The Apple Card Is Great at Privacy but Mediocre Overall
By now, we’re all familiar with Apple’s marketing speak about how its products will change everything. It trotted out…
Philadelphia Just Banned Most Cashless Stores, a First for a U.S. City
The city of Philadelphia has banned cashless stores, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, in a move that “will…
Bounty Hunters, Monkey Clones, and the Green New Deal: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
January 2019 is nearly over and—for now—so is the month-plus federal government shutdown that blanketed national parks i…
Massive Network Crash Temporarily Renders Visa Cards Useless in UK and Europe
Despite the prevalence of credit cards and payment services like Venmo and Apple Pay, when things go wrong, cash is…
This Cellular-Connected Smart Credit Card Can Show You How Much Money You've Got Left to Spend
In the United States, the big banks have been very slow to adopt new credit and debit card technologies, with secure…
Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Escape $3.7 Million Debt—and the Story Only Gets Worse From There
China has a debt problem. More specifically, Chinese citizens are suddenly drowning in debt after the country opened…
Julian Assange Lied About a WikiLeaks Data Dump on National Television
Wikileaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange blatantly lied about publishing only the “last four digits” of credit card…
Chip-Enabled Cards Are Actually Increasing Fraud for Some Stores
Before you light your wallet on fire, let’s clarify something: the rollout of chip-enabled cards is going to help…
American Express Admits to Theft of Customer Data Three Years Late [Updated]
American Express has warned its customers that they may have had their personal information stolen during a data…
Why Doesn't Your Store Accept EMV Yet?
It’s over four months since retailers around the US were supposed to start using EMV technology to accept your card…
New Hacker-Proof RFID Chips Make Great Gifts for Paranoid Friends
Credit cards and passports are filled with microchips brimming with your personal information—and give off radio waves…
How Banks Use Machine Learning to Know a Crook's Using Your Credit Card Details
You’re sitting at home minding your own business when you get a call from your credit card’s fraud detection unit…
This Tiny Device Can Wirelessly Spoof Magnetic Stripe Readers
This humble-looking piece of circuitry, little larger than a quarter, can be used to wirelessly fool magnetic stripe…
Video Explainer: How Criminals Can Easily Hack Your Chip & PIN Card
You may be under the impression that the new EMV chip system for credit card payments is nice and secure. But the UK’s…
Everything You Should Know About the New EMV Chip Credit Card Payment System
Today is the deadline for US retailers to switch over to a payment technology called EMV. That means you’ll have to…
MasterCard's Gonna Let You Pay With Your Face
Do you like your face? Then you’re going to love MasterCard’s new ID Check security system. The experimental feature…
1961 AT&T Film Shows Just How Awkward Videophone Shopping Could've Been
The ARPANET didn’t make its first host-to-host connection until 1969. But long before anyone was online, communications…
Stratos Card Review: This Smart Credit Card Is Still Too Dumb
Technology is a conquerer. The evidence can be seen in mounds of dead pagers, flip phones, and CDs. When companies and…
Report: A Flaw In Visa's Contactless Card Lets Anyone Charge It $999,999
Contactless credit cards are a hit in the UK. But a British research team has revealed a serious security flaw that…