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BIOMETRICS

When neighbourhood watch becomes a biometric surveillance network

When neighbourhood watch becomes a biometric surveillance network

The age of interconnected risks

The age of interconnected risks

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

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

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

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

Does what we call AI change how we govern it?

Does what we call AI change how we govern it?

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

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

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Category: #Humanity

What proof of human presence must mean when AI agents ask for approval

What proof of human presence must mean when AI agents ask for approval

By Stéphane Gervais, Founder and CEO of ApexTransform Imagine an AI agent preparing to send a confidential customer […]

How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy

How AI Chatbots Are ‘Deskilling’ Human Empathy

When I first started writing about online cultures and subcultures almost 10 years ago, one of the first […]

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

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

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’

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

Can Microbes Solve the Copper Problem? | Bloomberg Primer

Will robots do our housework?
2 weeks ago

Will robots do our housework?

Teleoperation: The human behind the humanoid
2 weeks ago

Teleoperation: The human behind the humanoid

VIDEODROME

Why Big AI Is Pouring Millions Into the Midterms
4 days ago

Why Big AI Is Pouring Millions Into the Midterms

AI Agents Are Moving Into the Real World
2 weeks ago

AI Agents Are Moving Into the Real World

New Higgsfield AI Tool Makes AI Influencer From Scratch
2 weeks ago

New Higgsfield AI Tool Makes AI Influencer From Scratch


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