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OCTOBER 3, 2018

NXP Semiconductors in late September introduced its latest NTAG DNA tag chip, providing privacy-enabled, multi-layered security for NFC and IoT authentication applications. With the new NTAG 424 DNA, brands can fight counterfeit and grey market activities at a cost that enables mass-market deployment of advanced NFC tags.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Bird has announced its acquisition of electric vehicle company Scoot. Bird also made news when Apple announced last month that it was teaming up with partners — including Bird — on special tags that can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That group would certainly include Alex Marcinkowski , chief strategy officer at Canoo , the electric vehicle company that has made headlines with its recent $600 million fundraise. The company will also provide maintenance and repair, as another way of reducing electric vehicles’ high price tags.

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JULY 2, 2019

Bike and scooter sharing are expanding to more cities as mobility-as-a-service retail offerings continue to grow. Meanwhile, Bird has announced its acquisition of electric vehicle company Scoot. And the report noted that Lime has now added Uber branding to its scooters in those two cities. Scooter Challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

It takes much land, water, pesticides, electricity and fossil fuel to grow, harvest, package, transport and prepare the food required to make even the simplest possible meals. For the food industry — that waste adds up to a $990 billion price tag, according to Alex Garden, chairman and CEO of Zume Inc. Rethinking Food Logistics.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

In sound-based payments (done in the modern age), sound waves transmit payments data and do not need to rely on the vagaries of the physical environment — such as smartphones or even electricity — that set the stage for other types of contactless transactions. Only 200 million of that tally, said Abhishek, have smartphones.

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JANUARY 16, 2021

Car technology was an expected part of CES in 2021, as vehicles are a big part of the big show every year — particularly for the last few years, as consumer interest in connected car technology has spiked alongside a growing enthusiasm for a possible future where cars can drive themselves and the humans just tag along for the ride.

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