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BIOMETRICS

European Union sets new identity verification standards under AMLR

European Union sets new identity verification standards under AMLR

New initiative registered for sovereign European AI domains

New initiative registered for sovereign European AI domains

Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch

Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch

ICE observer lawsuit shows how Palantir records can feed border screening, analytics

ICE observer lawsuit shows how Palantir records can feed border screening, analytics

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

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

Palm vein biometrics pilot launched at Brazil-Paraguay bridge border crossing

Palm vein biometrics pilot launched at Brazil-Paraguay bridge border crossing

Indonesia seeks facial liveness technology for national digital ID

Indonesia seeks facial liveness technology for national digital ID

  • #AI
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  • #Education
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  • #Neuroscience
  • #Robotics
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Robotics

Robots in society, business and culture: August 2026

Robots in society, business and culture: August 2026

Building and programming autonomous robots at the York Micromaze Hackathon

Building and programming autonomous robots at the York Micromaze Hackathon

A.I.

TSA: Integrating generative and predictive AI into checkpoint screening

TSA: Integrating generative and predictive AI into checkpoint screening

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They’re Horrified

Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They’re Horrified

AI Love Song for Mistress Played at Murder Trial Is Most Excruciating Watch in Recent Memory

AI Love Song for Mistress Played at Murder Trial Is Most Excruciating Watch in Recent Memory

Neuroscience

Higher BMI Linked to Longer Survival After a Dementia Diagnosis

Higher BMI Linked to Longer Survival After a Dementia Diagnosis

Can We Predict Hearing Loss Long Before Symptoms Ever Start?

Can We Predict Hearing Loss Long Before Symptoms Ever Start?

How Dark Traits Reshape Speech

How Dark Traits Reshape Speech

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

How Brain Cells Lock In Short-Term Memories

Microglia Rescue Vulnerable Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson’s

Microglia Rescue Vulnerable Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson’s

LAW

Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch
#Biometrics #Law #World

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
#Biometrics #Business #Data #Ethics #Government #Law #USA

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
#Crime #Data #Ethics #Law

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

10.02.2026
Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal
#AI #Chatbots #Law

Lawyer Cites ChatGPT-Invented Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal

10.01.2026
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting
#Business #Ethics #Law #USA

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

09.24.2026
Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match
#Biometrics #Crime #Ethics #Law #USA

Civil liberties groups join lawsuit over Reno PD reliance on third-party LFR match

09.24.2026

Higher BMI Linked to Longer Survival After a Dementia Diagnosis

Higher BMI Linked to Longer Survival After a Dementia Diagnosis

A study of 4,500+ adults shows overweight or obese BMI at dementia diagnosis is linked to significantly lower […]

Can We Predict Hearing Loss Long Before Symptoms Ever Start?

Can We Predict Hearing Loss Long Before Symptoms Ever Start?

Precision phenotyping combining audiometric data and genetics predicts sensorineural hearing loss far more accurately than standard billing codes.

European Union sets new identity verification standards under AMLR

European Union sets new identity verification standards under AMLR

The EU is moving closer to a common set of customer identity verification requirements under its new Anti-Money […]

New initiative registered for sovereign European AI domains

New initiative registered for sovereign European AI domains

An European Citizens’ initiative has been set up calling for the creation of a European Digital Space for […]

Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch

Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch

The Finnish Government has laid down the regulatory framework for European Digital Identity Wallets, introducing supplemental national legislation […]

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

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

A new expose shows Apple and Google engaged in “a massive effort to press state lawmakers to adopt […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

ICE observer lawsuit shows how Palantir records can feed border screening, analytics

ICE observer lawsuit shows how Palantir records can feed border screening, analytics

Posted on 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

Posted on 10.08.2026
Palm vein biometrics pilot launched at Brazil-Paraguay bridge border crossing

Palm vein biometrics pilot launched at Brazil-Paraguay bridge border crossing

Posted on 10.08.2026
TSA: Integrating generative and predictive AI into checkpoint screening

TSA: Integrating generative and predictive AI into checkpoint screening

Posted on 10.08.2026
Trump Mobile breach exposes customer data as earlier security failures resurface

Trump Mobile breach exposes customer data as earlier security failures resurface

Posted on 10.08.2026
Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage

Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage

Posted on 10.08.2026

BUSINESS

ICE observer lawsuit shows how Palantir records can feed border screening, analytics
10.08.2026

ICE observer lawsuit shows how Palantir records can feed border screening, analytics

Newly unsealed court records showing how information collected on people observing immigration arrests in Maine later contributed to a border...

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

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

CEOs Are Losing Control of AI

09.24.2026
CEOs Are Losing Control of AI

People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

09.24.2026
People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

09.24.2026
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

CRIME

Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage
10.08.2026

Lawmakers Introduce Multiple Laws to Curb Flock After 404 Media Coverage

Multiple Democrat, Republican, and Independent lawmakers have introduced new pieces of legislation that, if passed, would dramatically curb federal agencies’...

Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims

10.02.2026
Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims

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

10.02.2026
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data

09.29.2026
FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data

FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit

09.24.2026
FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit

USA

ICE observer lawsuit shows how Palantir records can feed border screening, analytics
10.08.2026

ICE observer lawsuit shows how Palantir records can feed border screening, analytics

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

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

TSA: Integrating generative and predictive AI into checkpoint screening
10.08.2026

TSA: Integrating generative and predictive AI into checkpoint screening

Trump Mobile breach exposes customer data as earlier security failures resurface
10.08.2026

Trump Mobile breach exposes customer data as earlier security failures resurface

How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program

10.01.2026
How the Feds Get Your Data

How the Feds Get Your Data

10.01.2026
USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’

USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’

10.01.2026
FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data

FBI Hackers Say They Won’t Publish Massive Trove of FBI Employee Data

09.29.2026
US Social Security becomes major test of digital identity at scale

US Social Security becomes major test of digital identity at scale

09.29.2026
DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

DHS expands RIVR testing to deepfakes, AI-generated IDs

09.24.2026
Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

09.24.2026

WORLD

European Union sets new identity verification standards under AMLR

European Union sets new identity verification standards under AMLR

10.08.2026

The EU is moving closer to a common set of customer identity verification requirements under its new Anti-Money Laundering Regulation...

New initiative registered for sovereign European AI domains
10.08.2026

New initiative registered for sovereign European AI domains

Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch
10.08.2026

Finland prepares for European digital ID wallets ahead of legislative launch

Palm vein biometrics pilot launched at Brazil-Paraguay bridge border crossing
10.08.2026

Palm vein biometrics pilot launched at Brazil-Paraguay bridge border crossing


DIG DEEPER

Will robots do our housework?
1 day ago

Will robots do our housework?

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

AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown
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AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown

VIDEODROME

AI Agents Are Moving Into the Real World
3 days ago

AI Agents Are Moving Into the Real World

New Higgsfield AI Tool Makes AI Influencer From Scratch
3 days ago

New Higgsfield AI Tool Makes AI Influencer From Scratch

ChatGPT-6 Astra: Almost Human or Just Hyped?
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