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Technically Speaking is an Opinion culture column used to discuss topics relating to technology, such as pop culture, trends, social media, or other relevant subject matter.

CVS, Walmart, and others wage war with Apple Pay

Attention shoppers: a bevy of major retailers, including Walmart, Target, CVS, and Rite Aid have disabled payments via Apple Pay. By proxy, this also removes the customers’ ability to pay with Google Wallet or Softcard.

Google announces giant phone and medium tablet

Google announced its new suite of Nexus devices last week, including the Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet. The Nexus 6 iterates on last year’s Nexus 5 with a faster 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 processor, 3 GB of RAM, 3220 mAh, 13 MP camera, water-resistance, dual front-facing speakers, and most notably, a massive 5.96-inch screen.

Information systems are not secure at all

Last Friday, millions of Snapchat users were dismayed to find 200,000 of their sent pictures leaked on the Internet. The leak came from a third-party plugin that uses Snapchat’s unofficial API, Snapsaved.com,

Microsoft saves Minecraft from its creators

Microsoft bought the video game development studio Mojang, responsible for Minecraft, for $2.5 billion on Monday, September 15. Three of its founders, Carl Manneh, Jakob Porsér, and Markus “Notch” Persson, are leaving the company following the sale.

Why did Amazon buy Twitch?

Amazon’s $970 million acquisition of Twitch last week sent the industry into a furor of surprise and speculation regarding why the purchase was made.