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Boston Market Deploys AI To Fight Fraud, Improve ROI

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to provide its dispute management solutions to the latter’s security platform. Card network Mastercard and California-based AI and speech recognition company SoundHound have partnered to establish a voice-based, drive-thru solution for quick-service restaurants (QSRs). Around The Mobile Order-Ahead World.

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Bitcoin Daily: Hdac, CertiK Partner For Blockchain-Powered IoT; Tezos Expected To Settle Securities Lawsuit With $25M Settlement

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Connie Ngo , CertiK’s marketing manager, told CoinDesk in an email that the companies agreed “it would make sense to formally partner with one another as a public promise of Hdac’s focus on security and a symbol of CertiK’s ability to support larger enterprise-level solutions such as Hdac’s.”

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Calif. Seeks Federal Help With Massive ID Fraud Within Unemployment Claims

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25), California Labor Secretary Julie Su said that while $20 billion in claims paid by the state were still under investigation, another $11 billion had already been confirmed as fraudulent. California did not have sufficient security measures in place to prevent this level of fraud, and criminals took advantage of the situation.”.

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Former eBay Employees Charged In Cyberstalking

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Six former eBay employees have been charged with cyberstalking a Massachusetts couple who publish a newsletter that company executives viewed as critical of the California eCommerce corporation, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling in Boston.

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Ex eBay Execs Admit To Cyberstalking Plot

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Four former eBay employees have agreed to plead guilty next month in federal District Court in Boston, U.S. In June, six former eBay employees were charged with cyberstalking a Massachusetts couple who publish a newsletter that company executives viewed as critical of the California-based eCommerce corporation.

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New Report: SMS-Based Outreach Helps Merchants Authenticate Consumers, Boost Online Sales

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Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A convenient, yet secure solution could be just a few taps away, however.

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NY Man Gets Jail Time For $390K Card Skimming Scheme

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The case was prosecuted by Homeland Security Investigations, along with agents of the U.S. Secret Service’s Boston Field Office; the East Longmeadow, Cambridge, Ludlow and Medford police Massachusetts’ and various district attorneys’ offices.

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