Amazon has added age verification to its pay-by-palm technology. With this expansion of the capabilities of Amazon One, customers will be able to buy alcohol by just holding their palm over an Amazon One device, just as they do when they use the service to...
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT could be too good to be true — literally. A recent consumer alert from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning that scammers are using AI to replicate voices as part of high-tech phone call scams; while the...
Meta Platforms has been testing technology to keep users under 18 from accessing adult-oriented experiences. The company said Monday (Dec. 5) it had begun expanding these tests to Facebook Dating in the U.S. to prevent minors from accessing the service. The move comes as the...
May you live in interesting times. That’s supposedly a curse as much as a blessing, but no matter what, it certainly applies to the online sales of eCigarettes and vaping supplies, where regulations haven’t caught up to retail reality, and where legitimate businesses worry about...
October 15, 2019
May you live in interesting times. That’s supposedly a curse as much as a blessing, but no matter what, it certainly applies to the online sales of eCigarettes and vaping supplies, where regulations haven’t caught up to retail reality, and where legitimate businesses worry about keeping on the right side of the law. Karen Webster […]
September 25, 2019
Depending on your view, it might be a public health problem, a moral panic or something in between. However, no matter what you think of the illnesses and deaths related...
August 22, 2019
The growing CBD industry offers one of the best retail and payments stories in the second half of 2019 — and offers lessons for merchants seeking to keep on the...
July 02, 2019
Thanks to the digital economy and its supporting technology, we can say we are in the “golden age” of this and that. The golden age of delivery and quick fulfillment....
May 22, 2023
Amazon has added age verification to its pay-by-palm technology. With this expansion of the capabilities of Amazon One, customers will be able to buy alcohol by just holding their palm over an Amazon One device, just as they do when they use the service to pay or to enter a location, the company said in […]
December 05, 2022
Meta Platforms has been testing technology to keep users under 18 from accessing adult-oriented experiences. The company said Monday (Dec. 5) it had begun expanding these tests to Facebook Dating...
August 29, 2019
Juul, one of the most popular e-cigarette brands in the U.S., will be adopting a new age verification system to curb underage smoking, according to a report by The Wall...
