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After weeks of rumors, Apple has officially revealed its plans to let iPhones accept contactless payments.

February 9, 2022 It's February 9, 2022. On this day in 1963, the Boeing 727 took flight for the first time. It would go on to be the most-produced commercial aircraft over the next decade. Heck of a run.     ⏰ Today's Big Stories... in 30 Seconds Today We Watched, Read, and Listened to (so you don't have to): 320 articles, 10 podcasts, 11 press releases, 296 tweets, and 12 YouTube videos 1. Contactless Tap to Pay Is Officially Bound for iPhone Tap to Pay is officially coming to the iPhone with an app that will enable newer iPhone models to accept contactless payments. A Stripe point of sale app will be the first, with other payment platforms, apps, and support for credit cards that offer contactless payments coming later in 2022. Goodbye, cash! 2. Google Uses Safer Internet Day to Introduce Security Features  Google has announced several new and enhanced security features to offer users more online protection. Among these additions include "account-level enhanced safe browsing," Google Fi phone plans adding location sharing, and Google One's VPN, finally coming to iOS. Sounds good to us! 3. TikTok Safety Updates Aim to Reduce Harmful Content TikTok is updating its Community Guidelines by expanding the type of content it will remove from its platform and from being recommended to people. The update will focus on four major areas with the goal of protecting users and ensuring a more welcoming environment. We're on board, TikTok. Keep it up. 🦑 Go Deeper Amazon Prime is going up in price, which is causing some to wonder if they should quit paying for it. According to Charlie Sorrel, this might be a good time to do so, and a great way to break some bad shopping habits.     🎱 By the Numbers Only 1 billion? Data: Business of Apps Considering how popular TikTok is, we're a little surprised it only hit a billion users last year. Needless to say, it'll be well past that later this year, and we bet more than a few videos will cross our paths, even if we're not frequent users. We miss you, Vine. 🔥 Today's Hot Deal The Fire HD 10 is $40 off on Amazon right now, making it a mere $109.99. Perfect price for decent tablet with 1080p, 32GB or storage, and a 12-hour battery? We think so. Hop to it! Don't Miss This Deal 🤓 Nerd Out "People definitely place bets based on this." —Stefanie Fogel, Editorial Commerce Producer Ahead of Super Bowl LVI this Sunday, Madden NFL 22 has been used in an attempt to predict the big winner. The results? Well, it predicts the Cincinnati Bengals will beat the Los Angeles Rams, 24-21. Accurate? We'll find out. (Share on Twitter) 💎 You Know You Want It  Who needs roads? Image: Jeep, Razor Eager to take a scooter off-road? You'll likely want something like the RX200 Razor zz first. The Jeep x Razor collaboration is an electric scooter specifically designed with rougher terrain in mind, sporting heavy duty alloy tires, a steel body, and more. Just drop $400 and it's yours in 2-3 weeks. 🚀 Facing the Future Please stop, NFTs! NFTs are still making the rounds, doing everything they can to be terrible. One of its latest endeavors? Trying to see if you can own a color. Yep, that's where we're at now.     🗞 Extra! Extra! We've got you covered with the best in daily tech news! See the latest on our site or follow us on Apple News and Google News. Did someone forward this to you? Sign up here. Have something you'd like us to write about? We're always open for suggestions, too. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Tech Today newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here .   Our editors independently research, test, and recommend the best products; you can learn more about our review process here. We may receive commissions on purchases made from our chosen links. A Dotdash Brand 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005 2020 Dotdash • All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.   [View in Browser]