UK Mobile Bank Monzo Has Taken a Big Bet Against Paper Receipts

LONDON – Monzo is an increasingly popular UK mobile bank. From Wednesday, its customers will be able to get itemized digital receipts sent directly to their device when they eat at four prominent high-street food retailers – Pod, Pure, EAT, and Itsu. No more bits of paper to accompany your sushi or sandwich. This will be achieved via a system called Flux. More retailers, including Costa Coffee and non-food outlets, are set to join Flux during 2019. Wired took a look at Monzo’s bet against the paper receipt and the competition the new-look bank faces.

Anyone paying with Monzo in participating shops will be presented with a prompt – ‘Do you want to get digital receipts and rewards here?’ – to set up Flux in a few taps and in some cases opt in or out to extras such as digital loyalty and rewards. Costa Coffee is joining the Flux scheme soon and more partners, in categories outside fast food, are on the horizon for 2019 with Monzo confirming support for future retailers.

The Changing Style of Super Bowl Logos

It is nearly time for SuperBowl LVIII. On Sunday, the LA Rams and the New England Patriots will go head-to-head for the sport’s biggest prize. To celebrate, Fast Company produced a very cool round-up of all the Super Bowl logo since the AFL and NFL champions clashed for the first time in 1967. They perfectly illustrate a lot of the design sensibilities of their time. Some of the ones from the ’90s are rather…interesting, shall we say!

 

How Former U.S. Hackers Broke Into iPhones For UAE

A team of former U.S. hackers broke into iPhones for the United Arab Emirates. They used a spying tool called ‘Karma.’

Karma was used by an offensive cyber operations unit in Abu Dhabi comprised of Emirati security officials and former American intelligence operatives working as contractors for the UAE’s intelligence services. The existence of Karma and of the hacking unit, code named Project Raven, haven’t been previously reported.

Sounds like a powerful tool. They could remotely break into iPhones just by uploading phone numbers or email accounts into an automated system. It didn’t work on Android phones.

It Doesn't Look Good for Qualcomm in Antitrust Trial

Qualcomm and the FTC have presented closing arguments in the antitrust trial, and it doesn’t sound good for Qualcomm.

The evidence is overwhelming that Qualcomm engaged in exclusionary conduct. The effects of Qualcomm’s conduct, when considered together, are anticompetitive.

It will be interesting to see if this case will finally close, or if Apple and Qualcomm will keep fighting like Apple and Samsung do.

Apple Sued Over Group FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug

An Attorney in Houston, Texas sued Apple Wednesday as the fallout over the Group FaceTime eavesdropping bug continued. Bloomberg News reported on allegations from Larry Williams. He claimed the flaw resulted in him being eavesdropped on while a client was giving sworn testimony in a deposition.

Attorney Larry Williams II said the glitch intrudes on the privacy of “one’s most intimate conversations without consent,” according to the complaint he filed in state court in Houston. He said he was eavesdropped on while taking sworn testimony during a client deposition. Williams is seeking unspecified punitive damages on his claims of negligence, product liability, misrepresentation and warranty breach.