Apps add cryptocurrency features for beginners, Facebook tries to entice creators with new tools
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Speaker 1: This is CNET. And here are the stories that matter right now, Venmo, PayPal and cash app have added cryptocurrency purchasing to their popular payment services. The company's hope easier transactions may encourage newcomers to crypto who may feel overwhelmed by more traditional cryptocurrency exchanges. The convenience of buying cryptocurrency through these payment apps. Isn't without limitations though, transaction fees are locked and users will have to sell their digital [00:00:30] currency. If they want to move it. Facebook is adding new tools designed to let creators make more money from their work. And a blog post CEO, mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is adding subscription options for creators and letting them keep all the money they earn through them. In addition, Facebook will launch a bonus program that pays creators for each new subscriber. They get Zuckerberg also criticized Apple's 30% transaction fee in the post saying it makes life harder [00:01:00] for creators. And finally, almost 12,000 Teslas have been recalled due to problems caused by the 10.3 update to the company's full self-driving beta. The update led to numerous cases of its cars forward collision warning and emergency breaking feature activating. Without warning, Tesla released an over the air software update to fix the issues. Shortly after the glitched update went live, but owners will also receive communication from Tesla via us mail, making [00:01:30] them aware of the issue and the fix stay up to date with the latest by visiting Sena.