🎙 Podcast #7: Amazon One Palm Biometric Readers | What's The Fuss About BeReal | CyberOne Robots | Greatest Drummers
🎙 Podcast #7: Amazon One Palm Biometric Readers | What's The Fuss About BeReal | CyberOne Robots | Greatest Drummers
Rick Huckstep and Shaun Weston talk about the Amazon One payment system that uses your palm signature to authenticate transactions. Also, the BeReal social media app, Xiaomi CyberOne, the latest tech
Amazon One palm authentication, BeReal, CyberOne, and great drummers
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00:00 Preamble
What tech caught our eye recently: Rick talks about the social media app BeReal, which is doing rather well for itself just two years after launch. Could it be compared to the early days of Twitter? Find out more below ⬇️
Shaun's favourite tech this week is Xiaomi’s CyberOne humanoid robot. The official CyberOne promo video is worth a giggle for how slow the robot walks, yet it’s a huge leap forward in terms of what the Xiaomi Robotics Lab is working on.
BeReal
BeReal Putting Friends First: The Return of Authenticity To Social Media
CyberOne
CyberOne robot is Xiaomi’s answer to Tesla Bot | Digital Trends
07.38 Tech News
Disney has surpassed Netflix in revealing a total of 221 million streaming subscribers, compared to Netflix’s 220.7 million. The company has also announced it will launch a Disney+ service that includes advertising in December 2022.
‘Stealth mode’: how Disney overtook Netflix in streaming wars
Facebook will begin testing end-to-end encryption as the default option for some Messenger app users on Android and iOS. Users currently have to opt in to make their messages end-to-end encrypted.
Facebook will begin testing end-to-end encryption as default on Messenger app
Software supplier Advanced, which provides services for the NHS 111, recently confirmed that it had been hit by a ransomware attack. Patient data could have been stolen.
Fears for patient data after ransomware attack on NHS software supplier
Korean car manufacturer Hyundai has announced that its robotics firm will form the foundations of the Boston Dynamics AI Institute. Hyundai acquired Boston Dynamics in 2020. The new launch is being funded by a $400m investment.
Hyundai announces $400M AI, robotics institute powered by Boston Dynamics
08.48 Amazon One palm-powered authentication
Amazon is launching its palm scanner payment technology into more than 65 Whole Foods stores in California. It’s called One, and this will be its biggest rollout so far.
Introduction to Amazon One
What is hand vein recognition, and how does it compare against other biometrics?
How accurate is palm authentication?
Why has it taken so long for palm authentication to get to market?
Amazon One is contactless
Where does Amazon store the customer’s biometric data?
Surveillance implications vs consumer convenience
Amazon’s track record for security problems
Amazon’s partnership with ticketing company AXS
Comparisons with ID cards
Were we mis-sold “convenience” while giving up our data so willingly?
Is Amazon One tech for tech’s sake?
Integrating with other ecosystems
About self-sovereign identity and government-issued ID records
Why is it called Amazon One?
Further reading
How does palm authentication work? (Security Encyclopedia)
Amazon One: Palm scanner launched for 'secure' payments (BBC)
Whole Foods to add Amazon One payment tech to dozens of stores in California (Retail Dive)
Amazon AWS outage shows data in the cloud is not always safe (Bleeping Computer)
Amazon’s Ring has been blaming reused passwords, but now thousands of logins have leaked (The Verge)
Amazon partners with AXS to install Amazon One palm readers at entertainment venues (TechCrunch)
What is self-sovereign Identity? (Sovrin)
What is Amazon?
28.58 Drumroll please …
Rick reveals his all-time favourite drummer, and talks about his love for Whiplash. Shaun needs help from listeners in finding out who the drummer was on the Dirty Harry soundtrack 🥁
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