one of the largest tech companies on Earth. Read more... More about Amazon, Jeff Bezos, Huntsville, Hq2, and Business View the full article

Snap's found itself entangled for the first time in a politically-motivated censorship issue, one that legacy social media companies like Facebook have seen before. And it's never ended well, optically, for its competitors. Snap, the tech company behind the popular app, removed news outlet Al Jazeera's curated content from its Discover Publisher Channels in Saudi Arabia at the request of the country's government on Sunday. Discover is Snap's digital media stand of sorts where publishers present content tailored to Snapchat's young audience. SEE ALSO: Snapchat's new feature takes Bitmoji to the next level Read more... More about Politics, Snapchat, International, Middle East, and Saudi ArabiaView the full article

Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, and Da Brat perform "Honey" at VH1's "Hip-Hop Honors: The '90s Game Changers." View the full article

Remy Boyz put their spin on Tay-K's viral anthem in their new video. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/remy-boyz-tackle-tay-ks-the-race-in-new-video-new-video.42682.htmlView the full article

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It turns out you don't need to spend $999 to get the iPhone X's most noticeable features. No, not the talking Animoji or slightly creepy face scanning, but the notch. A clever developer has created an Android app that brings the iPhone X's distinctive camera cutout to Android handsets. SEE ALSO: Why Apple is risking everything with the iPhone X Called "XOutof10," the app doesn't actually do anything, other than create a black space around the top of the screen to mimic Apple's sensor-packed notch. "You, the average Android user, probably had a laugh on Apple users about the new camera bump that covers the screen's content," the developer writes on GitHub. "Well, you won't pay 999$ just to test it. And now, you don't need to!" Read more... More about Tech, Apple, Apps And Software, Android Apps, and Iphone XView the full article

Adidas moves to #2. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/adidas-jumps-jordan-brand-on-list-of-top-us-sport-footwear-news.37405.htmlView the full article

There's nothing quite like cozying up to a nice cold chunk of metal. Firefighters in Worms, Germany, shared a fun story to its Facebook page on Friday in an attempt at showing how delicate the team of first responders can be during a sensitive rescue mission. SEE ALSO: 'Great British Bake Off' contestant accidentally makes NSFW bread "The professional fire brigade was called to the hospital in Worms," a translated version of the Facebook post reads. "One person had a very sensitive body part in the hole of a 2.5 kg dumbbell disc." That's right, a desperate man decided to put his penis inside a cold barbell, and had a little trouble removing it on his own. Read more... More about Funny, Culture, Sex, Fail, and Culture View the full article

Most memes are simple and easy to understand. Some other memes demand a bit more. The newest meme just wants you to rhyme stuff. SEE ALSO: Adorable grandma gently caresses George Clooney's face at TIFF Elf on the Shelf started as a Christmas tradition where people placed an elf on a shelf and promote paranoia in their kids by saying the doll could see everything they did. I’m assuming everyone was aware of how bland of an idea this was, and it probably created an enormous amount of anxiety in children. As is tradition on the internet, you can pretty much assume people transformed that simple idea into a meme. Read more... More about Memes, Elf On A Shelf, Rhyming, Culture, and OtherView the full article

Harry Dean Stanton: Known for a rich variety of roles in a busy career that stretched back to 1954, Harry Dean Stanton has passed away. He was 91. He first gained wide attention for a supporting role in Cool Hand Luke, becoming a notable presence later for his turns in Alien (above), Escape From New York, Christine, Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Pretty in Pink and this year's Twin Peaks. He stars in Lucky, which opens in theaters on September 29. [Variety] The Girl in the Spider's Web: Claire Foy (TV's The Crown, above) will star as computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in The Girl in the Spider's Web. The character has previously been played by Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara. The new movie is based on a novel by David Lagercrantz; Fede Alvarez (Don't Breathe... Read More View the full article

If the Kingsman franchise is a one-trick pony, at least its one trick is a pretty good one. The Golden Circle – once again starring Taron Egerton and directed by Matthew Vaughn – is the kind of sequel that seems unlikely to win over anyone who hated the first one. If, on the other hand, you were a big fan of Kingsman: The Secret Service's cartoonish violence, bawdy humor, and overall 13-year-old-on-Pixy-Stix vibe – well, then, The Golden Circle will probably be for you. SEE ALSO: Fall movie preview: What to watch if you're obsessed with superheroes There are a few differences this time aroundThe Golden Circle destroys Kingsman's London headquarters in the first act, prompting secret agents Eggsy (Egerton) and Merlin (Mark Strong) to reach out to their American counterparts for help. Read more... More about Movies, Taron Egerton, Channing Tatum, Julianne Moore, and Kingsman The Golden CircleView the full article

Eniko Parrish remains tight-lipped about everything. https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kevin-harts-wife-eniko-parrish-stays-silent-about-ongoing-scandal-news.37406.htmlView the full article

He’s teasing his new song, which will be played on BBC Radio 6 tomorrow View the full article

According to a Kevin Shields festival bio, MBV fans might have something to get excited about View the full article