A critical vulnerability that could lead to account takeover and remote code execution has been patched in Magento and Adobe Commerce. Security experts warn of exploits soon.

QR codes have been slow to take off in the U.S., but two fintechs are hoping that connecting them to instant payment schemes such as FedNow will provide a boost. QR codes are popular in Brazil thanks ...

President Trump has not committed to adding American forces to the mix in Ukraine. No one has detailed publicly what form defenses would take, but there are several options. By David E. Sanger ...

Web3 payments infrastructure firm Transak has raised $16 million in a strategic funding round co-led by IDG Capital and Tether. The company plans to use the funds to expand its stablecoin payments ...

Some of the over 71 million Americans who receive Social Security payments may have noticed smaller checks recently; however, the payments should still arrive on schedule. A second August check is ...

Just as overlapping ripples on a pond can amplify or cancel each other out, waves of many kinds—including light, sound and atomic vibrations—can interfere with one another. At the quantum level, this ...

The US Air Force announced Thursday that transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years will not be able to obtain early retirement benefits. Those transgender service members – ...

The Social Security Administration will no longer send physical checks to benefit recipients, citing the need to modernize its payment approach. The Social Security Administration will no longer send ...

A new startup, Lava Payments, aims to take on payment giants by building a solution for the modern web where AI agents now handle transactions for their customers. The idea came to founder Mitchell ...

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

As a longtime Mac user, I prefer owning software outright instead of dealing with monthly fees. That’s why this one-time purchase of Microsoft Office 2024 Home caught my eye—it’s now available for ...