Near Field Communication (NFC) is one of the most important technologies in modern-day iPhone and Android devices. We use NFC to authenticate payments using Apple Pay, unlock doors, identify owners of ...

Apple today announced that developers will soon be able to offer NFC transactions in their own apps for the first time – something that is mostly exclusive to Apple Pay at present. Starting with iOS ...

Near field communication (NFC) allows devices to communicate over short distances. Learn how NFC technology powers touchless ...

French company Inside Secure, probably hoping to score some substantial business from all of the luxury goods brands in France, has just announced a counterfeit-killer, the Vault150. An NFC-based chip ...

Apple will allow third-party developers to access its NFC chip this autumn with the release of iOS 18.1. The move comes on the back of the DMA and European pressure which recently forced Apple to open ...

There are days when even your wife thinks you’re crazy. In my case one of those days was when I told her I decided to implant a near-field communication chip in my hand. “You of all people? And that ...

Earlier this year, Apple opened up the iPhone’s NFC chip to third-party contactless payment services in the EU to comply with the DMA. Following some extensive evaluation, the EU is reportedly happy ...

The NFC Forum is driving ahead with a strategy to innovate NFC further in key areas where demand is growing, including multiple actions prompted by a single tag read and longer-range reads The forum’s ...

The EU commission is set to approve Apple’s previously-announced policy changes regarding access to the NFC chip on the iPhone, with the view of increasing competition in the contactless payments ...

Apple has reportedly offered to open up the iPhone near-field communication (NFC) system that Apple Pay uses to other payment services, in a possible effort to forestall impending EU regulatory action ...

[Ken Shirriff] likes to take chips apart and this time his target is an NFC chip used in Montreal transit system tickets. As you might expect, the tickets are tiny, cheap, and don’t have any batteries ...