Want a meatless burger, but not sure where to start? Use our official taste test as your guide to all the veggie patties lining the freezer section. When we scour the freezer section for the perfect veggie burger, we often look for an adequate amount of both satiating fiber and protein. After all, swapping your regular beef burger for a plant-based patty usually means that you’re willing to compromise flavor for nutrition. However, here at Eat This, Not That!, we’re not advocates of neglecting your palate’s preferences in the name of health; in fact, we believe you can have the best of both worlds.To help your efforts to stick to a veggie-centered diet, convert a carnivore, or save the planet (hey, 460 gallons of water are required to produce a ¼-pound of beef!), I rounded up some of the most popular meatless burgers in the supermarket and graded them based on nutrition, clean ingredients, appearance and texture, and taste. Take a look at the winners below, and then try your hand at these 30 Vegetarian Soups for Weight Loss.
© Provided by Engadget As easy as it is to make purchases in the era of tap-to-pay services , it's about to get easier still. Alipay (which handles purchases for Chinese shopping giant Alibaba) has launched what it says is the first payment system that uses facial recognition to complete the sale. If you visit one of KFC's KPRO restaurants in Hangzhou, China, you can pay for your panini or salad by smiling at a camera-equipped kiosk -- you need to verify the purchase on your phone, but you don't have to punch in digits or bring your phone up to an NFC reader. The system (Smile to Pay) is purportedly resistant to spoofing with photos and other tricks. It relies on both depth-sensing cameras and a "likeness detection algorithm" to make sure it's really you. Reportedly, the technology is good enough that it can accurately identify people even when they're disguising themselves through makeup or wigs. You shouldn't have to worry about someone buying ...