With iOS 15, Apple Wallet will receive the ability to store driver’s licenses just like it does credit cards and discount codes. The digital version of your ID will function just like a physical license, and will even be accepted at TSA checkpoints. When the feature goes live later this year, it will only be available for those in participating US states. Apple has yet to say which states are interested. “The Transportation Security Administration is working to enable airport security… Source link

The growth of e-commerce could make it easier for supply chains to lower their carbon footprint, according to a new report by DHL (DPSGY) and FINN Partners’ Global Supply Chain, Logistics & Transportation Practice. “We started to dig in and look at a couple of key areas in the paper where we think the trends in e-commerce would have an impact on sustainability,” Greg Hewitt, CEO of DHL Express USA, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “That was the last-mile delivery, first and mid… Source link

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke about the prospects for higher interest rates over the weekend, triggering some confusion over which interest rates she was referring to. “If we ended up with a slightly higher interest rate environment it would actually be a plus for society’s point of view and the Fed’s point of view,” the former Federal Reserve chair told Bloomberg in an interview on Sunday. Yellen’s remarks come as the Jerome Powell-led Fed continues to pin short-term… Source link

Fast-food’s biggest players are letting the robots right in through the front door as they seek out ways to overcome rising wages and worker shortages.  McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski disclosed at a recent Wall Street conference the company is testing automated voice ordering for its drive-thru. The tests are being conducted at about 10 locations in McDonald’s backyard of Chicago, IL. “We have over the last several years spent a lot of money that shows up in the G&A line, looking at better… Source link

Google Stadia is moving to devices beyond phones, Chrome browsers and the Chromecast Ultra.  Google/Screenshot by CNET … Source link

The third annual Ilya Segalovich Award ceremony presented each of the six winners with one million rubles to recognize their outstanding contributions to applied and theoretical research in computer science and related fields. Yandex established the honor, named after its co-founder Ilya Segalovich, in 2019. Open to young researchers and academics in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, the Award recognizes new talent and outstanding work in research… Source link

WASHINGTON — You can wear a mask inside Fiddleheads Café, but it will cost you. “$5 added to orders placed while wearing a face mask,” reads a sign pasted on a window of the restaurant, located in the Northern California town of Mendocino. On the other side of the country, at the Middle Eastern restaurant Little Sesame in downtown Washington, D.C., there is also a sign greeting visitors. “No mask, no hummus,” that sign declares. Little Sesame in Washington, D.C. (Alexander… Source link

Less than two hours before Apple’s big Worldwide Developers Conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company would be launching a new interface for creators that shows how different fees affect their earnings on the platform. The announcement comes as Apple is under intense scrutiny for its App Store fees. Here’s a preview of what the new interface will look like. This example breaks down exactly how taxes and fees are taken away from a creator’s event revenue:

Google is expanding the availability of its Stadia game streaming service to more TVs and streaming devices later this month. The first version of Stadia on Chromecast with Google TV is launching on June 23rd, more than eight months after the device launched without official Stadia support. Alongside Chromecast with Google TV support, Stadia will also be available on a number of Android TV devices on June 23rd. Not every Android TV device is supported, but Nvidia’s Shield TV devices… Source link