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It’s sure to guarantee bragging rights at cocktail parties, but how transformative can a smart refrigerator really be? The latest Intelligence of Things (IoT) Tracker™ digs into AI-infused appliances with Yoon Lee, SVP of Samsung Electronics America. Lee believes that a smart fridge will become the backbone for a ‘new kitchen lifestyle’ and has the fridge to prove it. That, plus all of the “smartest” connected trends — and a directory of 179 IoT players — inside the Tracker. Read More...

Investigations of a potential breach of travel technology company Sabre's hospitality solution has them pondering security measures all along the data supply chain in an increasingly interconnected world. Elsewhere, Radial finds card testing is on the rise. Read More...

Index And The 1-Second EMV Chip

Put a group of engineers in a room, and who knows what might happen. Last year when Index CEO Marc Freed-Finnegan did that, the 2-Second EMV chip was born. This year, Freed-Finnegan said, he got the 1-Second EMV chip which launched earlier this week — along with a way to get speeds down to milliseconds. Read More...