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9.8KRegulation RoundupIn Europe, Taxes In Focus For Tech Giants
Big Tech firms – Google and Amazon among them – are increasingly in the taxman’s crosshairs. In the United Kingdom, for instance,...
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5.1KAuthenticationBiometrics: The Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits?
Digital identity solutions are becoming more and more commonplace, especially as consumers grow increasingly aware of the weaknesses of authentication methods like...
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3.0KCoronavirusCoronavirus: Amazon Adjusts Attendance Policy; Trip.com Chairman, CEO To Stop Taking Salaries
The coronavirus could have wide-reaching effects on medical facilities, eCommerce retailers, technology and the economy as a whole. Here are the latest...
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5.5KBiometricsTech Firms Want Moderation, Not Bans, On Facial Recognition
Tech companies want to get ahead of the law when it comes to facial recognition, seeking to restrict its use but also making...
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2.5KAppleApple Blocks Clearview AI From App Store
The facial recognition app Clearview AI was banned from Apple’s developer program after allegedly violating the iPhone maker’s rules, Buzzfeed News reported...
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1.9KNewsToday In Payments: US Firms In China Could Miss Projections By 50 Pct; Square Cash App Users Grow 60 Pct YOY
In today’s top payments news, U.S. companies in China warned annual revenue might be off by almost 50 percent due to the...
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3.0KSecurity & FraudFacial Recognition Firm Clearview AI Client List Is Hacked
Facial recognition outfit Clearview AI — which collects billions of photos off the internet, and uses them for facial recognition technology — has...
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7.2KInternational5G Network Rollout Delayed In China, Flights Canceled Due To Coronavirus
The coronavirus has far-reaching impacts that extend beyond health, with a wide range of economic effects in sectors ranging from transportation to...
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5.9KIntelligence of ThingsCisco On The Future Of Safe And Smart Cities
With some analysts projecting a trillion IoT-enabled devices to be in use around the world by 2035, defending the IoT ecosystem is becoming...
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1.6KAuthenticationDeep Dive: Fake Profiles Threaten Social Media Networks
Social media has become an integral part of everyday life, with a recent study finding that there were approximately 2.77 billion social...
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1.8KBiometricsEU Softens Stance On 5-Year Ban Of Facial Recognition Tech
The European Union won’t be passing a blanket moratorium on facial recognition software after initially signaling that it would do so. Instead, it...
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1.9KAuthenticationWhy Digital Driver’s Licenses Are the Future Of ID Verification
Digital driver’s licenses (DDLs) are gaining popularity in the U.S., where 12 states are working to develop and implement them. Many nongovernmental...
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5.3KAuthenticationInside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses
Biometric digital identity verification solutions are becoming more and more commonplace thanks to their implementation in everyday devices like smartphones and fitness...
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3.7KRetailWhy Amazon And Other Retailers Are Turning To Biometrics
Retail keeps embracing numerous new technologies, and biometrics is not only one of them, but an area of recent growth and development,...
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1.4KLegalSupreme Court Won’t Review Facebook’s Privacy Violation Case
In a blow to Facebook, the Supreme Court won’t decide whether or not people can sue the social media giant for using...
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7.3KRestaurant innovationCustomer-Facing Technologies Spice Up The QSR Space
Three words are driving dramatic technological changes in the fast food space: quality, convenience and speed. QSR customers expect quality food and...
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2.4KArtificial IntelligenceAlphabet, Microsoft Disagree On EU’s Proposed Facial Recognition Ban
Microsoft President Brad Smith doesn’t agree with Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai’s backing of the EU’s call for a temporary ban on...
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3.0KArtificial IntelligenceEU Considers Tightening AI Regulations For ‘High-Risk’ Sectors
Seeking to keep things ethical in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), the European Union wants to enact legally binding requirements for...
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6.5KSecurity & FraudAI Firm Breaches Facial Recognition At Airports, Stores
Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool...
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2.4KBiometricsChina Continues Facial Recognition Adoption With Airport Scanners
Beijing Daxing International Airport has been incorporating facial recognition software more and more, and it’s being used to do everything from identifying...
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2.5KBiometricsHomeland Security Reverses Decision To Use Facial Scans For US Travelers
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reversed its plans for mandatory facial recognition scans of Americans arriving and departing the country,...
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2.9KAuthenticationDeep Dive: The Fight To Stop Biometric Spoofing
Biometric authentication is one of the hottest trends in the digital ID space. Users demand both ironclad security and seamless login experiences,...
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2.6KBiometricsHomeland Security: US Travelers Should Be Included In Facial Scans
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to update a current law requiring non-U.S. citizens to be subject to facial recognition scans...
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3.2KBiometricsMobile Phone Registration in China Now Requires Facial Scanning
China has implemented a new policy requiring citizens who want new phone service to scan their faces to verify identities instead of...
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4.0KBiometricsLeaked Documents Show UN Facial ID Tenets Framed By China
Technology firms in China are framing facial recognition policies at the United Nations (UN), The Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday (Dec....
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4.0KBiometricsChina Tech Giants Push For Face ID Standards
Tencent, Xiaomi and Ant Financial are among the Chinese tech giants partnering with artificial intelligence (AI) firm SenseTime in an effort to...
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3.6KRetailHow QSRs Are Driving Retail Innovation Via Emerging Tech
Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological...
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2.4KFacebookFacebook Says Facial Recognition App Was Only Used By Employees
Facebook built a facial recognition app that was intended only for internal use, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat on Friday (Nov. 22). ...
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7.2KResTechFacing The Fast Future Of QSR Payments Experiences
Make sure to bring more than your appetite when you dine out in the 2020s, especially at a quick-service restaurant (QSR). You...
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2.8KBiometricsIndian Café Criticized For Billing Customers Through Facial Scanning
Customers at a popular Indian cafe chain are unhappy that the company is using facial recognition software to bill its customers, CNN...
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3.2KNewsApple Card Growth, Flywire Hire and B2B Changes Top Week’s News
Are you ready for the weekend? We sure are. But here at the PYMNTS Weekender, we want to make sure you didn’t...
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1.8KToday In DataThe Evolution Of Retail With Digital Ordering, Social Media
U.S. consumers are turning to technology to place food orders, and restaurants are looking to enhance the digital ordering experience. At the same...
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4.2KRestaurant innovationTrending: Malibu Poke Gets Personal With Facial Recognition To Order, Pay
U.S. consumers are increasingly turning to digital technology to place food orders. A recent study found online food delivery orders increased nearly...
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4.0KRestaurant innovationWhen Restaurant Tech Sees Your Face And Identifies Your Taste
Facial recognition tech could give the old restaurant axiom “service with a smile” a whole new meaning, by allowing customers to reorder...
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6.5KAuthenticationThe Science Behind Affirm’s Identity Data Play
Digital identities are gaining popularity across industries as businesses, services and other operations increasingly move online. Consumers are normalizing the use of...
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3.8KFacebookFacebook Facing $35B Fine Over Facial Recognition Lawsuit
A class action lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that people in Illinois didn’t consent to have their photos used with the company’s facial...
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2.9KBiometricsSnapPay Merchants Can Now Accept Facial Recognition Payments
Global payments solution SnapPay announced the rollout of facial recognition payment technology for North American merchants. SnapPay said the technology gives users...
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3.1KAmazonAmazon Prioritizes Equal Pay, Fraud Prevention And Data Privacy
Online retail giant Amazon says it will launch into new markets amid an uncertain sea of controversies and regulations, CNBC reported on...
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4.3KBiometricsWorld Economic Forum: Facial Recognition Poses Privacy Risk
As more nations mull tapping into facial recognition technology to bolster security, an expert at the World Economic Forum said governments should...
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2.6KFacebookFacebook Expands Facial Recognition To All Users
Facebook has announced it’s going to stop using its controversial Tag Suggestions feature, and facial recognition technology is going to be available...
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2.0KIPOMegvii AI Startup Files For Hong Kong IPO
AI startup Megvii Technology has filed for a public listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The Beijing-based company, known for its...
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3.7KRetailCan Digitally-Read Emotions Play a Role in Payments and Retail?
Emotions play a significant role in all human endeavors, and that certainly goes for payments and commerce. And even as those two...
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3.0KRegulationUK Investigating Facial Recognition Use In London
The data protection regulator for the U.K. has opened an investigation into the use of facial recognition technology at property developer Argent’s...
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2.5KAuthenticationDeep Dive: Securing Digital Identities Without Relying On Passwords
Digital identification continues to make immense strides in implementation and uptake in the world’s economy, but it is not without vulnerabilities. More...
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3.9KInnovationUpcoming Google Pixel 4 To Offer Hands-Free Functionality
Google announced in a video tweet on Monday (July 29) that its upcoming Pixel 4 smartphone doesn’t need hands to operate it....
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3.2KSecurity & FraudFTC: Facebook Lied To Customers About Facial Recognition, Phone Number Usage
The Washington Post is reporting that as part of a milestone settlement against Facebook, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is going to...
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3.1KRetailCan Cameras Remove Friction From The Fast Food Drive-Thru?
How does a retailer really expect to know a customer these days, especially if that that customer is shopping inside a physical...
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3.5KAppleApple Launches Beta Version Of Sign-In With Apple
Apple continues to make progress with biometrics and facial recognition for device sign-in purposes. According to a report from 9to5Mac.com, “when you...
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2.7KBiometricsAlipay To Add Beauty Filters To Facial Recognition Kiosks In China
Alipay will soon add beauty filters to its facial-recognition payment systems all across China, according to reports. Chinese consumers are among the...
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1.5KRetailAlibaba, JD.com To Offer Consumer Shopping Data To Retailers
Through an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd program that offers years of shopping history for consumers, Bestore Co Ltd intends to connect technology...
