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On topic: Tech news to know now

FILE - In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, Eddy Cue, Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, demonstrates the new Apple Pay mobile payment system at a Whole Foods store in Cupertino, Calif. More than 200,000 payment locations in the U.S. are equipped to accept so-called contactless payments, including Apple Pay. Smaller merchants tend to be among the several millions that don't have the required equipment yet. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
AP Photo/Eric Risberg/File
FILE – In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, Eddy Cue, Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, demonstrates the new Apple Pay mobile payment system at a Whole Foods store in Cupertino, Calif. More than 200,000 payment locations in the U.S. are equipped to accept so-called contactless payments, including Apple Pay. Smaller merchants tend to be among the several millions that don’t have the required equipment yet. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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Here s what s on the Wednesday menu.

Apple Pay is used for 75 percent of contactless payments in the U.S., Tim Cook said during Apple s earnings call.

Facebook fails to show up for seventh tax summons from the IRS.

Silicon Valley elites are getting home loans with no money down.

Another high-profile Twitter hack: Sarah Silverman s account gets hacked, links to anti-Hillary Clinton video. The actress/comedian, a vocal Bernie Sanders supporter, spoke at the DNC this week and urged Sanders supporters to support Clinton.

Google introduces Family Library, a way for families to share apps they buy on Google Play. (Company blog post)

 

Photo: Eddy Cue, Apple s  senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, demonstrates Apple Pay at a Whole Foods store in Cupertino in 2014. (AP/Eric Risberg)

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