Bloomberg Apple Inc confirmed plans to release its much-anticipated Tap to Pay feature on the iPhone later this year, giving merchants an alternative to Block Inc.’s Square technology. The option will let sellers accept payments through Apple Pay, credit cards and digital wallets without additional hardware, the company said in a statement. The system relies on near field communication, ...

  Bloomberg Twitter Inc’s sales jumped 22% in the fourth quarter, signalling that the social network’s digital advertising business has held up even as changes to Apple Inc.’s data-collection rules hurt some larger rivals. Sales in the holiday quarter rose to $1.57 billion, compared with $1.58 billion analysts had predicted. Revenue in the current period will be $1.17 billion to ...

  NEW YORK / WAM The United Arab Emirates highlighted its ongoing efforts to help countries around the world recover from the Covid-19 pandemic during the 60th session of the United Nations’ Commission for Social Development. Covid-19 assistance that the UAE has provided includes more than 2,000 tonnes of supplies and nearly 200 medical assistance flights sent to 135 countries. ...