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Mastercard wants to get rid of card numbers for online shopping

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Mastercard Inc. aims to combat online payment fraud by expanding the use of token technology to replace credit card numbers and passwords with biometric data such as fingerprints and face scans. The company is processing 1 billion tokenized transactions weekly and plans to tokenize all e-commerce transactions in Europe by the decade's end.

Sisters who ran lemonade stand to see Chicago Sky game surprised with VIP tickets

Chicago Sun-Times 

Two Barbie girls in a Chicago Sky world.

A few days ago, sisters Joy and Jade Lee had a goal to raise enough money to buy tickets to Chicago Sky's game against Indiana Fever, one of the hottest tickets in the WNBA, by selling lemonade to their neighbors.

On Friday, their dream came true.

With the help of philanthropist Early Walker and the Chicago Sky, the sisters and their family received the VIP treatment ahead of the Sky's "Barbie Night Game," a highly anticipated matchup... Читать дальше...

Charles Leclerc Unveils Custom Tifosi Flag to Ferrari Fans Ahead of Italian Grand Prix

«Just Jared» 

Charles Leclerc stepped out for the opening of the House of Peroni Nastro Azzurro 0.0% at Piazza XXIV Maggio on Thursday (August 29) in Milan, Italy. The 26-yaer-old Formula 1 star presented hundreds of fans of his team, Scuderia Ferrari HP, with a custom Tifosi flag at the opening event, which will be on display [...]

Africa’s mpox outbreaks could be stopped in 6 months, WHO chief says

Voice of America 

geneva — The head of the World Health Organization believes mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and he said Friday that the agency's first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days.  To date, Africa has received a small fraction of the vaccines needed to slow the spread of the virus, especially in Congo, which has the most cases — more than 18,000 suspected cases and 629 deaths.  "With the governments' leadership and close cooperation between partners... Читать дальше...

Women's Soccer Battles Brockport in 2024 Opener

Allegheny Gators 

BROCKPORT, N.Y. -- The Allegheny College women's soccer team opened its weekend road trip to the Empire State with a 5-0 loss against SUNY Brockport in the first game of the 2024 campaign.