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Selfies could replace passwords to pay online

Regina Pazvakavambwa
By Regina Pazvakavambwa, ITWeb portals journalist.
Johannesburg, 03 Jul 2015

In this edition of the Worldwide Wrap, MasterCard is exploring using selfies for online payment and Facebook is to pay video clip creators.

Selfie payment identification

MasterCard is trialling technology that could allow customers to pay online by taking a selfie rather than entering a password.

The pilot will be limited to 500 customers, who will be asked to snap a photograph of their face instead of typing in their own personal code when paying using their smartphone.
Sky News

Facebook follows YouTube

Facebook is starting to pay some video creators for uploading clips to the social network in an effort to rival YouTube.

Just like the Google-owned video giant, Facebook will now split ad revenue with creators, giving them 55% of the money and keeping 45% for itself.
Via: Wired

Robot kills man

A worker at a Volkswagen factory in Germany has died after a robot grabbed him and crushed him against a metal plate.

The 22-year-old man died in hospital after the accident at a plant in Baunatal, north of Frankfurt
Via: BBC

Casio smartwatch

Casio, the Japanese maker of the classic digital timepiece, is taking a giant leap into the future with the announcement of its first official smartwatch.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the veteran watchmaker is hoping to outdo the likes of Apple and other major tech companies by appealing to the mass market's need for comfort and durability.
Via: Wired

HP formalises split

HP laid out its most detailed plan yet on how the $110 billion company will split into two companies, each with about $55 billion in annual revenue, and reiterated that it remains on track to complete the separation on 1 November.

The new details came in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing uses the prior year's financial data to show how the divisions of the company that will make up Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, the new company created by the breakup, would have performed.
Via: Re/code

GCHQ spying inquiry

Campaign group Amnesty International has called for an independent inquiry after it was confirmed it was spied on by British surveillance agency GCHQ.

It said it was "outrageous" that human rights bodies were being monitored.

It came after the Investigatory Powers Tribunal informed Amnesty that GCHQ had breached rules by keeping data intercepted from it for too long - although it had been collected legally.
Via: BBC

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