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ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement

Meta smart glasses quietly enter Florida law enforcement

DHS surveillance spending tops .9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands

DHS surveillance spending tops $2.9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands

Deepfakes projected to spike 495% by end of 2026

Deepfakes projected to spike 495% by end of 2026

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

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

ICE seeks AI platform to analyze billions of investigative records

ICE seeks AI platform to analyze billions of investigative records

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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

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration

Posted on 08.16.2026
Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

Posted on 08.16.2026
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

Posted on 08.16.2026
Visa acquires behavioral biometrics pioneer BioCatch

Visa acquires behavioral biometrics pioneer BioCatch

Posted on 08.06.2026
The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

The SEC Bought Airline Data to Monitor Flights Worldwide

Posted on 08.06.2026
How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

How Cops Are Trying to Hide Their Use of Flock

Posted on 08.06.2026

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

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

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

08.06.2026

Vietnam is accelerating its national digital identity programme through new legislation, expanded e-ID access for foreign residents and wider deployment...

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems
08.06.2026

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems

EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy
08.06.2026

EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy


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