Anything For You All: 10 things in tech you need to know today

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November 24, 2015

Good morning! Here's the tech news you need to know this Tuesday.

1. There are plans to make subsidiaries of Alphabet pay Google if they want to use its core infrastructure. The Wall Street Journal reports Alphabet will charge subsidiaries "based on an estimate of what they would pay to buy the service elsewhere."

2. Snapchat has released a new feature that lets users swipe up to look at more Snaps related to a specific moment. "Story Explorer" launched on Monday in New York and Los Angeles. Snapchat said it will roll out the feature to other locations shortly.

3. Food delivery startup DoorDash is looking for fresh funding at a $1 billion valuation, Bloomberg reports. DoorDash raised $40 million at a $600 million valuation less than a year ago.

4. The journalist who ticked off Tinder's CEO has written an open letter inviting him to duke it out. In the letter, Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales invites Tinder CEO Sean Rad to settle the pair's issues.

5. Domino's has launched a physical button you push to order a pizza. The button, which looks like a miniature pizza box, works by pairing with the Domino's app over Bluetooth.

6. Dell admitted there's a big security problem with its new laptops. A pre-installed program on some newly purchased Dell laptops makes them vulnerable to cyber intrusions that may allow hackers to read encrypted messages and redirect browser traffic to fake sites.

7. Opportunist scammers are attempting to take advantage of hacked crowdfunding site Patreon by blackmailing users affected by the breach, according to TechCrunch. Large amounts of internal data was leaked online following the hack.

8. Google has given its apps a "Star Wars" makeover. To celebrate the upcoming Star Wars release, Google is allowing its users to change the appearance of their apps with a new tool.

9. Apple Pay is reportedly launching in China in February, according to the Wall Street Journal. Sources cited by the Journal said the Cupertino company has signed deals with four of China's big state banks.

10. Hackers could make the UK's nuclear weapons system obsolete, a former Defence Secretary has warned. Ex-Labour MP minister Lord Browne told the BBC that "weak spots" make Trident unreliable.