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<p>Google is set to expand Google Wallet services, also known as Google Pay, in 16 countries including Egypt, in January 2025.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Google Wallet will expand Egypt's digital payment ecosystem, as it's&nbsp;a major force in the mobile payment sector, it enables users to safely keep their credit card details on their smartphones and make payments straight from them.</p>
<p>Google launched in 2011, and ever since it has become quite popular, and that's because Google Wallet allows users to integrate a variety of items, including loyalty cards, metro cards, entertainment tickets, and more.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In addition to Egypt, the service will be launched in other countries such as Pakistan, Venezuela, Bermuda, Cambodia, El Salvador, Guernsey, Kosovo, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Tajikistan, Dominican Republic, Monaco and&nbsp;Peru.&nbsp;</p>
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Google To Launch Google Wallet In Egypt In January 2025

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<p>The founder, chairman, and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has released an acoustic cover of&nbsp;Lil Jon&nbsp;and the East Side Boyz&rsquo;s classic &lsquo;Get Low", featuring T-Pain.</p>
<p>This acoustic reiteration of the song was officially released on streaming platforms, and Zuckerberg explained on Instagram that it was his anniversary gift to his wife&nbsp;Priscilla, saying, "&lsquo;Get Low&rsquo; was playing when I first met Priscilla at a college party, so every year we listen to it on our dating anniversary".</p>
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<p>Zuckerberg added, &ldquo;This year I worked with T-Pain on our own version of this lyrical masterpiece. Sound on for the track and also available on Spotify. Love you P".</p>
<p>This version of the song was acoustically performed and slowed down, with T-Pain contributing with a verse, backing vocals, and ad-libs, while&nbsp;Zuckerberg sings the rest of the song.&nbsp;</p>

Mark Zuckerberg Releases An Acoustic Version Of "Get Low" Featuring T-Pain

<p><strong>Photo Credit:&nbsp;</strong>Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons</p>
<p>Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said that until the US presidential election on November 5, he will give away $1 million every day to a registered voter in swing states.</p>
<p>The winner will be selected at random by Musk's campaign organization AmericaPAC, which he founded to back Republican nominee Donald Trump.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The various topics discussed today with the people of Pennsylvania <a href="https://t.co/4cXFcOXYUf">https://t.co/4cXFcOXYUf</a></p>
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1848240376676536822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
<p>Voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina&mdash;all critical battleground states that will eventually determine the outcome of the election, have the opportunity to win.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The first winner received the $1 Million&nbsp;check was in a Pennsylvania town hall gathering on Saturday night.</p>
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Elon Musk Says He Will Give Away $1 Million A Day To A Registered Voter Until Presidential Elections 

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<p>Alex Proyas, the director of the 2004 sci-fi film, "I, Robot" has claimed that Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk is copying his designs from the movie.&nbsp;</p>
<p>These claims came after Musk unveiled&nbsp;Tesla's new Cybercab, which includes winged doors and no steering wheel or pedals, Musk also revealed a new look at&nbsp;Optimus robots.</p>
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<p>After Tesla's event, Proyas took to X to voice his concerns about the similarities between "I, Robot" and "Tesla" designs, saying, "Hey Elon, can I have my designs back please".&nbsp;</p>
<p>The production designer of "I, Robot", Patrick Tatopoulos, also reposted an image comparing the designs from the film and Tesla's designs, and he captioned it with&nbsp;"Maybe it is just me? Or should I feel honored that Elon found some inspiration in my I ROBOT designs? Probably my imagination running wild. Well either way it&rsquo;s fun to watch".&nbsp;</p>
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"I, Robot" Director Claims That Elon Musk Is Copying His Designs

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<p>Google announced that starting from the 1st of May, 2025, all AdSense, AdSense for YouTube, AdMob, and Ad Manager payouts in Egypt will be made in Egyptian Pounds instead of&nbsp;US Dollars.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This change&nbsp;is part of Google's initiative to transition all payments worldwide into local currencies.</p>
<p>On the 1st of April, a new payment account will be created for all AdSense, Adsense for YouTube, AdMob, and Ad Manager users, and they may need to link a bank account that accepts local currency to it.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It's worth mentioning that the old payment account in US Dollars will be deactivated in April 2025, however, users will still be able to access it from their payment page to view past activities.</p>
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Google To Change Payment Currency In Egypt From USD To EGP Starting May 2025

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<p>Meta revealed improvements to its virtual reality headset and Ray-Ban smart glasses in an effort to showcase its artificial intelligence capabilities and the company&rsquo;s slew of new hardware products.</p>
<p>Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg also showcased Orion, Meta's first real AR glasses, which he called &ldquo;the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen&rdquo;.</p>
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<p>The smart glasses can project digital representations of media, people, games, and communications onto the real world, as the user can control Orion with his voice, or hand gestures.</p>
<p>Orion is not yet scheduled for release, but according to Zuckerberg, it will ultimately be the "first consumer full holographic AR glasses" from Meta.&nbsp;</p>
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