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BIOMETRICS

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

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

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’

FaceTec UR® Code adoption gaining significant real-world momentum

FaceTec UR® Code adoption gaining significant real-world momentum

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

Millions affected as cyber incident targets major UK airports

What to Expect From LLM Customization Services

What to Expect From LLM Customization Services

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

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

Google passkey attack exposes credential enrollment weak spot

Google passkey attack exposes credential enrollment weak spot

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Category: #Humanity

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 […]

Can biometrics decode criminality?

Can biometrics decode criminality?

By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As we look to facial recognition and other […]

Agentic AI demands unified approach to human and non-human identity

Agentic AI demands unified approach to human and non-human identity

By Michael Hubbard, Chief Customer Officer, Ping Identity Across our customers and broader enterprise landscape, agentic AI is […]

ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

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 09.02.2026
ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots

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

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

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

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

Posted on 08.28.2026
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

HUMANITY

Memories Mysteriously Survive After Brain Shutdown, And Scientists Don’t Know Why
08.16.2026

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 that flooded...

Can biometrics decode criminality?

08.06.2026
Can biometrics decode criminality?

Agentic AI demands unified approach to human and non-human identity

08.06.2026
Agentic AI demands unified approach to human and non-human identity

USA

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

Google’s Calling Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ Now

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

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

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

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems
08.26.2026

DHS seeks partners to licence advanced biometric systems

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
ICE Wants the Country’s Voter Data

ICE Wants the Country’s Voter Data

08.26.2026
Judge blocks Trump administration bid for driver identity database

Judge blocks Trump administration bid for driver identity database

08.26.2026
The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

08.06.2026

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

Higgsfield Genjutsu Just Changed AI Video Forever
13 hours ago

Higgsfield Genjutsu Just Changed AI Video Forever

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

Where to Start AI Coding if You’re Not Yet

Faster Than Usain Bolt? What the Chinese Robot Breakthrough Means for You
3 days ago

Faster Than Usain Bolt? What the Chinese Robot Breakthrough Means for You

VIDEODROME

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

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

How We Deal with Rogue AI
4 days ago

How We Deal with Rogue AI

5 Rules for AI Writing
5 days ago

5 Rules for AI Writing



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