Skip to content
Wednesday, August 26 2026
B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N
Biometrics ∙ Robotics ∙ Artificial Intelligence ∙ Neuroscience
  • #AI
  • #Biometrics
  • #Education
  • #Ethics
  • #Neuroscience
  • #Robotics
  • #Science
  • #Technology
Shuffle

BIOMETRICS

USCIS plans 0 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

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

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

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

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

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI

HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

The expanding role of face biometrics, for better and for worse

The expanding role of face biometrics, for better and for worse

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

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

Author: Curator

Deepfakes projected to spike 495% by end of 2026

Deepfakes projected to spike 495% by end of 2026

Shufti’s new research reveals a rapid surge in deepfake AI-powered identity fraud which is projected to increase by […]

What does it take for a robot to hold a conversation with a room, not just a person?

What does it take for a robot to hold a conversation with a room, not just a person?

By Umar Farooq That was one of the questions at the heart of my last week (20th-24th July) […]

Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party

Meta has filed a patent for its AI smartglasses that uses facial recognition to automatically detect who is […]

Challenge to facial recognition at protests to be examined by Supreme Court of India

Challenge to facial recognition at protests to be examined by Supreme Court of India

India’s Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the deployment of facial recognition technology (FRT) and other biometric […]

ICE seeks AI platform to analyze billions of investigative records

ICE seeks AI platform to analyze billions of investigative records

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is exploring a centralized investigative platform that would place generative AI on […]

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

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

Welcome back to the Abstract! We’re back to our regularly-scheduled programming this week, so here are the studies […]

Posts navigation

← Older Posts
→ Newer Posts

ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

USCIS plans 0 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project

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

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026
Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure

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

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

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

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026
Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026
HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

HarmonEyes brings eye tracking technology to the age assurance space

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026
The expanding role of face biometrics, for better and for worse

The expanding role of face biometrics, for better and for worse

Posted on 08.26.202608.26.2026

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Children can understand falsification through evidence as early as age 4
08.16.2026

Children can understand falsification through evidence as early as age 4

WORLD

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI

08.26.2026

Scotland's chief inspector of constabulary is urging police to accelerate the adoption of technologies including live facial recognition, drones and...

Scotland’s police inspector backs faster rollout of facial recognition, AI
08.26.2026

Scotland weighs LFR policies as police request mask ban, ethics study launches

Vietnam’s digital ID push accelerates across airports, immigration and government
08.06.2026

Vietnam’s digital ID push accelerates across airports, immigration and government

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems
08.06.2026

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems


DIG DEEPER

VIDEODROME


Subscribe now to the monthly B∙R∙AI∙N newsletter!

  • Bluesky
  • Mail
  • Mastodon
Copyright ©2026. LEGACYLICIOUS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

B∙R∙AI∙N is the brainchild of Steven John Thompson, PhD, who aggregates and curates its content. Find more about Steve here or here and access some of his ethics in science and emerging technologies reference books below.

Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society
Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies
∙
  • BRAIN:
  • #Climate
  • #Crime
  • #Entertainment
  • #Government
  • #Humanity
  • #Nature
  • #Politics
  • Regulation
  • #Space
  • • Privacy Policy •
Scroll to top