New York City’s MetroCard — the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip — is being replaced with OMNY, ...

Apple Card will start to change by 2027. Mastercard announced it’s “swiping left” on magnetic stripes after decades of supporting this technology. “The shift away from the magnetic stripe points to ...

Mastercard is the first payments network to phase out the magnetic strip on credit cards. Once magnetic strip was innovative. Flatbed imprinting machines recorded the card information on carbon paper ...

Mastercard last week announced that its cards will no longer be issued with the magnetic stripe by 2029, which will presumably include Apple Card. The magnetic stripe was an early 1960s technology ...

Prolonged exposure to magnets can affect the functionality of your credit card. Cards with magnetic strips can also become demagnetized due to dirt, scratches and other damage. EMV chip technology has ...

For decades, the magnetic stripe has been ubiquitous on everything from credit cards to tickets to ID badges. But the BBC reports — unsurprisingly — that the mag stripe’s days are numbered. Between ...

Thieves are still able to steal information from cards' magnetic strips. — -- When it comes to stealing credit card information, it's unfortunately as easy as swiping your card in any skimming ...

First, we said goodbye to the floppy disk drive. Then, the Sony Walkman was unceremoniously buried. Now, it's time to prepare a eulogy to a gadget that's been an even bigger part of the American ...

The family of [Chris Patty] decided that their holiday gifts would have to be handmade. So, he decided to make something new for his father: a jukebox with a twist. Instead of a touchscreen or web ...