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BIOMETRICS

USCIS plans 0 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

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

Wall Street vishing attacks expose voice as a weak link in identity security

Wall Street vishing attacks expose voice as a weak link in identity security

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

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

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

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

HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

The expanding role of face biometrics, for better and for worse

The expanding role of face biometrics, for better and for worse

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

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

Robotics

These tiny drones are powered by sound

These tiny drones are powered by sound

peaq integrates World ID to enable personhood verification by robots

peaq integrates World ID to enable personhood verification by robots

A.I.

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

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

BSI warns AI can reproduce 3D fingerprints from online photo of hands

BSI warns AI can reproduce 3D fingerprints from online photo of hands

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

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

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
Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting
#Business #Crime #Data #Law

Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting

08.26.2026

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

USCIS plans 0 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is preparing to spend more than $100 million on a new biometrics […]

Wall Street vishing attacks expose voice as a weak link in identity security

Wall Street vishing attacks expose voice as a weak link in identity security

A wave of voice-phishing attacks targeting some of Wall Street’s largest hedge funds and private equity firms is […]

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

Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” on Tuesday night. The […]

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

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

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) placed Operation Puppet Master, its undercover surveillance and […]

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

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

Scotland’s chief inspector of constabulary is urging police to accelerate the adoption of technologies including live facial recognition, […]

HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

For many of us of a certain vintage, our first encounter with biometrics was probably on screen – […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

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

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

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026
HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026
The expanding role of face biometrics, for better and for worse

The expanding role of face biometrics, for better and for worse

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026

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

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


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