Skip to content
Saturday, August 29 2026

B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N

Biometrics ∙ Robotics ∙ Artificial Intelligence ∙ Neuroscience
  • #AI
  • #Biometrics
  • #Education
  • #Ethics
  • #Neuroscience
  • #Robotics
  • #Science
  • #Technology
Shuffle

BIOMETRICS

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

What to Expect From LLM Customization Services

What to Expect From LLM Customization Services

Saudi Arabia issues deepfake guidelines as AI-driven identity threats rise

Saudi Arabia issues deepfake guidelines as AI-driven identity threats rise

Google passkey attack exposes credential enrollment weak spot

Google passkey attack exposes credential enrollment weak spot

Meta agrees to enhanced age assurance in B settlement in social media harms case

Meta agrees to enhanced age assurance in $18B settlement in social media harms case

San Francisco activists object to SITA’s required biometric data-sharing with DHS

San Francisco activists object to SITA’s required biometric data-sharing with DHS

US draft policy would expand Login.gov across federal digital services

US draft policy would expand Login.gov across federal digital services

  • #AI
  • #Biometrics
  • #Education
  • #Ethics
  • #Neuroscience
  • #Robotics
  • #Science
  • #Technology

Robotics

First 11 vs 11 humanoid soccer game played at RoboCup 2026

First 11 vs 11 humanoid soccer game played at RoboCup 2026

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

A.I.

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

Cocomelon’s Studio Tells Its Artists to Start Experimenting With AI

Cocomelon’s Studio Tells Its Artists to Start Experimenting With AI

The Tragedy and Ecstasy of AI Companions (with Bridget Todd)

The Tragedy and Ecstasy of AI Companions (with Bridget Todd)

The AI ‘Ghosts’ Contaminating Academic Publishing

The AI ‘Ghosts’ Contaminating Academic Publishing

Neuroscience

Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline

Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline

Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain

Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain

Shame, Stigma, and Culture Prevent Male Domestic Violence Survivors From Seeking Help

Shame, Stigma, and Culture Prevent Male Domestic Violence Survivors From Seeking Help

Study of Brain Immune Cells Reveals New Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Study of Brain Immune Cells Reveals New Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Regenerative Astrocytes Repair Brain Damage

Regenerative Astrocytes Repair Brain Damage

Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline

Posted on 08.24.202608.26.2026

Memories Mysteriously Survive After Brain Shutdown, And Scientists Don’t Know Why

Posted on 08.16.2026

BUSINESS

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training
#AI #Business

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

08.28.2026
USCIS plans 0 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project
#Biometrics #Business #Data #Ethics

USCIS plans $100 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

08.26.2026
Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure
#Business #Data #Ethics

Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure

08.26.2026
DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems
#Biometrics #Business #Government #USA

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

08.26.2026
GEO donations coincide with expanding ICE detention and biometric monitoring contracts
#Biometrics #Business #Ethics #USA

GEO donations coincide with expanding ICE detention and biometric monitoring contracts

08.26.2026
Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera
#Business #Crime #Ethics

Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera

08.26.2026

First 11 vs 11 humanoid soccer game played at RoboCup 2026

First 11 vs 11 humanoid soccer game played at RoboCup 2026

Action from the 11 vs 11 humanoid match at RoboCup 2026. Photo credit: RoboCup Federation. RoboCup 2026 saw […]

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

Security teams are investigating a significant digital breach after cybercriminals breached systems managed by Manchester Airports Group, compromising […]

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to buy at least a million dollars worth of robots from Boston […]

What to Expect From LLM Customization Services

What to Expect From LLM Customization Services

LLM Customization services help organizations adapt language-model applications to specific business tasks, knowledge sources, terminology, workflows, and security […]

How green is your robot? And other awkward questions

How green is your robot? And other awkward questions

Deborah Lupton / Servers in a Landscape / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0 By Emmet Cole Robots clean rivers […]

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

Last week we published a story that revealed an Amazon warehouse where the company scans and destroys thousands […]

Posts navigation

← Older Posts

B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N ∙ W A V E S

  • Dolly Parton vs. the Cult of Authenticity
    ❖ | New source
  • The Process of Choosing a Surrogate
    ❖ | New source
  • Why AuDHD Can Be More Challenging Than Autism or ADHD Alone
    ❖ | New source
  • Why It’s Helpful to Throw Your Food Rules in The Trash
    ❖ | New source
  • You Can Apologize Without Owing Your Adult Child Forever
    ❖ | New source
  • New CEOs Don’t Need All the Answers. They Need to Ask the Questions Everyone Else Avoids in the First 100 Days
    ❖ | INC
  • What Church Bells Taught Me About Our Relationship With Time
    ❖ | New source
  • The Trouble With “I Could Have Been Lindsay”
    ❖ | New source
  • How Does the Brain Carry out Language?
    ❖ | KNOWING NEURONS
  • Does Writing Letters Build Character?
    ❖ | New source

ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

Posted on 08.28.2026
Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media’s Reporting on Abortion Case

Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media’s Reporting on Abortion Case

Posted on 08.28.2026
Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute

Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute

Posted on 08.28.2026
USCIS plans 0 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

USCIS plans $100 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026
Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure

Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure

Posted on 08.26.2026
Secret ‘Keyhole’ program emerges as ICE surveillance of protestors widens

Secret ‘Keyhole’ program emerges as ICE surveillance of protestors widens

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists Discover Vast Underground ‘Anomaly’ on Mars
08.28.2026

Scientists Discover Vast Underground ‘Anomaly’ on Mars

Children can understand falsification through evidence as early as age 4
08.16.2026

Children can understand falsification through evidence as early as age 4

WORLD

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI

08.26.2026

Scotland's chief inspector of constabulary is urging police to accelerate the adoption of technologies including live facial recognition, drones and...

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI
08.26.2026

Scotland weighs LFR policies as police request mask ban, ethics study launches

Vietnam’s digital ID push accelerates across airports, immigration and government
08.06.2026

Vietnam’s digital ID push accelerates across airports, immigration and government

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems
08.06.2026

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems


DIG DEEPER
Scientists Discover Vast Underground ‘Anomaly’ on Mars

Scientists Discover Vast Underground ‘Anomaly’ on Mars

24 hours ago

VIDEODROME

AGIBOT’s New A3 Humanoid Robot Demos 3 Autonomous AI Abilities
2 days ago

AGIBOT’s New A3 Humanoid Robot Demos 3 Autonomous AI Abilities

Warmwind AI Employees Automate Typing, Clicking & Computer Use Like 1,000 Humans
3 days ago

Warmwind AI Employees Automate Typing, Clicking & Computer Use Like 1,000 Humans


Subscribe now to the monthly B∙R∙AI∙N newsletter!

  • Bluesky
  • Mail
  • Mastodon
Copyright ©2026. LEGACYLICIOUS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

B∙R∙AI∙N is the brainchild of Steven John Thompson, PhD, who aggregates and curates its content. Find more about Steve here or here and access some of his ethics in science and emerging technologies reference books below.

Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society
Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies
∙
  • BRAIN:
  • #Climate
  • #Crime
  • #Entertainment
  • #Government
  • #Humanity
  • #Nature
  • #Politics
  • Regulation
  • #Space
  • • Privacy Policy •
Scroll to top