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BIOMETRICS

UK regulators pan patchwork policy for law enforcement facial recognition

UK regulators pan patchwork policy for law enforcement facial recognition

Biometrics in warfare, surveillance raise new oversight challenges

Biometrics in warfare, surveillance raise new oversight challenges

Harvard, Linux Foundation launch open-source wallet for selective data sharing

Harvard, Linux Foundation launch open-source wallet for selective data sharing

US lawmakers move to restrict AI chatbots used by kids

US lawmakers move to restrict AI chatbots used by kids

Travel biometrics making new connections

Travel biometrics making new connections

AI agents operating continuously at machine speed are breaking human-centric IAM

AI agents operating continuously at machine speed are breaking human-centric IAM

Austria adds digital student id to eAusweise wallet with Youniqx Identity

Austria adds digital student id to eAusweise wallet with Youniqx Identity

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Robotics

New OMNI Humanoid Robot 2026 Release SHAKES AI Industry

New OMNI Humanoid Robot 2026 Release SHAKES AI Industry

California lawmakers open the gate for autonomous trucks in the state

California lawmakers open the gate for autonomous trucks in the state

A.I.

AI Literacy Has A Class Problem:  Study Shows The Width Of The Gap

AI Literacy Has A Class Problem: Study Shows The Width Of The Gap

US lawmakers move to restrict AI chatbots used by kids

US lawmakers move to restrict AI chatbots used by kids

OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools

OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools

The Fake MAGA Influencer: How AI Powers New Scams

The Fake MAGA Influencer: How AI Powers New Scams

Neuroscience

How a Brainless Organism Learns Using Neuron-Like Machinery

How a Brainless Organism Learns Using Neuron-Like Machinery

Molecular Trigger for Alzheimer’s Brain Inflammation Found

Molecular Trigger for Alzheimer’s Brain Inflammation Found

Immature Neurons and the Secret to Alzheimer’s Resilience

Immature Neurons and the Secret to Alzheimer’s Resilience

Rethinking Vibration as an Emotional Language

Rethinking Vibration as an Emotional Language

Neurotechnology spinoff SkyBiometry launches AI infrastructure suite

Neurotechnology spinoff SkyBiometry launches AI infrastructure suite

Time Travelers of the Mind: Inside the Extraordinary World of Hyperthymesia

Posted on 05.03.2026

How Music Evolves With You: A Soundtrack to Consciousness and Change.

Posted on 05.03.2026

The Five Faces of Sleep: What Your Brain Reveals at Rest

Posted on 05.03.2026

This Personality Trait Makes Dreams More Bizarre, Scientists Discover

Posted on 05.02.202605.03.2026

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression

Posted on 05.02.202605.03.2026

Brain Prioritizes “Sound Offsets” During Hearing Repair

Posted on 04.30.202604.30.2026

BUSINESS

OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools
#AI #Business #Education

OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft Back Bill to Fund ‘AI Literacy’ in Schools

05.04.2026
Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup
#AV #Business

Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup

05.04.2026
How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates
#AV #Business

How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates

05.04.2026
Porsche cars will run a classic Apple livery this weekend at Laguna Seca.
#Business

Porsche cars will run a classic Apple livery this weekend at Laguna Seca.

05.01.2026
GameStonk’s next move: buy eBay?
#Business

GameStonk’s next move: buy eBay?

05.01.2026
Germany launches program to bring open source maintainers into standards bodies
#Business #World

Germany launches program to bring open source maintainers into standards bodies

05.01.2026

UK regulators pan patchwork policy for law enforcement facial recognition

UK regulators pan patchwork policy for law enforcement facial recognition

The UK’s two Biometrics Commissioners shared cautionary observations about the use of facial recognition in law enforcement over […]

Biometrics in warfare, surveillance raise new oversight challenges

Biometrics in warfare, surveillance raise new oversight challenges

A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report warns that biometric technologies are moving from routine identity verification into […]

Harvard, Linux Foundation launch open-source wallet for selective data sharing

Harvard, Linux Foundation launch open-source wallet for selective data sharing

The internet is seeing a wide-scale push towards identity verification and age assurance, but the question remains: how […]

People Who Lose Weight On Ozempic-Type Drugs Stigmatized Worse Than Those Who Stay Heavy

People Who Lose Weight On Ozempic-Type Drugs Stigmatized Worse Than Those Who Stay Heavy

People who lose weight on Ozempic face harsher social judgment than those who stay heavy, according to new […]

AI Literacy Has A Class Problem: Study Shows The Width Of The Gap

AI Literacy Has A Class Problem:  Study Shows The Width Of The Gap

Being unaware of AI isn’t a neutral position. People who can’t identify it can’t question it, push back, […]

New OMNI Humanoid Robot 2026 Release SHAKES AI Industry

New OMNI Humanoid Robot 2026 Release SHAKES AI Industry

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

‘Nature’ Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education

‘Nature’ Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education

Posted on 05.04.202605.04.2026
How a University’s Censorship Conference Got Censored

How a University’s Censorship Conference Got Censored

Posted on 05.04.202605.04.2026
Players from the NBA, NFL, and MLB call for a ban on betting ‘unders’

Players from the NBA, NFL, and MLB call for a ban on betting ‘unders’

Posted on 05.01.202605.01.2026
Digital identity and migration: struggles for equitable technology governance

Digital identity and migration: struggles for equitable technology governance

Posted on 05.01.202605.01.2026
T-Shirts have become a facial recognition threat, a new study shows how to stop it

T-Shirts have become a facial recognition threat, a new study shows how to stop it

Posted on 05.01.202605.01.2026
Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road

Congress keeps kicking surveillance reform down the road

Posted on 04.30.202604.30.2026

HEALTH & WELLNESS

People Who Lose Weight On Ozempic-Type Drugs Stigmatized Worse Than Those Who Stay Heavy
05.05.2026

People Who Lose Weight On Ozempic-Type Drugs Stigmatized Worse Than Those Who Stay Heavy

People who lose weight on Ozempic face harsher social judgment than those who stay heavy, according to new research —...

Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

04.30.2026
Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

AI Found the Key to Pre-Symptom Alzheimer’s

04.29.2026
AI Found the Key to Pre-Symptom Alzheimer’s

How Potassium Fluctuations Trigger Brain Receptors

04.29.2026
How Potassium Fluctuations Trigger Brain Receptors

43% of Antipsychotics for Seniors Start in Hospitals

04.28.2026
43% of Antipsychotics for Seniors Start in Hospitals

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression
05.02.2026

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression

Why Agentic AI Requires More Than Better Models
04.30.2026

Why Agentic AI Requires More Than Better Models

“Warm” AI Chatbots Are More Likely to Lie
04.29.2026

“Warm” AI Chatbots Are More Likely to Lie

Tug-of-War of Life: Fertilized Eggs Keep Two Separate Nuclei
04.29.2026

Tug-of-War of Life: Fertilized Eggs Keep Two Separate Nuclei

AI Uncovers a Hidden “Grammar” in DNA Packaging

AI Uncovers a Hidden “Grammar” in DNA Packaging

04.29.2026
Sympathetic Nerves Found to Slow Melanoma Growth

Sympathetic Nerves Found to Slow Melanoma Growth

04.29.2026
How Potassium Fluctuations Trigger Brain Receptors

How Potassium Fluctuations Trigger Brain Receptors

04.29.2026
43% of Antipsychotics for Seniors Start in Hospitals

43% of Antipsychotics for Seniors Start in Hospitals

04.28.2026
Scientists Investigated a Frequency Linked to ‘Paranormal’ Encounters. The Results Were Unsettling.

Scientists Investigated a Frequency Linked to ‘Paranormal’ Encounters. The Results Were Unsettling.

04.28.2026
The Myth of the Average Brain

The Myth of the Average Brain

04.27.2026
The Rise of AI Chatbot Addiction

The Rise of AI Chatbot Addiction

04.27.2026

WORLD

Germany launches program to bring open source maintainers into standards bodies
05.01.2026

Germany launches program to bring open source maintainers into standards bodies

Austria adds digital student id to eAusweise wallet with Youniqx Identity
05.01.2026

Austria adds digital student id to eAusweise wallet with Youniqx Identity

Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes
04.30.2026

Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes

Mark Zuckerberg. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Meta says it may be forced to pull Facebook,...

LATAM, Asian firms pass biometric PAD assessments from iBeta

LATAM, Asian firms pass biometric PAD assessments from iBeta

04.30.2026
Subnautica 2 launches soon after lengthy legal dispute

Subnautica 2 launches soon after lengthy legal dispute

04.30.2026
Japan Is Building Cardboard Suicide Drones

Japan Is Building Cardboard Suicide Drones

04.30.2026
Governance, not tech, needs interrogating in UK digital ID consultation: Tony Allen

Governance, not tech, needs interrogating in UK digital ID consultation: Tony Allen

04.29.2026
Palestinian Authority TV Promises Israel ‘Will Pass’ and Cease to Exist

Palestinian Authority TV Promises Israel ‘Will Pass’ and Cease to Exist

04.29.2026
China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos

China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos

04.29.2026
EU Commission doubtful all member states will be able launch EUDI wallets this year

EU Commission doubtful all member states will be able launch EUDI wallets this year

04.28.2026

DIG DEEPER
‘Nature’ Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education

‘Nature’ Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education

05.04.2026
A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything

A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything

04.30.2026
The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover

The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover

04.17.2026
Entire Animal Kingdom Communicates at the Same Tempo

Entire Animal Kingdom Communicates at the Same Tempo

04.16.2026
Discovery Overturns Longstanding Biology of Human Development

Discovery Overturns Longstanding Biology of Human Development

04.14.2026

VIDEODROME

New OMNI Humanoid Robot 2026 Release SHAKES AI Industry
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New OMNI Humanoid Robot 2026 Release SHAKES AI Industry

Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup
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Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup

The Fake MAGA Influencer: How AI Powers New Scams
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The Fake MAGA Influencer: How AI Powers New Scams

How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates
2 days ago

How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates

Time Travelers of the Mind: Inside the Extraordinary World of Hyperthymesia
3 days ago

Time Travelers of the Mind: Inside the Extraordinary World of Hyperthymesia


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