In The Spotlight
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NYC subway riders double-charged thanks to Apple Pay
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Dozens of subway riders in New York City are being charged extra for their transit rides, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority suspects that Apple may be partly to blame.
It appears that some riders may be unwittingly putting their iPhones too close to the system’s new tap-to-pay OMNY readers while simultaneously swiping their MetroCards at the turnstile.
Many of these people assume the problem is with the MTA, and not their own behavior. But the MTA insists that it is not to blame, and that it’s working with Apple to address the problem.
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Technology Homecoming
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Plug-and-play tech becoming norm in home construction
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For homebuilder Thomas Beadel, smart home technology isn’t a premium. It’s something buyers expect.
Many contractors have joined the recently launched Brilliant Builders program, a group of roughly two dozen large developers and homebuilders across the country installing smart home control systems from the San Mateo, California-based startup.
“With Ring and Nest, you need to download an app to see how something works, and if we wired a home with, say, Apple HomeKit, buyers would be stuck with Apple products,” says Thomas. “With Brilliant, it’s a conversation starter because there’s a screen there. You can touch something and just understand the home is smart.”
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