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BIOMETRICS

Xcelerate and Socure win 3M Login.gov identity proofing contract

Xcelerate and Socure win $163M Login.gov identity proofing contract

NZ Policing Bill raises MPs alarm over expanded biometric powers

NZ Policing Bill raises MPs alarm over expanded biometric powers

California quadruples access to mobile driver’s licenses

California quadruples access to mobile driver’s licenses

Court rejects deal, reopens Clearview AI lawsuit over biometric data collection

Court rejects deal, reopens Clearview AI lawsuit over biometric data collection

Facewatch retail facial recognition to notify police of repeat offender matches

Facewatch retail facial recognition to notify police of repeat offender matches

Missouri’s new age assurance law specifies data storage restrictions

Missouri’s new age assurance law specifies data storage restrictions

US passport photo plan points to new layer of remote biometric verification

US passport photo plan points to new layer of remote biometric verification

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

Robotics

A flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird

A flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements

A.I.

Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius

Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius

Court rejects deal, reopens Clearview AI lawsuit over biometric data collection

Court rejects deal, reopens Clearview AI lawsuit over biometric data collection

AI Model Predicts Complex DNA Binding

AI Model Predicts Complex DNA Binding

AI Made Cloning Games Easier Than Ever

AI Made Cloning Games Easier Than Ever

Neuroscience

The Physical Mechanics of Memory Erasure

The Physical Mechanics of Memory Erasure

Recall-By-Genotype for Precision Psychiatry

Recall-By-Genotype for Precision Psychiatry

Detailed Robot Feedback Can Overload Human Learners

Detailed Robot Feedback Can Overload Human Learners

How Colony Bats Harmonize Their Sonar

How Colony Bats Harmonize Their Sonar

High Social Media Use Linked to Youth Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation

High Social Media Use Linked to Youth Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation

Purified THC/CBD Oil Dramatically Lowers Dementia Agitation

Posted on 07.14.202607.14.2026

Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD

Posted on 07.14.202607.14.2026

AI Chip Mimicking Brain’s Reflex Center Developed

Posted on 07.10.202607.13.2026

BUSINESS

Xcelerate and Socure win 3M Login.gov identity proofing contract
#Biometrics #Business #Ethics

Xcelerate and Socure win $163M Login.gov identity proofing contract

07.15.2026
Facewatch retail facial recognition to notify police of repeat offender matches
#Biometrics #Business #Crime #Ethics

Facewatch retail facial recognition to notify police of repeat offender matches

07.14.2026
AI Made Cloning Games Easier Than Ever
#AI #Business #Entertainment

AI Made Cloning Games Easier Than Ever

07.14.2026
AI Fiction Is Easy to Detect Because It’s Stupid and Bad, Research Finds
#AI #Business #Entertainment #Research

AI Fiction Is Easy to Detect Because It’s Stupid and Bad, Research Finds

07.13.2026
I Bought the ,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back
#Business #Health #Media #Science #Society #Technology

I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back

07.13.2026
Patreon Blocks Crawlers From Stealing Creators’ Work for AI Training
#AI #Business #Crime #Ethics

Patreon Blocks Crawlers From Stealing Creators’ Work for AI Training

07.09.2026

The Physical Mechanics of Memory Erasure

The Physical Mechanics of Memory Erasure

Increasing mechanical strain causes particle interactions to erase prior directional memory, providing a physical model for how short- […]

Recall-By-Genotype for Precision Psychiatry

Recall-By-Genotype for Precision Psychiatry

A new study demonstrates the feasibility of recall-by-genotype research using the diverse BioMe biobank.

Detailed Robot Feedback Can Overload Human Learners

Detailed Robot Feedback Can Overload Human Learners

A new study reveals that detailed personalized feedback from humanoid robots causes immediate cognitive overload after errors, slowing […]

How Colony Bats Harmonize Their Sonar

How Colony Bats Harmonize Their Sonar

A new study reveals that greater Japanese horseshoe bats asymmetrically adjust their echolocation call frequencies to align with […]

High Social Media Use Linked to Youth Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation

High Social Media Use Linked to Youth Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation

A new study links six or more hours of daily social media use to a two-fold increase in […]

Study Reveals Ongoing Natural Selection in Modern Humans

Study Reveals Ongoing Natural Selection in Modern Humans

By measuring allele frequency changes across adult age groups, the team identified 168 variants under active selection, including […]

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B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N ∙ W A V E S

  • Why Bill Gates Scheduled Time to Do Nothing but Think
    ❖ | INC
  • If You’re Solving the Same Problem Twice, Your Business Has a Systems Issue
    ❖ | INC
  • Detailed Robot Feedback Can Overload Human Learners
    ❖ | NEUROSCIENCE NEWS
  • How Colony Bats Harmonize Their Sonar
    ❖ | NEUROSCIENCE NEWS
  • Video Friday: An Italian Humanoid Comes to Life
    ❖ | IEEE SPECTRUM
  • A spider-inspired robotic boat could track and rescue people in water
    ❖ | TECHXPLORE
  • A mini robot to simplify dental treatment
    ❖ | ROBOHUB
  • A better future rather than faster robots: 'Sustainable Robotics' as a new academic field
    ❖ | TECHXPLORE
  • Pressure-free growing robots for soft medical robotics
    ❖ | ROBOHUB
  • Robotic elephant-trunk gripper uses internal camera for a sense of touch
    ❖ | NEW ATLAS

ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

The UK plans to ban romantic AI chatbots for under-18s. Young people have bigger worries about AI.

The UK plans to ban romantic AI chatbots for under-18s. Young people have bigger worries about AI.

Posted on 07.15.2026
Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius

Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius

Posted on 07.15.2026
Xcelerate and Socure win 3M Login.gov identity proofing contract

Xcelerate and Socure win $163M Login.gov identity proofing contract

Posted on 07.15.2026
NZ Policing Bill raises MPs alarm over expanded biometric powers

NZ Policing Bill raises MPs alarm over expanded biometric powers

Posted on 07.14.202607.14.2026
Court rejects deal, reopens Clearview AI lawsuit over biometric data collection

Court rejects deal, reopens Clearview AI lawsuit over biometric data collection

Posted on 07.14.202607.14.2026
LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen

LAPD Regularly Pulled Over Innocent People Because License Plate Readers Flagged Their Cars As Stolen

Posted on 07.14.2026

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Late-Night Snacking Triggers Metabolic Disease in Night Owls
07.14.2026

Late-Night Snacking Triggers Metabolic Disease in Night Owls

A new study reveals that evening chronotypes (night owls) experience significantly higher body fat percentages, visceral adiposity, elevated blood glucose,...

Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD

07.14.2026
Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD

Some Pre-Cooked Seafood May Carry More Chemicals Than Raw Fish, Study Finds

07.13.2026
Some Pre-Cooked Seafood May Carry More Chemicals Than Raw Fish, Study Finds

I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back

07.13.2026
I Bought the ,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back

Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds

07.09.2026
Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements
07.13.2026

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements

I Bought the ,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back
07.13.2026

I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back

Decreasing Productivity Can Precede a Dementia Diagnosis by Years
07.12.2026

Decreasing Productivity Can Precede a Dementia Diagnosis by Years

Study Maps the 9 Distinct Types of Procrastinators
07.11.2026

Study Maps the 9 Distinct Types of Procrastinators

AI Chip Mimicking Brain’s Reflex Center Developed

AI Chip Mimicking Brain’s Reflex Center Developed

07.10.2026
The “Merge” With AI Has Already Begun

The “Merge” With AI Has Already Begun

07.09.2026
US Army begins fielding next-generation battlefield biometrics system

US Army begins fielding next-generation battlefield biometrics system

06.29.2026

WORLD

NZ Policing Bill raises MPs alarm over expanded biometric powers

NZ Policing Bill raises MPs alarm over expanded biometric powers

07.14.2026

New Zealand’s Policing Amendment Bill takes in expanded biometric collection. The country’s justice select committee has recommended the bill be...

US passport photo plan points to new layer of remote biometric verification
07.13.2026

US passport photo plan points to new layer of remote biometric verification

Mercosur advances cross-border digital ID for South America
07.13.2026

Mercosur advances cross-border digital ID for South America

Austria showcases operational contactless fingerprint system at UN counterterrorism event
07.13.2026

Austria showcases operational contactless fingerprint system at UN counterterrorism event


DIG DEEPER

VIDEODROME

Why Young Investors Are Taking On So Much Risk
2 weeks ago

Why Young Investors Are Taking On So Much Risk

How AI Changes if Open Source Gets Banned
2 weeks ago

How AI Changes if Open Source Gets Banned

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

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

Mitsubishi Reveals New AI Humanoid Robot “N” Coming 2027
2 weeks ago

Mitsubishi Reveals New AI Humanoid Robot “N” Coming 2027

Dream Job Abroad? It Could Be a Trafficking Trap
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Dream Job Abroad? It Could Be a Trafficking Trap

C1 Neurons Drive Chronic Anxiety
2 weeks ago

C1 Neurons Drive Chronic Anxiety


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