TECHNOLOGY AND TUTORIALS

It's time for modern digital identities It used to be so simple. Essentially, you could verify your  identity  by providing some kind of unique piece of information that—in theory, at least—only you or other trusted parties would know. Like, for instance, your social security number. Of course, those days are now gone, and last week’s monumental hack of credit reporting firm Equifax put a thundering exclamation point onto the end of that era. Throw in all the other high-profile hacks into companies like Home Depot, Target, etc. and it’s not too far a stretch to say that not only the social security number, but a great deal of other identifying information on nearly anyone in the US is now readily available. (In fact, paradoxically, the value of that once very important information has likely dropped dramatically.) Identity verification without being physically in front of someone is still an incredibly important way in which we interact with the world a...

Kodak's latest digital camera is a Polaroid clone    Kodak  and  Polaroid  are often considered to be photography’s equivalent of BlackBerry. Much like the Canadian handset maker, both companies were once dominant industry forces that fell out of relevance due to their inability to adopt modern technology. Rather than bow out of the fight, however, the two continue to push forward with products that aren’t exactly innovative. Kodak’s new  Printomatic  instant camera is the latest example. Not to be confused with  Gallagher  ’s next comedy special, the  Kodak Printomatic  is a slim  digital camera  with a 10-megapixel sensor that can instantly print 2 x 3-inch sticker photos on special non-ink paper. Sound familiar? It should. Polaroid in 2015 launched Snap , an on-the-spot camera that has a lot in common with Kodak’s latest. In fact, they’re essentially one in the same. As The Verge highligh...