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Farmhouse Market’s Remotely Operated, 24/7 Grocery Store

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Such locations can be critical in expanding retail options for smaller cities and towns, too, and staff-free grocery store Farmhouse Market seeks to do just that for consumers in New Prague, Minnesota. The pair ultimately designed a concept that could operate without any on-site staff to solve this quandary. “We

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The B2B Payments Fraud Threat Of Internal Employees

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The currency exchange company continues in the grips of a ransomware attack that has crippled its operations, as well as the foreign currency operations of its corporate clients, including HSBC and Barclays. Ten percent of business email domains are protected from spoofing , according to recent Security Boulevard reports.

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LA Lakers Return PPP Loan

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The Lakers, one of the most profitable sports franchises, secured the coronavirus stimulus loan through the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) PPP. Another $10 million went to the coal mine operator Hallador Energy. million to the fund, the team said on Monday April (27), according to the Los Angeles Times. But on Monday, Sen.

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FBI Probing Hack Of US Electricity Providers

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The impacted utilities operate in 18 states from Maine to Washington, including Cloverland Electric Cooperation in Michigan, Klickitat Public Utility District in Washington state and Basin Electric Power Cooperative in North Dakota. He added that the company now blocks emails from Hong Kong. “We

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Report: Email Variants Keep BEC Fraud Humming Along

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Ken Bagnall, vice president of email security at FireEye, said of the report that “the increase in phishing sites using HTTPS was a very interesting shift.” It turns out, according to the report, that Microsoft was the most spoofed brand and accounted for as many as 30 percent of all the malicious URL detections in the first quarter.

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IPO Surpasses Expectations For Payroll Firm Ceridian

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Ceridian Holdings, the owner of human capital management software Dayforce, completed what the publication said was the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the history of its home state of Minnesota, surpassing expectations when it closed at $22 a share. Analyst estimates had predicted between $19 and $21 per share. The company saw $750.5

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Automated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout

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However, that is not the case with Farmhouse Market, a cashierless store in New Prague, Minnesota, population roughly 8,000. The store was founded to bring local, organic food to the 40 percent of Minnesota’s population living outside a metropolitan area. Paying members receive a keycard to unlock the doors at any hour.

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