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Nomod raises $3.4M seed to allow merchants accept payments without hardware

TechCrunch

One, most of them are excluded from various payment ecosystems globally due to their size, and two, getting hardware from providers can be expensive. . based fintech Nomod allows these businesses to bypass the card terminal by providing a platform to accept card payments on their phone with no extra hardware. The company has raised $3.4

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2018: A Year in Review for Storage Systems.

Hu's Place - HitachiVantara

2018 was a very busy year for Hitachi Vantara. A common Storage Virtualization Operating System SVOS RF , enables the “democratization” of storage services. Summary If there was any doubt that Hitachi Vantara would continue to be a storage systems leader, that should have been proven wrong in 2018.

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David Patterson Biography

The Crazy Programmer

He is best known for his operating systems, central processing units, and programming languages. Computer security Systems design Server Real-time computing Software deployment Elasticity and information technology Storage area network Workstation. 99% of all new chips use RISC architecture since 2018. Awards and Honors.

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How to use your Android as a 2FA key

The Parallax

They are considered to be more secure than two-factor codes sent by SMS or generated by apps, but many consumers have balked at paying $20 to $50 for an additional piece of hardware they’d have to carry around. So far, separate hardware authentication keys are not known to be affected by malware. How to FBI-proof your Android.

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Meltdown and Spectre: What they are, and what to do

The Parallax

The bad news is that because the vulnerabilities are in the hardware architecture of the chips that power them, patched devices may run slower. Meltdown breaks down the barriers between software and the operating system; Spectre breaks down barriers between software programs. “ This is the start of a new bug class.

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Fragmentation likely to hinder Android P’s security chops

The Parallax

But even locking down a long-criticized Android privacy flaw won’t help the operating system beat its biggest security flaw: its own success. To that end, Google has been contractually mandating its Android hardware-manufacturing partners, including Samsung and LG, to push security updates to all supported devices. “We

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Fintech Roundup: Better.com workers leaving in ‘droves’ in wake of CEO Vishal Garg’s return

TechCrunch

Small businesses might soon be able to accept payments using their iPhones without the need for extra hardware, according to this piece , which cites Bloomberg. That company’s software-based tech gives merchants a way to accept card payments on any consumer device with no reader or extra hardware required. Image Credits: MagicCube.

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