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Pay by palm technology raises security worries News that Amazon in trialling palm-scanning technology at one of its Whole Food stores in Seattle is raising privacy concerns, due to the fact that the technology Amazon is using links a customer’s palm signature with their credit details. The contactless payment method, known as Amazon One, involves customers enrolling their palms in Amazon’s system to make payments with a palm ‘signature’ which is linked to their credit cards. The technology works by analysing the bones, creases and other structures b...

Nvidia’s Arm deal investigated Last week's news that the UK government had invoked 'National security' to probe Nvidia's Arm deal means that the CMA, which was already investigating the possible effect of the deal on competition in the UK, will also now be considering national security interests While the ‘intervention notice’ issued by the government has raised questions over the $40 billion deal a spokesman for Nvidia said that it didn’t “believe that this transaction poses any material national-security issues,” and that the company was...

Siemens and Google Cloud to cooperate on AI-based manufacturing solutions Google Cloud and Siemens are to co-operate in order to optimise factory processes and improve productivity on the shop floor. According to Siemens, it intends to integrate Google Cloud’s data cloud and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technologies with its factory automation solutions to help manufacturers innovate for the future. Data is critical for today’s industrial processes, but many manufacturers continue to use legacy software and multiple systems to analyze plan...

The edge is set to become the ‘centre of everything’ New research suggests that up to $800 billion could be spent on new and replacement server equipment and edge computing facilities in the years running up to 2028. The research, from the Linux Foundation, says that growth is going to be driven by the deployment of 5G in industry, alongside the commoditisation of edge hardware and the rise of open source networking software. It expects investment to be equally split between equipment for the device edge and infrastructure edge. Legacy data centres are set to...

Addressing the e-waste mountain With 6 million people saying the majority of their home appliances break within just two years, the ‘Right to Repair’ law that’s due to come into effect in the summer will have a significant impact on consumers and their bank balances. From this summer, consumers will have a 'Right to Repair' their household appliances as the government looks to cut down on the estimated 1.5 million tonnes of electronic waste generated by the UK each year. The sale of white goods and domestic appliances has skyrocketed over the past year d...