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Amazon Leans Into Consumer Love for Biometrics With Expanded Palm Payments
Amazon Leans Into Consumer Love for Biometrics With Expanded Palm Payments
August 15, 2023  |  Biometrics

Mega-retailer Amazon’s scaled-up rollout of its pay-by-palm technology, One, a month after its announcement, may not be the first offering of such technology, but the sheer number of stores receiving One...

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Amazon’s Palm Payment System Aims to Challenge Apple and Google
Amazon’s Palm Payment System Aims to Challenge Apple and Google
August 13, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Is Amazon’s palm payments method a serious challenger to Apple and Google? Or is it a “solution in search of a problem?” A report Friday (Aug. 11) by The Wall Street...

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Consumers Like Biometrics More Than Passwords
Consumers Like Biometrics More Than Passwords
August 10, 2023  |  Authentication

Consumers may be stuck using the outmoded authentication system, but most prefer more sophisticated methods. Traditional use of passwords currently remains the most prevalent method...

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China Calls for Limits on Facial Recognition Tools
China Calls for Limits on Facial Recognition Tools
August 08, 2023  |  Biometrics

China wants its businesses to think twice before using facial recognition technology. The country’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) on Tuesday (Aug. 8) introduced draft regulations calling for limits on facial...

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Kenya Is World’s First Nation to Suspend Sam Altman’s Worldcoin
Kenya Is World’s First Nation to Suspend Sam Altman’s Worldcoin
August 02, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Kenya’s government is worried about Worldcoin, OpenAI founder Sam Altman’s identity-focused cryptocurrency. The African nation’s Ministry of the Interior suspended Worldcoin’s operations in Kenya Wednesday (Aug. 2), amid a government investigation,...

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DocuSign, Microsoft Azure Move to Improve Facial Liveness Detection
DocuSign, Microsoft Azure Move to Improve Facial Liveness Detection
July 27, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

As artificial intelligence (AI) makes deepfakes a greater concern to consumers and companies, fresh efforts are afoot to combat these highly convincing but fraudulent images....

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Nearly a Third of Consumers Want More Than Biometric Authentication When Accessing Bank Accounts
Nearly a Third of Consumers Want More Than Biometric Authentication When Accessing Bank Accounts
July 27, 2023  |  Authentication

When it comes to authentication, consumers increasingly trust and prefer the biometrics afforded by smartphones to protect their identities. But although they love this seamlessness,...

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UK Data Regulator Probes Worldcoin Launch
UK Data Regulator Probes Worldcoin Launch
July 25, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The United Kingdom’s data regulator is reportedly investigating OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin. “We note the launch of Worldcoin in the U.K. and will be...

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Worldcoin or World Con? Sam Altman’s Newest Venture Draws Skepticism
Worldcoin or World Con? Sam Altman’s Newest Venture Draws Skepticism
July 24, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

If a technology service is free, you are the product — not the customer. As OpenAI CEO Sam Altman officially launches his cryptocurrency project, Worldcoin,...

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