There’s additional tools for e-commerce transactions like 3DSecure (step up authentication like an OTP) and passive identity verification tools.

The US uses chip and signature, no joke, because the banks didn’t think people could remember another PIN.

This is an EMVCo chip card, and not an American one so it’s chip and pin most likely. Without getting too detailed, the chip generates a one time use code for each transaction, so just having the number wouldn’t help with cloning the card plus you also would need to know the PIN. Although skimmers still exist and physical card theft is a thing, it’s less common especially in markets that use chip and pin.

The m4 ultra is going to really make a case for Apple gaming without compromise, you know, except for the actual games :(

It’s the computing equivalent of muscle cars

It’s the computing equivalent of muscle cars

The verge does this thing where they republish the same article with different headlines over and over which results in this. They also do these “preview” articles before the actual reviews I’m assuming to “maximize engagement.”

Miss that era and wish that there were more options for PCI “premium” sound cards. All of the fancy DACs and audio interfaces are seemingly USB.

Wonder Showzen had some wild segments but was easily one of the most subversive shows on television.

You can’t have a movie as big as avatar without it appealing to basically everyone, and thus, the “impact” is broad, not deep.