money
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Samsung Wants To Replace Your Credit Cards With These Clever Magnets
Your next Samsung Galaxy smartphone could have a neat trick up its sleeves. Just place your phone next to any ol’ credit card reader, and press a button to pay. That’s because Samsung just announced that it’s buying LoopPay — a company that figured out how to trick magnetic stripe readers to accept your money…
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Some Stock Broker Lost $US75,000 To Hackers Over One Email
The SEC just revealed that the vast majority of brokerages and financial advisers have been hit with cyberattacks. The agency’s report also reveals: “One adviser reported a loss in excess of $US75,000 related to a fraudulent email, for which the client was made whole.” LOL what?
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Chaos Ensues As Armoured Truck Spills $4.5 Million On Road
Dozens of Hong Kong motorists and pedestrians rushed to grab loads of money after an armoured truck’s doors opened by accident on a busy road, spilling about $US4.5 million dollars in HK$500 notes (US$65) on Christmas Eve, reports the South China Morning Post. Check out all those frantic people.
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This Nifty Tool Helps Roommates Find The Fairest Way To Split The Rent
It’s impossible enough to find a decent apartment these days, let alone the humans to share it who won’t dismember you in the night. Far more difficult, however, is deciding which roommate pays which portion of the rent, which has been known to end more than one friendship before it even started. A new online…