Businesses in Taiwan are logging their employees’ toilet-paper use as the country grapples with a shortage

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images Taiwan has is experiencing a rise in toilet paper prices, triggering shortages in stores around the country and leading some businesses to take drastic measures to conserve limited supplies.  An employee at Sesame Street English, an English-language school in Taipei’s Neihu District, told Business Insider that her school locks up its toilet paper […]

Facial recognition tech takes on Beijing’s toilet-paper thieves

Beijing has a toilet-paper problem and it’s turning to facial recognition to tackle it. Anyone visiting a restroom at the capital city’s Temple of Heaven Park will now have their face scanned by a machine in a bid to prevent locals stealing the paper for use at home, the NY Times reported. Toilet-paper theft has apparently become a serious […]