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Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses

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In the February Digital Identity Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest developments in the world of digital IDs, including digital driver’s license initiatives around the country, biometric solutions for credit cards and the growing danger of fake profiles on social media. Deep Dive: How Fake Profiles Endanger Social Media Networks.

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2019: Big Payment, Commerce And Tech IPOs Loom On The Horizon

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But relatively high stock prices and access to more capital remain prime temptations, and there is little doubt that 2019 will bring more than few exciting — and telling — IPOs. Among the most anticipated are IPOs that will impact the mobility-as-a-service and ride-hailing ecosystems, social media, and data analytics.

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How Digital Tools Change The Security Landscape

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Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics are changing the digital security landscape, and a recent study found that social media networks have become a more popular way for hackers to target new victims. 22 billion: Projected over-the-top (OTT) media revenue for 2019.

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Making financial services more secure at IBM Think 2019

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To those working in the financial services industry, security is at the core of their business. The rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning might help protect business assets, but it is also making it easier for the bad guys to find holes in the security. Security is a big theme at IBM Think this year. Feeling safe.

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ChowNow: AI Helps Independent Restaurants Fight The Growing Threat of Digital Fraud

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Social media fraud has been on the rise during the past year. Such schemes entail fraudsters falsely advertising offers from restaurants on social media, then duping victims into paying for them and absconding with the funds. Developments From The Mobile Order-Ahead World.

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Is $1,000 Enough To Leave Facebook for a Year? (And Does it Even Matter?)

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You can be sure that one area of regression involves social media. New research, in fact, supports that idea — specifically, the high value that consumers attach to Facebook , and the high cost it would take to make them leave the social media platform. But that doesn’t mean consumers plan to leave Facebook anytime soon.

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2019: A Banner Year (And Bumper Data Crop) For Hackers

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Welcome, then, to the Top Data Breaches of 2019. In data coming into the end of the year, Risk Based Security said hackers had accessed 7.9 According to reports and as noted in this space, the data reportedly may have been accessed through manipulation of the social media giant’s API. The readings are pretty grim.

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