If you're shopping in-store at Walmart, you can't use Apple Pay, Google Pay or most other contactless payment options to make a purchase. But you do have other options.You can still use most major credit and debit cards when buying something in-store or online. Although the retailer doesn't accept payments via third-party digital wallets, it will continue to accept its own digital wallet, Walmart Pay, which was launched in 2016.A Walmart spokesperson confirmed via email that the retailer does not accept NFC payments and offered Walmart Pay and other alternatives."We also have options that go beyond just payments, such as Scan & Go, which allow Sam's Club and Walmart Plus members to bypass the checkout altogether," the spokesperson said. Digital wallets like Apple Pay have grown in popularity over the last several years, offering the convenience of paying without having to carry a credit card. Apple Wallets and Google Wallets can store various payment options as well as things like your digital hotel key, boarding passes and concert tickets.Walmart, with more than 4,600 locations across the country, is one of the last major retailers to refuse to accept third-party contactless payment options.By sticking to its internal mobile payment app, Walmart avoids paying fees for third-party options and can more easily track your purchase history. However, that exclusivity also makes purchases less convenient for customers who use digital apps and wallets as their primary means of payment.How to use Walmart PayIf you download the Walmart app, you can add payment methods in a wallet within Account Settings, then use them with Walmart Pay. The app allows you to store a variety of payment methods:Credit and debit cards from most of the major issuers, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express and DiscoverBank accountWalmart gift cardsElectronic Benefits TransferHealthcare benefits cards, like HSA and FSAPayPalIf you're in a store, you can use Walmart Pay within the app, and then scan the QR code at checkout to pay for your purchase. When the payment is complete, you'll receive a digital receipt in the app.Alternative payment options to Walmart PayIf you don't want to install the Walmart app on your phone or add your payment info there, you can still make purchases at Walmart. If you're making a purchase in store, you can use credit and debit cards, Walmart gift cards, Electronic Benefits Transfer, HSA and FSA cards, or PayPal (in some locations).To use PayPal at the register, you'll need the PayPal app. From the menu, select In-person & QR code to set up in-person payments. Choose "Show to pay" and a QR code will be generated, which can be scanned by the cashier to process your payment.Walmart also accepts PayPal for online purchases. If your Walmart doesn't offer PayPal at the register and you want an extra layer of security protecting your bank account or card number, you can order the item online and pay using your PayPal account.You can also still technicallyuse your digital wallet to shop online at Walmart online. You'll just need to enter your credit card number when checking out. In a digital wallet, you can find your card number by clicking on the payment method in the wallet, then going to the menu in the top left corner and clicking on Card Number. You'll see your card number (or virtual card number, if available), expiration date and security code, which you'll need to enter in as payment info on the Walmart.com

Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok, US president saysPotential pricetag around $100bn.Image credit: Microsoft / TikTok News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief Published on Jan. 28, 2025 Xbox owner Microsoft is currently in discussions to buy social media giant TikTok.That's according to the newly-reinstalled US President Trump, who has now told reporters of Microsoft's involvement (via Reuters). Microsoft itself has declined to comment.TikTok's current status in the US appears precarious, after it was banned by the previous US administration and the US Supreme Court due to national security concerns linked to the app's Chinese owner ByteDance. Here in Europe, the UK government, BBC and the European Commission have banned the app from use on official phones.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Xbox Developer Direct - four promising games also coming to PlayStation.Watch on YouTubeAhead of returning to office, Trump had signalled he would pause the ban - though TikTok still took itself offline within the US for a brief window, before returning online with a message that thanked Trump personally.TikTok's US ban is now officially paused for 75 days, during which time the social media giant and its compulsive algorithm must either be sold or banned for good. Microsoft is one of a few companies with deep enough pockets to make a serious bid, with various valuations of TikTok ranging around $100bn, and some even higher.Still, as we well know, Microsoft seemed happy to shell out $67.8bn just a couple of years ago to snap up Call of Duty and World of Warcraft maker Activision Blizzard. What's $30bn more for control of the hugely-influential TikTok?Microsoft has been interested in TikTok previously, and got close to a bid in 2020 during Trump's first term in office. Other contenders to buy the social media firm include cloud technology company Oracle, as well as X owner Elon Musk.TikTok would be, by far, Microsoft's biggest acquisition to date. Other than Activision Blizzard, Microsoft previously paid $26bn for LinkedIn, $19.7bn for speech recognition company Nuance Communications, $8.5bn for Skype, and $7.5bn for Bethesda owner ZeniMax Media.Last week, popular card battler Marvel Snap returned online with an apology to players, after it was also made briefly unavailable. Marvel Snap is published by Nuverse, another company owned by TikTok parent ByteDance. Marvel Snap's development team has now said it will seek an alternative publishing partner.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games hereThe Xbox Series S caused some huge issues for Baldurs Gate 3 early on, but the game now runs like a dream on Microsofts low-power, budget console. As the Stress Test for Patch 8 officially starts after a short-lived debacle, players will actually be able to experience split-screen on Xboxs console-that-could.Baldurs Gate 3 split-screen comes to Xbox Series SAnnounced as part of a community update, Larian Studios confirmed that split-screen multiplayer has made its long-awaited debut on Series S consoles. Previously, the feature was absent from the Xbox Series S version of the game as a rare compromise for Microsofts Series S/Series X parity plans.To answer some questions were getting, well continue to work with Larian to explore the addition of split-screen on Series S post launch, Xbox tweeted in August 2023. Now, more than a year later, that promise has come true.Right now, players who want to try split-screen on Xbox Series S will have to sign-up for the stress test via the Xbox Insider app. Once they do, theyll actually be able to enjoy local multiplayer with a friend on the cheapest console available this generation.Patch 8 will also bring split-screen to Xbox Series S consoles! Larian announced in the blog post. If youre joining the stress test from an Xbox, youll be able to try this out early.Check out our interview with the biggest mod creators for Baldurs Gate 3 right here.While were unsure how well the split-screen function runs on Series Sespecially in Act 3the fact that its here at all is amazing. Larians port to Series S famously resulted in major performance improvements for all other platforms, so we could see even better performance with the arrival of this new update.For more BG3 coverage, read about interview with the games biggest mod team or check out this silly mod that brings Halos Master Chief into the land of Faerun.Baldurs Gate 3Platform(s):macOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Adventure, RPG, Strategy10VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Contents hide BeHaviour is releasing update 8.5.0 for Dead By Daylight. This is accompanied by Tome 22 and a fresh batch of Lunar New Year skins, and it is the last update for DBD as we head into February. While the changes to Freddy as a killer are appreciated, the unfortunate news is that the Dead By Daylight update makes a bad perk even worse with a terrible nerf.Dead By Daylight update delivers terrible nerf for Wake Up perkBeHaviour Interactive has shared the final changes for Dead By Daylight update 8.5.0. These changes include the following for the DBD Wake Up perk:[OLD]Once all Generators are powered, Exit Gates are revealed to you. While opening the Exit Gates, reveal your Aura to all other Survivors. While Wake Up! is active, you open the Exit Gates40/45/50%faster.[NEW]Once all Generators are powered, Exit Gates are revealed to you. While opening the Exit Gates, reveal your Aura to all other Survivors. For each Survivor still alive, you open the Exit Gates8/10/12.5%faster.In the patch notes, BeHaviour claims they wanted to make sure that the Perk had a clearer identity [because] in its previous state it rode the line between self-centered and altruistic. BeHaviours intent with the change is to enhance your role as a beacon of endgame hope, ensuring your teammates remain alive to reap the Perk benefits.Unfortunately, the change hasnt been received favorably. Reacting to the 8.5.0 developer update on Reddit, there is a lot of criticism towards the Wake Up nerf. One of many negative comments asks, Did Wake Up really need to be nerfed that bad?, while another comment says, Bro, thats not a Wake Up nerf, they basically just removed the perk entirely.Another comment exclaims theres no reason whatsoever to use Wake Up now, to which another user responded, They [BeHaviour] cant go without gutting anything remotely interesting.One of many comments echoes the frustration that it Makes no sense for Wake Up to be changed for the reasons specified by BeHaviour, while another user bemoans, Expectations were low but holy f**k. BHVR is clueless.DBD update 8.5.0 changesBelow are all of the changes highlighted in the Dead By Daylight update 8.5.0 dev note:The Nightmare: Dream SnaresIncreased Hindered duration to4.5 sec(was 4 sec)Increased cooldown to7 sec(was 5 sec)Improved the Sound Cue when charging Dream SnaresDev Note: Nothing drastic here. Mainly a few tweaks to improve quality of life and reduce the spam potential, particularly at high level play. This subtle tweak to the cooldown should prevent those instances, without sacrificing playability. To compensate, weve increased the Hindered status slightly.Dream PalletsIncrease Rupture range to3.5 meters(was 3 meters)Rupturing Pallets cannot be droppedDev Note: One of the recurring points of feedbackcenteredaround the usefulness of Dream Pallets, and their ability to make an immediate impact in a Trial. Weve increased the Rupture range and made it so a dropped Dream Pallet will not cancel your Rupture charge.Dream ProjectionReleasing a Dream Projection now cancels a teleportCancelling a Dream Projection incurs the full cooldownWhile charging Dream Projection, movement speed is reduced to3.86 m/sReveal the Aura of The Nightmare emerging near a teleport location to help with orientation (visible to Killer only)Added an SFX/VFX when The Nightmare triggers a Dream Projection on Survivors healing in the Dream WorldDev Note: We heard you loud and clear the fake-out is back, with a small caveat. Youll have to use it wisely, as cancelling your teleport will still cause the ability to enter cooldown. Weve also added an Aura that should help orient players after a teleport, as well as additional effects to clear things up when The Nightmare uses a Dream Projection on healing Survivors.Wake Up InteractionThe Wake Up interaction takes priority over Healing. If an injured Survivor is Asleep, an Awake Survivor will be able to Wake Them Up without healing them.Dev Note: Not much to see here, but this should help alleviate some of the frustration that arose when trying to Wake Up an injured Survivor.Add-On ChangesWeve made a few minor tweaks to some of The Nightmares Add-Ons, as a few were noted to be slightly overtuned.Jump Rope:Decrease to0.5 sec(was 1 sec)Unicorn Block:Decrease to0.5 meters(was 1 meter)Wake Up perk: [OLD]Once all Generators are powered, Exit Gates are revealed to you. While opening the Exit Gates, reveal your Aura to all other Survivors. While Wake Up! is active, you open the Exit Gates40/45/50%faster.[NEW]Once all Generators are powered, Exit Gates are revealed to you. While opening the Exit Gates, reveal your Aura to all other Survivors. For each Survivor still alive, you open the Exit Gates8/10/12.5%faster.Dev Note: We wanted to make sure that the Perk had a clearer identity, and in its previous state it rode the line between self-centered and altruistic. The basic idea behind its design is to enhance your role as a beacon of endgame hope, ensuring your teammates remain alive to reap the Perk benefits.Beast of Prey perk:[OLD]Upon gaining the Bloodlust Status Effect, Beast of Prey activates: Gain Undetectable for15/20/25 seconds.[NEW]Upon gaining the Bloodlust Status Effect, Beast of Prey activates: Gain Undetectable for30/35/40 seconds.For more Dead By Daylight content, check out ourranking of the top 10 DLC expansions to buyalong with a ranking of thebest killer perksandbest survivor perks.Dead by DaylightPlatform(s):Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Action, Survival Horror7VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

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Attorney At AwwRemember when the MCU's Daredevil and She-Hulk hooked up? You're probably safe to forget all about that ahead of Born AgainContinuity? Who cares! Just watch the next thing and forget about the old thing.Image credit: Marvel News by Oisin Kuhnke Contributor Published on Jan. 28, 2025 Daredevil has officially been in the MCU for a little while now, but his first new show that's set in it might not pay too much attention to previous appearances.Back in 2021, Marvel greatly pleased fans by bringing Matt Murdock (played once more by Charlie Cox) into the MCU officially. He then made another appearance in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, obviously a much more comedy leaning show than the super-serious approach the Netflix Daredevil show took, which looks to be continuing in Born Again. As it turns out, despite Marvel's "master plan", Born Again's showrunner Dario Scardapane has said that you probably shouldn't expect Daredevil's appearances to be all that important in the upcoming Disney Plus series. "Marvel has a master plan, and what you're doing causes ripple effects," Scardapane told SFX magazine (via GamesRadar) in a recent interview. "I would pitch stuff very early and I would hear that they had other plans.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. "I have plenty of leeway up until I hit the larger-scale plan for the MCU. So I try to ignore some stuff [from the wider universe]. We establish a very specific Daredevil, both in terms of his dilemma, down to the suit and where we're picking him up in his life. You can say that Daredevil is canon in the MCU, those other events [in Spider-Man and She-Hulk] happened, but some of them we are not leaning into. His one-night stand with She-Hulk may be one of those things."I'm sure that there'll be a lot of fans that are fine with that outcome, and Daredevil even apparently has a new interest in the form of a character called Heather Glenn (Margarita Levieva) though it does kind of show the pitfalls of having to work within an interconnected universe. Perhaps allowing for more spin-off projects would help smooth this kind of thing out, 'ey Marvel?Scardapane went on to say that they've "moved Matt through other corners of the MCU, and now he's back in his own story. I don't want to give anything away, but you're going to see a character [in our show] you never thought you would, but they get folded into the story in a manner that is organic and exists in our world. New York, in the current state of the MCU, has a lot of stuff going on." Who that might be is anyone's guess, but you'll find out soon enough, as the show premieres on March 4 in the US, and March 5 in the UK.

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube794kPlaytonic Games has released a new trailer for its upcoming Yooka-Replaylee remaster, reintroducing Shovel Knight as an NPC with unique new challenges for our heroes.The character, based on the acclaimed 2D platformer of the same name, will receive a similar new coat of paint for the updated game, and will also come with a new and improved quest line. Based on the trailer alone, it looks like this will entail climbing atop a tower before booting a bunch of Shovel Knight-themed gems (some of which or perhaps all turn into enemies).Although not officially confirmed for the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, Playtonic has heavily implied that Yooka-Replaylee will be making its way to the highly-anticipated console. On the official website, the initial announcement simply said "Yooka-Replaylee will be playable on PS5, Xbox Series consoles and Nintendo? (Ooh mysterious. Well have more on that as soon as poss!)".Hmm... Seems pretty conclusive to us.The original Yooka-Laylee was relatively well-received, though many noted that it couldn't quite meet the standards set by Banjo-Kazooie. Its sequel, Yooka-Layle and the Impossible Lair, garnered high praise for its Donkey Kong Country-inspired 2D platforming gameplay. Expect more updates in the coming monthsYooka-Laylee returns to 'Nintendo platforms'Will you be picking Yooka-Replaylee on the... aw heck, let's just say it - the Nintendo Switch 2? Let us know with a comment in the usual spot.Related GamesSee AlsoShare:02 Nintendo Lifes resident horror fanatic, when hes not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related ArticlesSteam Deck Sales Business As Usual For Valve During Week Of Switch 2 RevealUpdate: Sales chart "updated" by ValveRandom: Donkey Kong Country's Artist Reacts To Nintendo's Redesign"Everything changes!"Xbox Is "Really Looking Forward" To Supporting Switch 2Phil Spencer: "We love the work that we do with Nintendo"Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Metal Poster Pre-Order Bonus RevealedAvailable now in the US

Every game we scored 9/10 or higher.Nintendo of America is back with its first big eShop sale of 2025, bringing some sweet discounts to thousands of games across the storefront until 9th February at 11:59pm PT.So beefy is this 'Supercharge Sale' that we've decided to make it a little easier to see the cream of the crop at a glance (and a good few scrolls). Below, we have assembled every game in the eShop sale that we awarded 9/10 or higher, listed in alphabetical order and accompanied by their discounted price hey, you're welcome.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Apple released the latest updates for its iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems on Monday, which included switching on Apple Intelligence by default for newer devices.As part of this batch of software updates, Apple also released several patches fixing security bugs, including a zero-day bug that may have been actively exploited meaning hackers were using it to compromise devices against users with iPhones running software older than iOS 17.2, which was released in December 2023.The bug was found in Core Media, the media engine that powers a range of Apple devices, and is now fixed across its product line, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple TVs, Apple Watches, and its mixed-reality headset Vision Pro. Apple said hackers could have elevated privileges by exploiting a memory corruption bug, which would have allowed broader access to a devices data.Apple did not credit the bug discovery to any researcher, as it customarily but not always does. A spokesperson for Apple did not immediately comment asking for more details about who exploited the bug and against whom.This is the first bug found in iOS this year that was exploited in the wild. For reference, Apple fixed at least seven bugs that may have been actively exploited in 2024, according to TechCrunchs running tally.