A wave of retractions is shaking physics

Recent highly publicized scandals have gotten the physics community worried about its reputation—and its future. Over the last five years, several claims of major breakthroughs in quantum computing and superconducting research, published in prestigious journals, have disintegrated as other researchers found they could not reproduce the blockbuster results.  Last week, […]

Visa rolls out tech that will allow it to share more data about customers’ preferences based on their shopping history with retailers via proprietary “tokens” (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

Paige Smith / Bloomberg:Visa rolls out tech that will allow it to share more data about customers’ preferences based on their shopping history with retailers via proprietary “tokens”  —  – Consumers’ preferences to be shared via proprietary tokens  — Firm competing with fintech newcomers, fellow giant Mastercard