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