Tag: biometrics

Apple is sticking taxpayers with part of the bill for rollout of tech giant’s digital ID card

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Apple is sticking taxpayers with part of the bill for rollout of tech giant’s digital ID card

The agreement, obtained through public record requests from CNBC and other sources, mostly portrays Apple as having a high degree of control over the government agencies responsible for issuing identification cards.

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Apple has “sole discretion” for key aspects of the program, including what types of devices will be compatible with the digital IDs, how states are required to report on the performance of the effort, and when the program is launched, according to the documents. Apple even gets to review and approve the marketing that states are required to do.

Wall Street’s Takeover of Nature Advances with Launch of New Asset Class

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A project of the multilateral development banking system, the Rockefeller Foundation and the New York Stock Exchange recently created a new asset class that will put, not just the natural world, but the processes underpinning all life, up for sale under the guise of promoting “sustainability.”

Wall Street’s Takeover of Nature Advances with Launch of New Asset Class