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South Africa: Alphabet Inc launches Google Wallet as digital payments increase

South Africa: Alphabet Inc launches Google Wallet as digital payments increase

Alphabet Inc launched Google Wallet in South Africa on Tuesday, as the tech giant tries to gain a foothold in the country’s rapidly growing digital payments space, Reuters agency reported. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital transactions and people increasingly prefer making contactless payments via their smart …

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Tech: Google denounces Italian spyware used to hack smartphones

Tech: Google denounces Italian spyware used to hack smartphones

Google denounced and condemned software from an Italian company specializing in communications surveillance used to hack into smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan. Google engineers explain that the victims, users of Android (Google) and iOS (Apple) smartphones, received a link to install malicious applications, which then make it possible to spy …

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