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No, I'm not saying "Bye." I'm saying "Buy."

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Alex Schroeder and Meredith Garretson
Feb 19, 2024
The Amazon One system enables purchases via hand waving. Christopher Mims of the WSJ discusses business prospects for biometric data.
Amazon's Amazon One system enables consumers to make purchases just by waving their hand.
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Why do we still use paper checks?

by Janet Nguyen
Jan 5, 2024
Their use is waning, but not everyone is sold on digital payments.
If you're still using checks, beware of fraud.
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Are we trading security for emojis on Venmo?

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Jun 1, 2018
The Federal Trade Commission found the app's security and privacy protections disclosures lacking.
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