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BIOMETRICS

Connecticut expands privacy law with facial recognition, age assurance rules

Connecticut expands privacy law with facial recognition, age assurance rules

Notorious ShinyHunters publish stolen data after ransom negotiations break down

Notorious ShinyHunters publish stolen data after ransom negotiations break down

iFlytek launches AI glasses as privacy concerns grow over wearable cameras

iFlytek launches AI glasses as privacy concerns grow over wearable cameras

Amazon Ring sued over facial recognition feature as privacy fight moves to federal court

Amazon Ring sued over facial recognition feature as privacy fight moves to federal court

US Coast Guard seeks iOS-compatible biometric devices for at-sea identity checks

US Coast Guard seeks iOS-compatible biometric devices for at-sea identity checks

TSA seeks biometric identity management support

TSA seeks biometric identity management support

Synthetic IDs and injection attacks – the weaponisation of identity in fraud and financial crime

Synthetic IDs and injection attacks – the weaponisation of identity in fraud and financial crime

BREAKING NEWS

Real-Time Memory Test Created to Spot Alcohol Blackouts
2 weeks ago

Real-Time Memory Test Created to Spot Alcohol Blackouts

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Robotics

Global robotics technology roadmap

Global robotics technology roadmap

RoboChem Flex: democratisation of the autonomous synthesis robot

RoboChem Flex: democratisation of the autonomous synthesis robot

A.I.

Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

Neuroscience

Children Read Intent in Human Eyes but Not in Robots

Children Read Intent in Human Eyes but Not in Robots

Low Folate and B12 Proven to Drive Chronic Fatigue

Low Folate and B12 Proven to Drive Chronic Fatigue

A Biological Signature of Consciousness Found

A Biological Signature of Consciousness Found

The Brain Waste System Disrupted by Alzheimer’s Mapped

The Brain Waste System Disrupted by Alzheimer’s Mapped

Unmasking the Epigenetic Disparity in Anxiety Disorders

Unmasking the Epigenetic Disparity in Anxiety Disorders

Children Read Intent in Human Eyes but Not in Robots

Posted on 05.31.202605.31.2026

A Biological Signature of Consciousness Found

Posted on 05.29.202605.31.2026

The Brain Waste System Disrupted by Alzheimer’s Mapped

Posted on 05.29.2026

Unmasking the Epigenetic Disparity in Anxiety Disorders

Posted on 05.29.2026

Why Willpower Fails and How to Restore Focus

Posted on 05.29.2026

Toggling Embodied Cognition via the Rubber Hand Illusion

Posted on 05.28.2026

BUSINESS

Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
#AI #Business #Social Media

Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

06.03.2026
Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability
#AI #Business #Ethics

Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

06.02.2026
Samsung joins Apple, Google in expanding passport-based digital IDs in mobile wallets
#Biometrics #Business #Ethics

Samsung joins Apple, Google in expanding passport-based digital IDs in mobile wallets

05.27.2026
Dutch gov’t blocks US company’s acquisition to maintain digital ID sovereignty
#Biometrics #Business #USA #World

Dutch gov’t blocks US company’s acquisition to maintain digital ID sovereignty

05.26.2026
How Silicon Valley and Private Finance Are Reshaping War
#Business #Government #War

How Silicon Valley and Private Finance Are Reshaping War

05.20.2026
After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban
#Business #Crime #Ethics #Technology

After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban

05.20.2026

Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search

The moderators of the biohacking subreddit say that peptide and hormone replacement therapy companies have been surreptitiously spamming […]

What’s Really Behind Peter Thiel’s Panicked Move to Argentina

What’s Really Behind Peter Thiel’s Panicked Move to Argentina

David Futrelle Some tech observers think that the Palantir overlord sees the end times coming, but his real […]

Global robotics technology roadmap

Global robotics technology roadmap

Deborah Lupton / Pop Chips / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0. Henrik I Christensen, Professor of Computer Science & […]

Connecticut expands privacy law with facial recognition, age assurance rules

Connecticut expands privacy law with facial recognition, age assurance rules

Connecticut has enacted a sweeping package of privacy, online safety, and AI measures that places the state among […]

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles […]

Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

A new paper from researchers at Microsoft, Nvidia, and University of California Riverside found that AI agents with […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

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Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

Posted on 06.02.2026
We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything

We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything

Posted on 06.02.2026
Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

Posted on 06.02.2026
Amazon Ring sued over facial recognition feature as privacy fight moves to federal court

Amazon Ring sued over facial recognition feature as privacy fight moves to federal court

Posted on 06.02.2026
Machine without a ghost: The dangers of anthropomorphising AI

Machine without a ghost: The dangers of anthropomorphising AI

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

Low Folate and B12 Proven to Drive Chronic Fatigue
05.29.2026

Low Folate and B12 Proven to Drive Chronic Fatigue

A new study evaluates approximately 600 healthy adult participants to demonstrate that a lack of folate (B9) and vitamin B12...

Autoimmunity Drives Long COVID Symptoms

05.28.2026
Autoimmunity Drives Long COVID Symptoms

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

05.28.2026
These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

Stem Cell Framework May Repair Traumatic Brain Injury

05.27.2026
Stem Cell Framework May Repair Traumatic Brain Injury

Rare Genetic Variants Drive Extreme Human Health Traits

05.27.2026
Rare Genetic Variants Drive Extreme Human Health Traits

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A Biological Signature of Consciousness Found
05.29.2026

A Biological Signature of Consciousness Found

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts
05.28.2026

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

Paternal Anxiety Rewires Embryonic Growth Settings
05.27.2026

Paternal Anxiety Rewires Embryonic Growth Settings

NIST sees biometrics developers closing in on operational morph detection
05.27.2026

NIST sees biometrics developers closing in on operational morph detection

Rare Genetic Variants Drive Extreme Human Health Traits

Rare Genetic Variants Drive Extreme Human Health Traits

05.27.2026
How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past

How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past

05.23.2026
Scientists Engineered An Electrical Link That Can Tune Brain Circuits, Change Behavior

Scientists Engineered An Electrical Link That Can Tune Brain Circuits, Change Behavior

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New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots

New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots

05.07.2026
Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next

Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next

05.07.2026

WORLD

What’s Really Behind Peter Thiel’s Panicked Move to Argentina

What’s Really Behind Peter Thiel’s Panicked Move to Argentina

06.03.2026

David Futrelle Some tech observers think that the Palantir overlord sees the end times coming, but his real motivation is...

London police transparency push raises more facial recognition concerns
05.28.2026

London police transparency push raises more facial recognition concerns

Big talk on imminent UK social media law as consultation closes
05.27.2026

Big talk on imminent UK social media law as consultation closes

Dutch gov’t blocks US company’s acquisition to maintain digital ID sovereignty
05.26.2026

Dutch gov’t blocks US company’s acquisition to maintain digital ID sovereignty


DIG DEEPER
How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past

How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past

2 weeks ago
‘Corpse Point’ In the Arctic Is Melting, Disturbing Centuries-Old Bodies

‘Corpse Point’ In the Arctic Is Melting, Disturbing Centuries-Old Bodies

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Soft Robots Inspired by Jellyfish for Advanced Biomedical Applications

Soft Robots Inspired by Jellyfish for Advanced Biomedical Applications

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Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next

Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next

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Water Lily Genomes Reveal Angiosperm Evolution Innovations

Water Lily Genomes Reveal Angiosperm Evolution Innovations

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VIDEODROME

Child Safety or Surveillance? Meta’s “Bone‑Analysis” AI
3 weeks ago

Child Safety or Surveillance? Meta’s “Bone‑Analysis” AI

Digital Sovereignty: Who Controls Our Data?
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Digital Sovereignty: Who Controls Our Data?

How the Electrical Grid Is Being Rebuilt for AI | Bloomberg Primer
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How the Electrical Grid Is Being Rebuilt for AI | Bloomberg Primer

Inside the Fight Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown | Bloomberg Investigates
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AI’s New Acceleration Phase
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Humanoid Robot Game Changers In 2026
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