Tag: Technology

25 FEB

THE TECH COMPANIES IN PAYMENTS REPORT: How technology giants are using their reach and digital prowess to take on traditional banks (GOOG, GOOGL, AAPL, FB, MSFT, AMZN)

BII As headlines like “Amazon Is Secretly Becoming a Bank” and “Google Wants to Be a Bank Now” increasingly crop up in the news, tech giants are coming into the spotlight as the next potential payments disruptors. And with these firms’ broad reach and hefty resources, the possibility that they’ll descend on financial services is a hard narrative to […]

25 FEB

Contactless technology is paving the way for a cashless society within 15 years

GETTY Contactless cards are just the beginning, as experts predict physical cash will soon be unnecessary Immediately, a smart camera scans your irises, connects with your phone and sends your usual order to the barista. A couple of minutes later you waltz out of the door clutching your cappuccino without even touching your purse as the […]

15 FEB

Inside China’s growing use of facial recognition technology

GUEST: As China’s Lunar New Year approaches, citizens and tourists will spot the country’s police force with facial recognition glasses. These glasses will help officials use real-time ID verification to fight crimes during the celebrations around this year’s event. But interestingly, such facial recognition technologies are not new to the people of China. In the […]

15 FEB

Here’s Why the Porsche Mission E Charges into the Future with 800-Volt Technology

– The Porsche Mission E will charge its battery pack, Porsche promises, in half the time it takes present-day Tesla vehicles, which are the charge-rate champions now. Porsche certainly plans to deliver on the strong and silent straight-line performance that has been Tesla’s longtime YouTube party trick—and to add the sustained hot-lap capability that comes […]

12 FEB

Technology as racial exploitation in ‘Black Gooey Universe’

Art is often about making you look at regular, day-to-day objects in ways you haven’t before. Artist and UNBAG co-founder American Artist has certainly done that with Black Gooey Universe, showing at Brooklyn’s HOUSING studio until February 16th. The exhibition features pieces like “Mother of All Demos,” named after the famous XeroxPARC GUI demo, and […]

09 FEB

Central banks should gamble on productivity-improving technology

IN 1996 Alan Greenspan began asking why the flashy information technology spreading across America seemed not to be lifting productivity. He was not the first to wonder. A decade earlier Robert Solow, a Nobel prizewinner, famously remarked that computers were everywhere but in the statistics. But Mr Greenspan was uniquely positioned, as the chairman of […]

03 FEB

A technology most people have never used could be the answer to healthy eating and peak performance, and Fitbit and Apple are investing

Sano Eating well and maintaining a healthy body weight can be challenging for many people, in part because nutrition advice changes so often. Fitbit, Apple, and Google are investing in continuous glucose monitors that let people track their blood sugar and see how food affects their body. Usually used only by diabetics, the devices could […]