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BIOMETRICS

GAO finds major gaps in IRS biometric ID verification program

DHS, private sector pushes wireless biometric sensing capabilities forward

The face of commerce: When your identity becomes your wallet

ICE advances sole source deal with Palantir for new surveillance backbone

TSA developing wearable sensors to replace physical pat downs

EU wants its Digital Identity Wallet accepted internationally

Intellicheck partners with Ping Identity for orchestration with PingOne DaVinci

Stress-Linked Brain Pathway Disrupts Sleep and Memory

New research reveals a stress-sensitive neural pathway that impairs both sleep and memory in male mice. Scientists activated neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of […]

Sticky Molecules May Hold the Key to Preventing Vision Loss in AMD

A new study reveals how sticky molecules called heparan sulfate (HS) may trap lipoproteins in the eye and trigger early age-related macular degeneration (AMD). These […]

Late-Life Mood Disorders May Foreshadow Alzheimer’s

Late-life depression and bipolar disorder may be more than psychiatric conditions—they could be early warning signs of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Using advanced brain imaging […]

Neuroscience Says Your Office Should Have a Dedicated Daydreaming Space

Investing in a quiet spot for letting people’s mind run free for a while will pay off in greater happiness, creativity, and even productivity.

Aphantasia: Why Some Minds Are Blind to Images

Scientists have uncovered how the brains of people with aphantasia, those who cannot visualize mental images, process visual information differently. Although key visual and memory-related […]

Nanowire Retinal Implant Restores Vision and Sees Infrared

Researchers have developed a retinal prosthesis made of tellurium nanowires that restores partial vision in blind mice and enables near-infrared vision in primates. The implant, […]

STORMS

Darth Vader is one of the characters the two studios allege Midjourney uses to generate images

Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney over images

12/06/2025

RIP to the almost future of computing: Apple just turned the iPad into a Mac

10/06/2025

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, PA. Photo: AP Images

Amazon to Spend $20 Billion on Data Centers in Pennsylvania

10/06/2025

Laser pulses trigger electronic changes in a cuprate ladder, creating long-lived quantum states that persist for about a thousand times longer than usual. Credit: Brad Baxley/Part to Whole

Scientists freeze quantum motion using ultrafast laser trick

06/06/2025

Credit: cinejinn / Creatas Video+ via Getty Images Plus

This Malware Adds a ‘Trusted’ Contact to Your Android Phone

04/06/2025

Paradromics’ Connexus Brain-Computer Interface. Photo: Courtesy company

This Neuralink Rival Just Implanted Its Device in a Human Patient

02/06/2025

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance

12/06/2025

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to […]

Moral self-concept in kindergarten predicts better social skills in early school years, study finds

12/06/2025

Children’s views of themselves as moral individuals can boost their social and emotional skills — and vice versa — according to a longitudinal study published […]

Facial recognition comes to the fairway with US Open deployment

12/06/2025

For the second year in a row, the U.S. Open golf tournament is using biometrics for ticketing, through partnerships with ticketing software company FortressGB and […]