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Earlier this year, carmaker Toyota unveiled plans for the 175-acre “Woven City” in the foothills of Mount Fuji, where it will test autonomous vehicles, smart technology and robot-assisted living.
From Net City: Tencent is building a Monaco-sized ‘city of the future’ in Shenzhen – CNN Style:
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Ingenico Group, Nets, Nexi, and Worldline are announcing the launch of an EU advocacy alliance bringing together Europe’s leading independent payment services providers.
The “European Digital Payments Industry Alliance” (EDPIA)’s vision is for Europe to become a global leader in digital payments,
From Leading payment processors launch European Digital Payments Industry Alliance:
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A new law in California will affect how businesses use bots. Bots are automated accounts that interact with users of websites, apps, and social media platforms. The Bot Disclosure Law could apply to your company whether you’re based in California or not.
From How to Comply with California’s Bot Disclosure Law – TermsFeed:
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California’s so-called ‘bot bill,’ which aims to protect users from automated bots on Twitter and other platforms, is noble, flashy, intriguing…and inept.
From A New Law Makes Bots Identify Themselves—That’s the Problem | WIRED:
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A grandma in Holland has been ordered to remove pictures of her grandchildren from Facebook under a data protection law
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Nine existing computers have been taken over by the National Data Processing Service: six are in London and one each in Edinburgh, Derby and Portsmouth. The computers are two Elliott 405, six English Electric LEO 326 and one RCA Spectra 70/45. The Spectra is on loan from English Electric pending supply of their own 4/70.
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This year, the NSW government wants to introduce a digital alternative for physical photo cards, Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello said on social media, according to iTnews.
“I will digitize the NSW Photo Card this year – I will keep you posted,” Dominello wrote on LinkedIn
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Due to the popular use of e-payment in China, Chinese merchants are gradually giving up cash and card payments. But for foreign tourists, who are excluded in most cases from the digital payment methods, due to the need to have a Chinese bank account and a Chinese phone number, the inability of making e-payments in China has become one of the biggest pain points for them.
Although last year Alipay and WeChat Pay have successively launched solutions for this issue, but these solutions are still not very convenient or popular yet.
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The director of the digital currency research institute of the central bank, Mu Changchun indicated before that users just need to download and register on an app implementing DCEP, no need to go to any commercial banks to signup and complete “real-name” registration.
On the app, users can just enter their nicknames and passwords to become a category 4 user that enables daily micro-payments. But if users need to use the services from the wallet above category 2, users would need to input more information such as real name, ID card number or bank accounts.
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The new Mobile Driver License (mDL) can be used to make customer interactions more efficient and accurate. Understand how mDL interactions work using the ISO/IEC 18013–5 Standard…
From The New Mobile Driver Licenses — How to Use ISO 18013–5:
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