Square launches AI voice ordering and an integrated Bitcoin solution for merchants

Square, Block’s merchant payments platform, has launched new features for merchants, including AI-powered voice ordering for restaurants, enhancements to its AI assistants — such as providing local insights — and an integrated Bitcoin solution to accept and hold the digital currency. The company now lets restaurants and cafes using Square leverage AI to handle incoming…

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‘It Was Just an Accident’ Editor on the Film’s Secret Post-Production

The first rule when it comes to editing a provocative film in a police state? Be careful. Be very, very careful. After all, Iranian writer-director Jafar Panahi was imprisoned twice, most recently in 2022, for making unauthorized movies. Undeterred, he drew inspiration from his nearly seven months of incarceration at Iran’s notorious Evin Prison to…

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ETH News: Fusaka Coming in December

Ethereum core developers have confirmed a tentative roadmap for the network’s next major upgrade, Fusaka, during Thursday’s All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call. The upgrade, designed to further scale the blockchain, is now scheduled for early December, with follow-up changes aimed at more than doubling blob capacity in the weeks after. Before the Fusaka upgrade…

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