Fintech – Page 2 – The Cyber-Secret Futurist

Tesla’s master plan was realized in 2016

Tesla started in 2006 as a niche electric sports car manufacturer. Its 2008 Roadster had an insane range of 244 miles and an equally bonkers price of… Read more “Tesla’s master plan was realized in 2016”

Would your granny shimmy feet-first into a suit made of electric muscles? “Powered clothing” company Superflex is betting she would, if it meant freedom from a cane… Read more “This Robotic Suit Wants to Make Your Grandparents Superpowered”

As if 2016 wasn’t shitty enough for Yahoo – which admitted to two separate breaches that saw 500 million users’ and then 1 billion users’ details stolen… Read more “Yahoo’s billion-user database reportedly sold on the Dark Web for just $300,000”

After launching on iOS, all the way back in February, London fintech startup Curve has finally brought its wares to Android. The mobile wallet lets you sync… Read more “London fintech startup Curve brings mobile wallet and all-your-cards-in-one app to Android”

How much privacy would you give up for a little convenience? No, it wasn’t a real question, it was a tricky one. And the answer is obvious. All… Read more “The grocery without cash register: cameras everywhere!”

A “frighteningly easy” distributed guessing attack can figure out Visa credit card details in seconds, researchers from Newcastle University in the UK have discovered. The researchers studied… Read more “Distributed guessing attack could reveal Visa card details”

Transfers held up, balances frozen. Westpac’s online and mobile banking platforms have been unable to process payments or show up-to-date balances for customers since Wednesday this week,… Read more “Westpac online banking glitch extends into third day”

Transaction history, balances could be included. Banks could be forced to give up their customers’ transaction histories to other banks and finance technology firms by July 2018… Read more “Australian banks told to build APIs to share data by 2018”

Black Friday bargain hunters are being courted by Google, which wants them to try out its latest search facility. The tech company has made it possible to… Read more “Google aims to tackle Black Friday crush”

The web is a huge, bloated space with a serious problem. If it was a person, it would be on TLC’s My 600-lb Life in desperate need… Read more “Just How Big Has the Internet Become?”