An Amazon-branded palm scanner greeted me at my last doctor’s office visit a few weeks ago. I’m not sure what I’d call the experience. Unnerving? Orwellian? Amazon One is a relatively new service from ...

NYU Langone Health, based in New York City, is among the first health systems to implement Amazon’s palm-scanning technology for patient check-ins — a move that enhances both convenience and ...

Soon you’ll be able to pay for things by scanning the palm of your hand. “Biometric authentication has been there for a long time,” said Sanchari Das, a cybersecurity and privacy expert. She is an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sai writes about healthcare, innovation and technology. This week, Amazon announced that it is partnering with NYU Langone to ...