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Verifiable Credentials Data Model (VCDM) and Decentralized Identifiers (DID)
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The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) have joined forces to issue digital credentials using openly developed, free to implement internet standards. Here’s what this means and why it matters.
From: Feature Article: The Question of Who You Are | Homeland Security.
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Target is making a major change to how customers pay for goods at the store.
Starting this month, the Minnesota-based retailer says it will no longer accept personal checks as a form of payment, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC Chicago.
The move was made due to “extremely low volumes,” the spokesperson said, adding that the retailer has taken “several measures” to notify customers in advance.
The change will go into effect July 15, several days after Target’s popular Circle Week event.
From: Target to stop accepting personal checks as form of payment – NBC Los Angeles.
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Vending machines stocked with ammunition have been installed in several grocery stores across the United States.
The machines are made by American Rounds and allow customers over the age of 21 to buy ammunition with the same ease as using an ATM, the company says.
From: Ammunition Vending Machines Appear in Grocery Stores – Newsweek.
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Setting a precedent for other UK banks, NatWest Bank will use OneID’s bank-verified digital identity solution for NatWest’s Structured Finance business in Sweden, Finland and Norway.
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Australian Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten also revealed that credentials such as New South Wales licenses will be admissible to the state’s equivalent of a digital wallet.
In June, New South Wales took an important step towards its national digital identity wallet scheme by launching its first digital credential, a digital first-aid certificate. Service NSW also added a digitized Working with Children Check (WWCC) late last year.From: Australia makes headway in digital ID interoperability | Biometric Update.
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“Acquiring/replacing a national ID in Uganda is likened to the pain of getting a kidney donor,”
From: Refugees In Uganda Turn To Bitcoin Due To National ID Restrictions.
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Investors in digital currencies are also more likely to be men, rely on fringe social media sources, believe in conspiracy theories and feel victimised.
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The latest numbers from TRM’s threat intelligence team show twice as much money has been stolen in hacks and exploits in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023.
From: Thefts From Hacks and Exploits Surge in First Half of 2024 | TRM Insights.
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Curve’s one-to-many card routing (allowed in EEA) allows similar functionality to Visa’s new Flexible credentials. Where Curve operates under the existing transaction mechanics, Visa’s Flex credential enables retrieval of the underlying card. It allows each Issuer to approve the “wrapping” entity or wallet just as they do under staged digital wallet rules. Both Visa VTS and MA MDES allow issuers to approve “wallets” and provision payment tokens. There are no US exceptions to this process.
From: ApplePay gets iOS Competition – Curve | Noyes Payments Blog.
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Drones have broadened the buffer zone between Ukrainian and Russian combatants from a couple of kilometers to as much as 20 km, Ukraine’s deputy minister of digital transformation Alex Bornyakov told POLITICO. “Anything you put in this ‘gray area’, it can be destroyed by drones,” he said.
From: ‘Our Oppenheimer moment’ — In Ukraine, the robot wars have already begun – POLITICO.
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