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The Future of Credit-Card ID Verification

WSJ.com: WSJD - Technology

Starting September 2019 in the European Union, a large portion of online payments greater than €30 (currently about $35) will require multifactor authentication. Consumers will need to use two of three things to verify transactions: something they know, like a password; something they have, like a digital device, perhaps a USB token, that identifies them; or something they are: biometric data. Proofs based on physical characteristics, like fingerprints and faces, are slowly becoming more common. This legislation will likely cause them to surge. Most consumers using biometrics will likely do so on their phones, many of which already have technology that payment-service providers will use to verify payments--such as Apple Inc.'s Touch ID fingerprint sensors or Face ID facial-recognition software on its iPhones.


Australian scientist finds perfect technique to get tomato sauce out of the bottle

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Why you've been pouring ketchup the WRONG way: Scientist reveals the perfect technique to get every last drop out of the bottle Depending on how you pour your tomato sauce, you have been doing it wrong Melbourne scientist Dr Anthony Stickland has got tips for the perfect pour Dr Stickland is an expert in liquids and solids and how they flow He's found the perfect sauce flow speed and angle to pour from the bottle He's found the perfect sauce flow speed and angle to pour from the bottle You may have been pouring your tomato sauce wrong your whole life without knowing it. Perhaps it's a surprise that there's a correct technique - avoiding sauce explosions - for doing so but regardless, Melbourne scientist Dr Anthony Stickland has found out what it is. Melbourne University senior engineering lecturer - an expert in liquids and solids and how they flow - has revealed it's as easy as getting the right angle and flow speed, according to the Herald Sun. Vegan blogger Freelee the Banana Girl who credited her toned... 'Alcoholic' Iranian could be granted refugee status in... Vegan blogger Freelee the Banana Girl who credited her toned... 'Alcoholic' Iranian could be granted refugee status in... Dr Stickland's technique works for both plastic squeeze bottles and glass sauce bottles Fox Valley Mall forced to close as huge brawl breaks out Chaos as people rush out of NJ mall after reports of gunshots Grizzly bear attacks TV woman who recklessly tries to stroke it Tears of joy? Emotional moment boy learns his mum is pregnant Partygoers allegedly arrested at a'mixed' party in Jeddah Mayhem outside Fox Valley Mall as police make several arrests Hero dog saves his injured'girlfriend' on deadly railway track CAT ATTACK: Pet pounces on man as he opens Christmas present Self-driving car predicts horrific crash and slams on breaks Just beautiful! Tears of joy? Emotional moment boy learns his mum is pregnant Partygoers allegedly arrested at a'mixed' party in Jeddah Hero dog saves his injured'girlfriend' on deadly railway track SWAT teams dispatched, families flee from'gunfire' and... Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher dies aged 60 four days after... 'Step Up' actress, 46, who vanished on her way to Christmas... Carrie Fisher'relapsed' before European tour that ended in... 'How could they let him drink and smoke himself to death?'... 'He became a recluse because he couldn't bear people to see... Bikini-clad Ivanka Trump and shirtless husband Jared enjoy a... Health curse of the middle aged: 80% are now'overweight,... How Carrie Fisher's brutal wit and very public battles with...


How a Physicist Who Helped Find the Higgs Boson Got Into Horse Apps

WIRED

Long before the public learned that the Large Hadron Collider had unearthed the Higgs boson, physicists like Matt Hollingsworth knew it was coming. They had seen hints in the data: First, a small, statistically dubious bump where the subatomic particle--the one that explains why everything in the universe has mass--should be. Then, the bump began to grow. Every day, some employees would religiously check an internal website that charted the growth of the signal, the probability that it was real. Before breaking out the champagne, they needed to reach three-sigma--or 99.7 percent certainty.