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Daimler pilots Truck Wallet that lets vehicles make their own payments

Daimler Trucks has announced the successful completion of a proof-of-concept pilot of Truck Wallet, a machine-to-machine (M2M) payments service designed to enable vehicles to automatically pay for road tolls, electric charging and other services — without involving or interacting with the driver. The system works by assigning vehicles their own digital identity, known as a […]

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US Army to issue soldiers with wearable contactless IDs

The US Army is looking to replace its current smartcard-based Common Access Card (CAC) with “wireless, lightweight, flexible and rugged” wearable contactless identity tokens that can be inserted into a soldier’s pocket, attached to a sleeve or integrated into a wristband. “The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, or CCDC, is researching and developing authentication

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Penfolds joins blockchain NFC wine authentication platform

Chinese buyers of Australian winemaker Penfolds’ Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon are now able to verify the authenticity of their purchase using the Wine Traceability Platform (WTP), a blockchain-based NFC service designed to protect Chinese consumers against the growing problem of fake premium wines. “In the case of Penfolds Bin 407, each bottle is attached with

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NFC mobile payments to account for ‘just 1.6%’ of in-store transactions this year

Payment methods like Apple Pay and Google Pay will be used by US consumers to make transactions valued at a total of US$78.6bn this year, representing 1.6% of all US brick-and-mortar retail sales, according to a new forecast from 451 Research. “The reasons mobile contactless payments have yet to become a breakout success are many,”

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Google rolls out NFC Titan Security Keys to Canada, France, Japan and UK

“Titan Security Keys are built with a hardware chip that includes firmware engineered by Google to verify the keys’ integrity. Each key leverages FIDO standards to cryptographically verify your identity and URL of the login page, preventing an attacker from accessing your account even if you are tricked into providing your username and password.” Read

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California winemaker to use NFC to provide buyers with a ‘farm-to-table’ experience

Böen Wines is to use NFC tags incorporated into all its bottle caps to let customers easily access information about where and how their wine was made, get advice on food pairings and “share their own experiences with Böen within the platform and via social media”. Tapping the bottle’s cap with an Android or iOS

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