Tipping Point Quick Hits (4.28.21)

Palm-print payments, money as a weapon, and Russia sides with Iran

Amazon rolls out “pay with your palm” tech at Whole Foods

This Wednesday, Amazon is unveiling a new way to pay for groceries at its Whole Foods stores. Using a new biometric technology called Amazon One, shoppers can pay for their items simply by placing their palms over a scanning device in the checkout lane. The first locations to get this technology w…