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BIOMETRICS

Indonesia’s IKD digital ID passes 20.5M users

Indonesia’s IKD digital ID passes 20.5M users

Partnership widens Persona IDV availability for US colleges

Partnership widens Persona IDV availability for US colleges

CBP seeks walk-through biometric facial comparison at 38 airport terminals

CBP seeks walk-through biometric facial comparison at 38 airport terminals

South Africa seeks facial recognition for police body, dashboard cameras

South Africa seeks facial recognition for police body, dashboard cameras

Passkey enrolment pretext leads to a spike in Microsoft social engineering attacks

Passkey enrolment pretext leads to a spike in Microsoft social engineering attacks

EU sends US biometric border-sharing deal to Council as deadline looms

EU sends US biometric border-sharing deal to Council as deadline looms

Meta’s smart glasses privacy defense falters when AI can use camera without recording light

Meta’s smart glasses privacy defense falters when AI can use camera without recording light

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

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.

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center

‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center

Neuroscience

Central Genetic Switch Controls Long-Distance Axon Navigation

Central Genetic Switch Controls Long-Distance Axon Navigation

Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging

Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging

Brain Activity Predicts Risky Choices Half a Second Before They Are Made

Brain Activity Predicts Risky Choices Half a Second Before They Are Made

Immune Protein Protects Brain Against Depression and PTSD After TBI

Immune Protein Protects Brain Against Depression and PTSD After TBI

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

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

LAW

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable
#Crime #Ethics #Law

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

09.15.2026
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

Indonesia’s IKD digital ID passes 20.5M users

Indonesia’s IKD digital ID passes 20.5M users

Indonesia’s digital population identity program has passed 20.5 million users, according to the Directorate General of Population and […]

Partnership widens Persona IDV availability for US colleges

Partnership widens Persona IDV availability for US colleges

Fraud is threatening to overwhelm the education sector, as a U.S. Department of Education review flagging 300,000 student […]

CBP seeks walk-through biometric facial comparison at 38 airport terminals

CBP seeks walk-through biometric facial comparison at 38 airport terminals

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking a biometric capture system that can photograph Global Entry travelers […]

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

In a move that should surprise zero people but is worth noting nonetheless, three felony charges against a […]

South Africa seeks facial recognition for police body, dashboard cameras

South Africa seeks facial recognition for police body, dashboard cameras

South Africa’s State Information Technology Agency is seeking a supplier to equip its national police with facial recognition […]

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

Many years ago, in the early days after email was widely adopted, the technology faced an existential crisis: […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

Posted on 09.15.2026
Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers

Posted on 09.14.2026
Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Posted on 09.14.2026
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

Posted on 09.14.2026
AI agents change the identity security question in the middle of enterprises’ answer

AI agents change the identity security question in the middle of enterprises’ answer

Posted on 09.10.2026
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

Clearview AI prototype points to next phase of facial recognition: identity intelligence

Posted on 09.10.2026

BUSINESS

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent
09.09.2026

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

A new patent granted to Seventh Sense AI by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) protects the company’s...

Microsoft launches Age API, following OS-level declared age range model

09.09.2026
Microsoft launches Age API, following OS-level declared age range model

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

09.09.2026
NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

09.07.2026
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

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

CRIME

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable
09.15.2026

Charges Against Man Who Destroyed 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera Drastically Reduced After State Admits It Was Not Very Valuable

In a move that should surprise zero people but is worth noting nonetheless, three felony charges against a man who...

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

09.14.2026
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

09.14.2026
New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale

09.09.2026
IDScan confirms breach after 170M identity documents put up for sale

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

08.28.2026
Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

USA

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’
09.14.2026

Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites
09.14.2026

New York Seizes 12 Celebrity Deepfake Websites

‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center
09.11.2026

‘We Did Not Invite You.’ Citizens Rage at Town Hall Over Proposed Nuclear AI Data Center

Doctor Doom Thanked Seattle for All the Surveillance Cameras
09.09.2026

Doctor Doom Thanked Seattle for All the Surveillance Cameras

Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment

Hollywood gives indiscriminate live facial recognition the superhero treatment

09.09.2026
Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

Seventh Sense biometrics, PKI-based chat privacy protections granted US patent

09.09.2026
Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

Channel 5 Gave Hunter Biden a List of Its Subscribers’ Emails for Some Reason

09.09.2026
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over

A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over

09.08.2026
Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

Utah launches Digital Apostille Process

09.07.2026
Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

09.03.2026
Meta sued over alleged facial recognition training for smart glasses

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

09.02.2026

WORLD

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide

09.15.2026

Many years ago, in the early days after email was widely adopted, the technology faced an existential crisis: Spam. Instantly...

Australia shifts online safety debate from age checks to platform accountability
09.09.2026

Australia shifts online safety debate from age checks to platform accountability

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo
09.09.2026

NEC, SoftBank launch face biometrics payments pilot in Tokyo

EU-funded TrustED project develops framework unlocking data collaboration across Europe
09.09.2026

EU-funded TrustED project develops framework unlocking data collaboration across Europe


DIG DEEPER

AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown
1 day ago

AI Companies Begin to Align Around Slowdown

Meta Just Settled for  Billion. Here’s What That Means for You.
1 week ago

Meta Just Settled for $18 Billion. Here’s What That Means for You.

How to deal with the data center dilemma
2 weeks ago

How to deal with the data center dilemma

Higgsfield Genjutsu Just Changed AI Video Forever
2 weeks ago

Higgsfield Genjutsu Just Changed AI Video Forever

Where to Start AI Coding if You’re Not Yet
2 weeks ago

Where to Start AI Coding if You’re Not Yet

VIDEODROME

ChatGPT-6 Astra: Almost Human or Just Hyped?
2 days ago

ChatGPT-6 Astra: Almost Human or Just Hyped?

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra vs Anthropic Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash
1 week ago

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra vs Anthropic Fable 5.1 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash

Japanese ATOM Robot Demos Shocking AI, Omni 1.1 Flash, OpenAI Astra
2 weeks ago

Japanese ATOM Robot Demos Shocking AI, Omni 1.1 Flash, OpenAI Astra

How We Deal with Rogue AI
3 weeks ago

How We Deal with Rogue AI

5 Rules for AI Writing
3 weeks ago

5 Rules for AI Writing


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