Excruciating New Credit Cards Finally Give Apple Pay a Problem to Solve

The switch to chip-based card readers has turned the checkout counter into a big pain. Maybe the time has come for our phones to ease the suffering.

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This is how criminals install credit card skimmer within seconds

Scammers installing credit card skimmer device caught on CCTV by Police An incredibly quick act of installing debit/credit stealing device was caught by th

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Amazon Will Read Over Shoppers’ Shoulders | PYMNTS.com

Amazon uses data to drive every decision. So, why should it be any different when it’s trying to sell the right book to the right reader?

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Losses due to card fraud and cyber attacks leap by 26%

Financial fraud losses surged by 26% year-on-year in 2015 amid a growing threat from deception scams and cyber attacks, a report has found. Some £75

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The First 40 Days: An Introduction

This year is bound to be a difficult one for Central Asia. The big question is: How bad can it get?

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Kazakh banker’s wife urges France not to send him to Russia

PARIS (AP) — The wife of a Kazakh banker-turned-dissident accused of embezzling billions urged French authorities to block his pending extradition t

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Patent Drafting: Define terms when drafting patent applications, be your own lexicographer – IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law

Being your own lexicographer means is that you can define your invention using whatever terms you choose and give special meanings to the terms you use.

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Biopiracy: when indigenous knowledge is patented for profit

How scientists and corporations are plundering the developing world for new substances.

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SCOTUS should adopt flexible, case-specific approach to attorneys’ fee awards in copyright cases – IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law

IPO hopes the Court will provide a flexible and case-specific approach to fee awards in copyright litigation that rejects formulas and precise rules.

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Amazon files patent for ‘selfie pay’ system

Amazon has filed a patent application for technology that would enable users to pay for items by taking a selfie. The technology giant, widely known for it

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