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BIOMETRICS

Visa expands payment passkeys, from issuer rollout to AI agent commerce

Visa expands payment passkeys, from issuer rollout to AI agent commerce

Ottawa police take first steps towards using Idemia facial recognition

Ottawa police take first steps towards using Idemia facial recognition

Viettel unveils masked facial recognition patent, digital government platforms

Viettel unveils masked facial recognition patent, digital government platforms

Largest funding bill in U.S. history signed off for border tech across CBP, DHS and ICE

Largest funding bill in U.S. history signed off for border tech across CBP, DHS and ICE

Sainsbury’s triples Facewatch facial recognition deployment across UK stores

Sainsbury’s triples Facewatch facial recognition deployment across UK stores

Clearview AI FedRAMP bid could ease federal procurement of facial recognition

Clearview AI FedRAMP bid could ease federal procurement of facial recognition

US Army begins fielding next-generation battlefield biometrics system

US Army begins fielding next-generation battlefield biometrics system

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Robotics

New research enables a robot to chart a better course

New research enables a robot to chart a better course

Entangled robotic matter with cohesive motion

Entangled robotic matter with cohesive motion

A.I.

Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist

Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist

Brainless: Artificial Intelligence

Brainless: Artificial Intelligence

AI agents granted own digital identities in Estonia to prevent them inheriting human credentials

AI agents granted own digital identities in Estonia to prevent them inheriting human credentials

AI agents expose limits of traditional identity governance

AI agents expose limits of traditional identity governance

Neuroscience

Brainless: Artificial Intelligence

Posted on 06.25.2026

What Addiction Does to the Brain

Posted on 06.19.202606.19.2026

Hippocampus May Remain Active Under Anesthesia

Posted on 06.09.202606.09.2026

BUSINESS

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’
#Business #Data #Ethics

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

07.02.2026
Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses
#Business #Ethics

Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses

07.02.2026
Bodycam Shows Moment Cops Arrested a Man for Speaking Too Long at Data Center Meeting
#Business #Crime #Data #Ethics

Bodycam Shows Moment Cops Arrested a Man for Speaking Too Long at Data Center Meeting

06.29.2026
The Small-Town Revolt Against Big Tech
#Business #Data

The Small-Town Revolt Against Big Tech

06.25.2026
Madison Square Garden Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition
#Behavior #Business #Ethics #Technology

Madison Square Garden Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition

06.25.2026
Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat
#Business #Disaster #Technology

Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat

06.15.2026

Visa expands payment passkeys, from issuer rollout to AI agent commerce

Visa expands payment passkeys, from issuer rollout to AI agent commerce

Visa is expanding the use of payment passkeys across digital commerce with an issuer infrastructure in Asia Pacific, […]

Ottawa police take first steps towards using Idemia facial recognition

Ottawa police take first steps towards using Idemia facial recognition

Police in Canada’s capitol Ottawa, Ontario are taking their first step towards a potential implementation of facial recognition […]

Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist

Scammers Sell Seeds for Exotic AI-Generated Flowers That Don’t Exist

Scammers are selling seeds for plants that don’t exist with spectacular, AI-generated images of technicolor leaves that bloom […]

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

On June 26, the County Manager of Henrico County, Virginia, John Vithoulkas, sent an email to thousands of […]

Viettel unveils masked facial recognition patent, digital government platforms

Viettel unveils masked facial recognition patent, digital government platforms

Viettel AI has been granted a patent for matching the face biometrics of people who are wearing masks, […]

Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses

Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses

A vulnerability in Apple’s “Hide My Email” tool lets almost anyone discover a person’s real email address that […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

Visa expands payment passkeys, from issuer rollout to AI agent commerce

Visa expands payment passkeys, from issuer rollout to AI agent commerce

Posted on 07.04.2026
Ottawa police take first steps towards using Idemia facial recognition

Ottawa police take first steps towards using Idemia facial recognition

Posted on 07.04.2026
County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

Posted on 07.02.2026
Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses

Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses

Posted on 07.02.2026
Bodycam Shows Moment Cops Arrested a Man for Speaking Too Long at Data Center Meeting

Bodycam Shows Moment Cops Arrested a Man for Speaking Too Long at Data Center Meeting

Posted on 06.29.2026
Irish regulators clash over legal terms in bill on police use of biometric recognition

Irish regulators clash over legal terms in bill on police use of biometric recognition

Posted on 06.29.2026

HEALTH & WELLNESS

The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover
06.22.2026

The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover

Karim Sariahmed, Marc Shi We fear that healthcare will become even more financialized as our systems become more deeply entangled...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger
06.22.2026

Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain
06.09.2026

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain

WORLD

Irish regulators clash over legal terms in bill on police use of biometric recognition

Irish regulators clash over legal terms in bill on police use of biometric recognition

06.29.2026

A law that would permit the Irish police to use retrospective facial recognition “lacks legal clarity” and could create tension...

New Zealand probes whether officials misled ministers over failed biometrics project
06.25.2026

New Zealand probes whether officials misled ministers over failed biometrics project

Ottawa police take first steps towards using Idemia facial recognition
06.25.2026

India considers nationwide facial recognition network for airports

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain
06.09.2026

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain


DIG DEEPER
Vast ‘Structures’ In Space Reveal the Universe Isn’t What We Thought

Vast ‘Structures’ In Space Reveal the Universe Isn’t What We Thought

2 weeks ago
Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger

Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger

2 weeks ago
Scientists Discover Vast Ancient ‘Necropolis’ Teeming With Strange New Creatures

Scientists Discover Vast Ancient ‘Necropolis’ Teeming With Strange New Creatures

3 weeks ago
Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain

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VIDEODROME

Why South Korea’s AI Stock Mania Is a Warning to the World
1 week ago

Why South Korea’s AI Stock Mania Is a Warning to the World

5 Ways Claude Tag Could Change How You Use AI
2 weeks ago

5 Ways Claude Tag Could Change How You Use AI

New Female Humanoid Robot MOYA Stuns AI Industry With 100+ DoF (3,000)
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New Female Humanoid Robot MOYA Stuns AI Industry With 100+ DoF ($173,000)

Inside the Race to Build AI Data Centers in Space
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Inside the Race to Build AI Data Centers in Space

Inside a Brain-Chip Startup in China | Bloomberg Primer
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Inside a Brain-Chip Startup in China | Bloomberg Primer

Meta’s New AI Mode is Turning Your Posts into AI Search Results
2 weeks ago

Meta’s New AI Mode is Turning Your Posts into AI Search Results

The Models Trying to Replace Fable
2 weeks ago

The Models Trying to Replace Fable

Nvidia’s AI PC Explained: AI Agents, Speed and Data Privacy
4 weeks ago

Nvidia’s AI PC Explained: AI Agents, Speed and Data Privacy


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