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Detectives believe they were selling ‘customers’ the Class A drug cocaine after they found boric acid, a cutting agent, inside the house.

Other items seized include burner phones, diaries, credit card payment machines, sex toys and paraphernalia associated with bondage. A bag filled with bank cards was also found concealed behind paneling in a toilet.

Other receipts suggested some using the brothel were paying between £80 and £100 for a gram of cocaine.

From Lawrence Dallaglio’s credit card ‘used in London brothel’, court hears:

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Detectives who raided a brothel in London discovered English rugby star’s credit card was used there

From Lawrence Dallaglio’s credit card ‘used in London brothel’, court hears:

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there are now significant increases in cheque fraud occurring across the UK, U.S. and France. In the UK, from a very low base, a rise from £3.3 million in H1 2018 to £29.4 in H1 2019.

From Cheque Fraud | NICE Actimize:

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House Democrats Counterproposal For Stimulus Package

From House Democrats Counterproposal For Stimulus Package – Document Viewer : NPR:

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The National Payments Corporation of India has finally allowed cash withdrawal at merchant locations via UPI apps. The anticipated move by the umbrella organisation will enable the service in line with the existing Cash-at-PoS model.

NPCI, in this regard, has issued guidelines and compliance requirements to enable the service from 1st June 2020.

As per the notification, the transaction limit shall be Rs 1,000 per day in tier I and tier II centres and Rs 2000 per day in tier III to tier VI centres. To curb the misuse of the facility, only three transactions will be permitted per account per payee UPI ID.

Interchange fee of 0.5% of the transaction value, subject to a cap of Rs 5 will be applicable for these transactions. Issuers may decide to charge customers up to 1% of transaction value, capped at Rs 10.

From NPCI allows cash withdrawals using UPI from merchants:

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It works by firing a light at an object, then measuring the time it takes to return. Because the system knows the speed of light, it can work out the distance by measuring the time. Velodyne explains that most lidar sensors these days use either 905-nanometer or 1550-nanometer wavelengths. Visible light, by contrast, measures between 400 and 700 nanometers.

From What is lidar? Apple’s new iPad Pro technology, clearly explained:

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Apple’s miniaturized scanner isn’t quite at that level, but the company says that it’ll be able to measure the distance to objects over 16 feet away (or five meters). It claims that by combining the depth information from the LIDAR scanner with camera data, motion sensors, and computer vision algorithms, the new iPad Pro will be faster and better at placing AR objects and tracking the location of people.

From The new iPad Pro’s LIDAR sensor is an AR hardware solution in search of software – The Verge:

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That’s why autonomous robots (ones that control themselves) and self-driving cars often prefer to look at the world a different way, using LIDAR systems instead of cameras. Where a camera-based eye snaps an instant 2D photo of a scene that has to be processed and interpreted to find out what it’s looking at, LIDAR makes millions of measurements of depth information in all directions simultaneously—and it’s often quicker and easier to turn that data into a map you can use for navigation, in real-time.

From How LIDAR works: A simple introduction – Explain that Stuff:

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The iPad Pro is Apple’s first gadget to come with dedicated hardware for augmented reality with its Lidar sensor, an addition that should make the iPad Pro better at understanding your surroundings to make augmented reality apps feel more realistic.

From Apple iPad Pro’s Lidar Scanner says a lot about iPhone 12 and beyond – Business Insider:

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The Royal Academy of Engineering Report that we’ve discussed before has attracted some kind comments, including those from security guru Bruce Schneier.

From Digital Identity: Video fun:

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