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BIOMETRICS

French police use facial recognition, social media images to identify rioters

French police use facial recognition, social media images to identify rioters

Researchers find image restoration can retain biometric recognition value

Researchers find image restoration can retain biometric recognition value

South Korea weighs changes to permanent identity numbers after data breaches

South Korea weighs changes to permanent identity numbers after data breaches

Agentic authorization emerges as biometrics’ next killer use case

Agentic authorization emerges as biometrics’ next killer use case

ICE expansion deepens dependence on proprietary digital identity, network infrastructure

ICE expansion deepens dependence on proprietary digital identity, network infrastructure

TSA audit finds “significant weakness” with facial recognition privacy

TSA audit finds “significant weakness” with facial recognition privacy

Clearview AI spars with UK ICO over facial recognition as monitoring

Clearview AI spars with UK ICO over facial recognition as monitoring

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

Robotics

There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot

There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot

Humanoid robots can sprint and box – but the real test is doing the laundry

Humanoid robots can sprint and box – but the real test is doing the laundry

A.I.

People Are Using ‘AI Decompiling’ to Hack Their Things

People Are Using ‘AI Decompiling’ to Hack Their Things

Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice

Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice

Does what we call AI change how we govern it?

Does what we call AI change how we govern it?

Why Big AI Is Pouring Millions Into the Midterms

Why Big AI Is Pouring Millions Into the Midterms

Neuroscience

Psilocybin Replaces Lost Synapses in Depressed Brains

Psilocybin Replaces Lost Synapses in Depressed Brains

Neural Chip Powers Adaptive DBS for Depression

Neural Chip Powers Adaptive DBS for Depression

Genetic Blueprint of Personality Revealed

Genetic Blueprint of Personality Revealed

Ultra-Processed Foods Sensitize Children’s Brain Reward Circuits

Ultra-Processed Foods Sensitize Children’s Brain Reward Circuits

How the Brain Maps Every Number

How the Brain Maps Every Number

ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

When neighbourhood watch becomes a biometric surveillance network
#Behavior #Biometrics #Crime #Data #Ethics

When neighbourhood watch becomes a biometric surveillance network

10.19.2026
Texas Said It Would Halt Data Center Permits. The State is Pushing Ahead Anyway
#Biometrics #Data #Ethics #USA

Texas Said It Would Halt Data Center Permits. The State is Pushing Ahead Anyway

10.19.2026
US State Department awards Paravision up to .5M for digital identity assurance
#Biometrics #Business #Data #Ethics #Government #USA

US State Department awards Paravision up to $6.5M for digital identity assurance

10.17.2026
We Were Warned in 2001
#Data #Disaster #Entertainment #Ethics

We Were Warned in 2001

10.15.2026
How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email
#Chatbots #ChatGPT #Data #Ethics #Technology

How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email

10.15.2026
There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot
#Data #Ethics #Robotics #World

There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot

10.15.2026

French police use facial recognition, social media images to identify rioters

French police use facial recognition, social media images to identify rioters

Police in France are using facial recognition and images collected from social media to investigate the looting and […]

Researchers find image restoration can retain biometric recognition value

Researchers find image restoration can retain biometric recognition value

It is widely thought that facial recognition can only work on subjects where some minimal amount of the […]

South Korea weighs changes to permanent identity numbers after data breaches

South Korea weighs changes to permanent identity numbers after data breaches

Data breaches are mounting as AI enables new identity fraud techniques. In South Korea, a “Connecting Information” (CI) […]

Agentic authorization emerges as biometrics’ next killer use case

Agentic authorization emerges as biometrics’ next killer use case

Biometrics is emerging as a pillar of governance for AI agents. In a moment where agents are going […]

ICE expansion deepens dependence on proprietary digital identity, network infrastructure

ICE expansion deepens dependence on proprietary digital identity, network infrastructure

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is investing millions in network infrastructure and identity-based access controls as it […]

Psilocybin Replaces Lost Synapses in Depressed Brains

Psilocybin Replaces Lost Synapses in Depressed Brains

Does healing the brain with psychedelics require a “trip”? A new study shows psilocybin drives synaptic plasticity through […]

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USA

Texas Said It Would Halt Data Center Permits. The State is Pushing Ahead Anyway

Texas Said It Would Halt Data Center Permits. The State is Pushing Ahead Anyway

Posted on 10.19.2026
Florida Attorney General sues Discord, claims messaging site is ‘public nuisance’

Florida Attorney General sues Discord, claims messaging site is ‘public nuisance’

Posted on 10.19.2026
US State Department awards Paravision up to .5M for digital identity assurance

US State Department awards Paravision up to $6.5M for digital identity assurance

Posted on 10.17.2026
French police use facial recognition, social media images to identify rioters

Reno PD liability in facial recognition arrest lawsuit comes down to training

Posted on 10.15.2026
How Congress Is  Cashing In on the AI Boom

How Congress Is Cashing In on the AI Boom

Posted on 10.15.2026
ICE seeks voice biometrics to identify detainees, outside callers in AI surveillance system

ICE seeks voice biometrics to identify detainees, outside callers in AI surveillance system

Posted on 10.13.2026

BUSINESS

How a Massive Chinese Crime Ring Hacked Staples to Steal Millions
10.19.2026

How a Massive Chinese Crime Ring Hacked Staples to Steal Millions

A Chinese organized crime hacked into retail giant Staples, used that access to fraudulently issue millions of dollars worth of...

US State Department awards Paravision up to $6.5M for digital identity assurance

10.17.2026
US State Department awards Paravision up to .5M for digital identity assurance

ChatGPT Ads Target Your Phone Number, Email

10.15.2026
ChatGPT Ads Target Your Phone Number, Email

Toss expands facial recognition payments to department stores, cinemas

10.14.2026
Toss expands facial recognition payments to department stores, cinemas

Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall

10.14.2026
Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall

CRIME

When neighbourhood watch becomes a biometric surveillance network
10.19.2026

When neighbourhood watch becomes a biometric surveillance network

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner From this month, householders in the UK can join a...

How a Massive Chinese Crime Ring Hacked Staples to Steal Millions

10.19.2026
How a Massive Chinese Crime Ring Hacked Staples to Steal Millions

Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice

10.19.2026
Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice

Reno PD liability in facial recognition arrest lawsuit comes down to training

10.15.2026
French police use facial recognition, social media images to identify rioters

Cops can creep on Airbnb

10.12.2026
Cops can creep on Airbnb

LAW

Florida Attorney General sues Discord, claims messaging site is ‘public nuisance’
10.19.2026

Florida Attorney General sues Discord, claims messaging site is ‘public nuisance’

French police use facial recognition, social media images to identify rioters
10.15.2026

Reno PD liability in facial recognition arrest lawsuit comes down to training

Brivas sues Match Group alleging use of FaceTec liveness detection violates 8 patents
10.13.2026

Brivas sues Match Group alleging use of FaceTec liveness detection violates 8 patents

Cops can creep on Airbnb
10.12.2026

Cops can creep on Airbnb

AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo

AI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior Photo

10.12.2026
Biometrics industry urges Congress to expand border screening, set limits on traveler profiling

Biometrics industry urges Congress to expand border screening, set limits on traveler profiling

10.09.2026
Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional

Footage of the Flock Search a Judge Ruled Unconstitutional

10.09.2026
Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch

Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch

10.08.2026
Apple, Google lobby lawmakers to remove liability from draft online safety bills

Apple, Google lobby lawmakers to remove liability from draft online safety bills

10.08.2026
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

10.02.2026
Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

10.01.2026

WORLD

How a Massive Chinese Crime Ring Hacked Staples to Steal Millions

How a Massive Chinese Crime Ring Hacked Staples to Steal Millions

10.19.2026

A Chinese organized crime hacked into retail giant Staples, used that access to fraudulently issue millions of dollars worth of...

There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot
10.15.2026

There’s Nothing Mysterious or Unusual About the Viral German Sexual Harassment Robot

Companies House secures its first convictions for failure to comply with ID verification
10.13.2026

Companies House secures its first convictions for failure to comply with ID verification

UK sets rules for live facial recognition in immigration enforcement
10.13.2026

UK sets rules for live facial recognition in immigration enforcement


DIG DEEPER

Can Microbes Solve the Copper Problem? | Bloomberg Primer
6 days ago

Can Microbes Solve the Copper Problem? | Bloomberg Primer

Will robots do our housework?
3 weeks ago

Will robots do our housework?

Teleoperation: The human behind the humanoid
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Teleoperation: The human behind the humanoid

VIDEODROME

Why Big AI Is Pouring Millions Into the Midterms
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AI Agents Are Moving Into the Real World
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AI Agents Are Moving Into the Real World

New Higgsfield AI Tool Makes AI Influencer From Scratch
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