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BIOMETRICS

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement

Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement

DHS surveillance spending tops .9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands

DHS surveillance spending tops $2.9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands

Deepfakes projected to spike 495% by end of 2026

Deepfakes projected to spike 495% by end of 2026

Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

Challenge to facial recognition at protests to be examined by Supreme Court of India

Challenge to facial recognition at protests to be examined by Supreme Court of India

ICE seeks AI platform to analyze billions of investigative records

ICE seeks AI platform to analyze billions of investigative records

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Robotics

What does it take for a robot to hold a conversation with a room, not just a person?

What does it take for a robot to hold a conversation with a room, not just a person?

A.I.

Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

California launches next phase of state cybersecurity plan as AI changes threat landscape

California launches next phase of state cybersecurity plan as AI changes threat landscape

EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy

EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy

Agentic AI demands unified approach to human and non-human identity

Agentic AI demands unified approach to human and non-human identity

Neuroscience

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

Eye Tracking Reveals Where Human Reading and AI Processing Diverge

Eye Tracking Reveals Where Human Reading and AI Processing Diverge

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

Posted on 08.16.2026

BUSINESS

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
#Behavior #Business #Crime #Law

‘Own the Narrative’: Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech

08.06.2026
Visa acquires behavioral biometrics pioneer BioCatch
#Biometrics #Business #Ethics

Visa acquires behavioral biometrics pioneer BioCatch

08.06.2026
How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock
#Behavior #Business #Crime #Ethics #Law

How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

08.06.2026
Cities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate Readers
#Biometrics #Business #Crime #Law

Cities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate Readers

08.06.2026
Software Giant SAP Stops Most Travel and Hiring Because of AI’s Soaring Cost
#AI #Business

Software Giant SAP Stops Most Travel and Hiring Because of AI’s Soaring Cost

08.06.2026

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

ICE intends to award LexisNexis Risk Solutions a sole-source contract worth an estimated $6.7 million to continue supplying […]

Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement

Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement

Two Florida sheriff’s offices have purchased Meta smart glasse, but the public record provides sharply different accounts of […]

DHS surveillance spending tops $2.9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands

DHS surveillance spending tops .9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recorded more than $2.9 billion in contract obligations since January 2021 […]

Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

A person representing themselves in a Connecticut court hid a series of instructions designed to manipulate artificial intelligence […]

Deepfakes projected to spike 495% by end of 2026

Deepfakes projected to spike 495% by end of 2026

Shufti’s new research reveals a rapid surge in deepfake AI-powered identity fraud which is projected to increase by […]

What does it take for a robot to hold a conversation with a room, not just a person?

What does it take for a robot to hold a conversation with a room, not just a person?

By Umar Farooq That was one of the questions at the heart of my last week (20th-24th July) […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

Posted on 08.16.2026
Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

Posted on 08.16.2026
Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

Posted on 08.16.2026
Visa acquires behavioral biometrics pioneer BioCatch

Visa acquires behavioral biometrics pioneer BioCatch

Posted on 08.06.2026
The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

Posted on 08.06.2026
How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

Posted on 08.06.2026

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

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

08.06.2026

Vietnam is accelerating its national digital identity programme through new legislation, expanded e-ID access for foreign residents and wider deployment...

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems
08.06.2026

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems

EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy
08.06.2026

EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy


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