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BIOMETRICS

IATA urges EU to extend biometric border flexibility amid EES delays

IATA urges EU to extend biometric border flexibility amid EES delays

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Bangladesh budgets US8 million for One-ID digital identity project

Bangladesh budgets US$748 million for One-ID digital identity project

From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control

From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

Tobago launches sub-national digital ID for public service access

Tobago launches sub-national digital ID for public service access

Madagascar strengthens trust architecture for national digital ID

Madagascar strengthens trust architecture for national digital ID

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

Robotics

When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study

When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study

First 11 vs 11 humanoid soccer game played at RoboCup 2026

First 11 vs 11 humanoid soccer game played at RoboCup 2026

A.I.

WIOCC secures 0M investment to expand Africa’s digital infrastructure for AI, DPI

WIOCC secures $300M investment to expand Africa’s digital infrastructure for AI, DPI

This ‘Digital Camouflage’ Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras

This ‘Digital Camouflage’ Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras

Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

Neuroscience

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline

Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline

Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain

Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain

Shame, Stigma, and Culture Prevent Male Domestic Violence Survivors From Seeking Help

Shame, Stigma, and Culture Prevent Male Domestic Violence Survivors From Seeking Help

Study of Brain Immune Cells Reveals New Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Study of Brain Immune Cells Reveals New Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

Posted on 09.02.202609.03.2026

When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study

Posted on 09.02.202609.03.2026

Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline

Posted on 08.24.202608.26.2026

Memories Mysteriously Survive After Brain Shutdown, And Scientists Don’t Know Why

Posted on 08.16.2026

Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain

Posted on 08.14.202609.03.2026

Study of Brain Immune Cells Reveals New Clues to Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Posted on 08.11.202609.03.2026

LAW

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses
#Biometrics #Business #Ethics #Law

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

09.07.2026
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
#Ethics #Government #Law #USA

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

09.03.2026
Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion
#AI #Ethics #Law #USA

Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

09.02.2026
Cops Are Asking Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From Flock So People Don’t Destroy Them
#Behavior #Law

Cops Are Asking Axon to Make Their Cameras Look Different From Flock So People Don’t Destroy Them

09.02.2026
Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute
#Behavior #Crime #Ethics #Law

Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute

08.28.2026
Meta loses bid to end BIPA voiceprint suit as case moves forward
#Biometrics #Law

Meta loses bid to end BIPA voiceprint suit as case moves forward

08.26.2026

IATA urges EU to extend biometric border flexibility amid EES delays

IATA urges EU to extend biometric border flexibility amid EES delays

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging the European Union to extend temporary flexibility measures for its […]

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Meta Platforms is facing a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit accusing the company of using photographs from Facebook […]

Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery

Breakthrough Quantum Test Resolves a Major Cosmic Mystery

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that transcended realms, switched sexes, went south, […]

Bangladesh budgets US$748 million for One-ID digital identity project

Bangladesh budgets US8 million for One-ID digital identity project

Bangladesh has revealed implementation details for its planned One-ID digital identity platform, publishing the proposed budget, issuance strategy […]

From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control

From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control

A government can require its sensitive data to stay within national borders. It can require that data to […]

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

Utah has launched an official electronic government platform that authenticates global legal documents for attesting marriage, adoption, international […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Posted on 09.07.2026
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

Posted on 09.03.2026
This ‘Digital Camouflage’ Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras

This ‘Digital Camouflage’ Shirt Confuses AI-Powered Surveillance Cameras

Posted on 09.02.2026
Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

Posted on 09.02.202609.03.2026
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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

Posted on 08.28.2026
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Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops About 404 Media’s Reporting on Abortion Case

Posted on 08.28.2026

BUSINESS

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses
09.07.2026

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Meta Platforms is facing a proposed nationwide class action lawsuit accusing the company of using photographs from Facebook and Instagram...

Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

08.28.2026
Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training

USCIS plans $100 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

08.26.2026
USCIS plans 0 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure

08.26.2026
Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

08.26.2026
DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

CRIME

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports
08.28.2026

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

Security teams are investigating a significant digital breach after cybercriminals breached systems managed by Manchester Airports Group, compromising personal information...

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

08.28.2026
ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute

08.28.2026
Florida ‘Deputy of the Year’ Used Flock to Stalk Ex, Held Gun in Her Mouth, Did a Nazi Salute

Wall Street vishing attacks expose voice as a weak link in identity security

08.26.2026
Wall Street vishing attacks expose voice as a weak link in identity security

Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera

08.26.2026
Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera

USA

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process
09.07.2026

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters
09.03.2026

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses
09.02.2026

Daytona Beach approves police facial recognition searches of driver’s license photos

Google’s Calling Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ Now
09.02.2026

Google’s Calling Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ Now

US House intelligence report urges CBP to use land border biometrics to ‘build profiles’

US House intelligence report urges CBP to use land border biometrics to ‘build profiles’

09.02.2026
Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

Texas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had Abortion

09.02.2026
Wall Street vishing attacks expose voice as a weak link in identity security

Wall Street vishing attacks expose voice as a weak link in identity security

08.26.2026
Secret ‘Keyhole’ program emerges as ICE surveillance of protestors widens

Secret ‘Keyhole’ program emerges as ICE surveillance of protestors widens

08.26.2026
DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

08.26.2026
GEO donations coincide with expanding ICE detention and biometric monitoring contracts

GEO donations coincide with expanding ICE detention and biometric monitoring contracts

08.26.2026
Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting

Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting

08.26.2026

WORLD

Bangladesh budgets US8 million for One-ID digital identity project

Bangladesh budgets US$748 million for One-ID digital identity project

09.07.2026

Bangladesh has revealed implementation details for its planned One-ID digital identity platform, publishing the proposed budget, issuance strategy and technical...

From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control
09.07.2026

From data residency to tech sovereignty: Europe rethinks control

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports
08.28.2026

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

Saudi Arabia issues deepfake guidelines as AI-driven identity threats rise
08.28.2026

Saudi Arabia issues deepfake guidelines as AI-driven identity threats rise


DIG DEEPER

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1 week ago

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1 week ago

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VIDEODROME

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