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BIOMETRICS

Facial recognition boom tests governance and public trust

Facial recognition boom tests governance and public trust

Bahamas advances digital identity strategy with maritime and border initiatives

Bahamas advances digital identity strategy with maritime and border initiatives

World shifts from crypto identity experiment to enterprise proof-of-humanity

World shifts from crypto identity experiment to enterprise proof-of-humanity

Clearview AI contract links Army special forces to wider intelligence ecosystem

Clearview AI contract links Army special forces to wider intelligence ecosystem

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker

Facial recognition plan for Kansas City buses stalls as privacy debate widens 

Facial recognition plan for Kansas City buses stalls as privacy debate widens 

Clearview AI contract links Army special forces to wider intelligence ecosystem

US police facial recognition pioneer blames user error for wrongful arrest

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Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don’t Care About Safety or Reliability

A new paper from researchers at Microsoft, Nvidia, and University of California Riverside found that AI agents with […]

We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything

We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracted with a spyware company that tells customers it ensures they can use […]

Notorious ShinyHunters publish stolen data after ransom negotiations break down

Notorious ShinyHunters publish stolen data after ransom negotiations break down

The notorious cybercriminal syndicate ShinyHunters has published a massive trove of stolen data belonging to Charter Communications, following […]

RoboChem Flex: democratisation of the autonomous synthesis robot

RoboChem Flex: democratisation of the autonomous synthesis robot

Image credit: HIMS / Nature Synthesis. In a paper published in Nature Synthesis, researchers led by Professor Timothy […]

iFlytek launches AI glasses as privacy concerns grow over wearable cameras

iFlytek launches AI glasses as privacy concerns grow over wearable cameras

iFlytek has launched a new pair of AI smart glasses aimed at turning the category from a novelty […]

Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker

ICE Appears to Be Buying Immigrants’ Tax Identifiers from a Data Broker

Posted on 06.19.2026
Facial recognition plan for Kansas City buses stalls as privacy debate widens 

Facial recognition plan for Kansas City buses stalls as privacy debate widens 

Posted on 06.19.2026
Clearview AI contract links Army special forces to wider intelligence ecosystem

US police facial recognition pioneer blames user error for wrongful arrest

Posted on 06.19.2026
ICE plans to give local police facial recognition app for immigration enforcement

ICE plans to give local police facial recognition app for immigration enforcement

Posted on 06.19.2026
US stablecoin rules could accelerate adoption of digital identity credentials

US stablecoin rules could accelerate adoption of digital identity credentials

Posted on 06.19.2026
Hackers Are Hijacking Entire Roblox Games Now

Hackers Are Hijacking Entire Roblox Games Now

Posted on 06.17.202606.17.2026

HEALTH & WELLNESS

The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover
06.22.2026

The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover

Karim Sariahmed, Marc Shi We fear that healthcare will become even more financialized as our systems become more deeply entangled...

Low Folate and B12 Proven to Drive Chronic Fatigue

05.29.2026
Low Folate and B12 Proven to Drive Chronic Fatigue

Autoimmunity Drives Long COVID Symptoms

05.28.2026
Autoimmunity Drives Long COVID Symptoms

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

05.28.2026
These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

Stem Cell Framework May Repair Traumatic Brain Injury

05.27.2026
Stem Cell Framework May Repair Traumatic Brain Injury

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger
06.22.2026

Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain
06.09.2026

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain

A Biological Signature of Consciousness Found
05.29.2026

A Biological Signature of Consciousness Found

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts
05.28.2026

These Ebola Researchers Are Stuck in US Due to Trump’s Funding Cuts

Paternal Anxiety Rewires Embryonic Growth Settings

Paternal Anxiety Rewires Embryonic Growth Settings

05.27.2026
NIST sees biometrics developers closing in on operational morph detection

NIST sees biometrics developers closing in on operational morph detection

05.27.2026
Rare Genetic Variants Drive Extreme Human Health Traits

Rare Genetic Variants Drive Extreme Human Health Traits

05.27.2026

WORLD

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain

06.09.2026

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that balanced it out, performed evasive maneuvers, decorated a...

Apple removes Russian digital ID app Max from its stores citing sanctions
06.09.2026

Apple removes Russian digital ID app Max from its stores citing sanctions

What’s Really Behind Peter Thiel’s Panicked Move to Argentina
06.03.2026

What’s Really Behind Peter Thiel’s Panicked Move to Argentina

London police transparency push raises more facial recognition concerns
05.28.2026

London police transparency push raises more facial recognition concerns


DIG DEEPER
Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger

Scientists Propose Black Holes Don’t Exist, Are Something Much Stranger

13 hours ago
Scientists Discover Vast Ancient ‘Necropolis’ Teeming With Strange New Creatures

Scientists Discover Vast Ancient ‘Necropolis’ Teeming With Strange New Creatures

1 week ago
Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain

Scientists Discover Hidden Symmetry on Earth That Nobody Can Explain

2 weeks ago

VIDEODROME

Inside the Race to Build AI Data Centers in Space
7 days ago

Inside the Race to Build AI Data Centers in Space

Inside a Brain-Chip Startup in China | Bloomberg Primer
2 weeks ago

Inside a Brain-Chip Startup in China | Bloomberg Primer

The Rise, Bankruptcy and Rebirth of 23andMe | The Circuit
3 weeks ago

The Rise, Bankruptcy and Rebirth of 23andMe | The Circuit

Nvidia’s AI PC Explained: AI Agents, Speed and Data Privacy
2 weeks ago

Nvidia’s AI PC Explained: AI Agents, Speed and Data Privacy

Why China Is Building the World’s First  Trillion Megacity
3 weeks ago

Why China Is Building the World’s First $2 Trillion Megacity

How the Electrical Grid Is Being Rebuilt for AI | Bloomberg Primer
4 weeks ago

How the Electrical Grid Is Being Rebuilt for AI | Bloomberg Primer

Inside the Fight Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown | Bloomberg Investigates
4 weeks ago

Inside the Fight Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown | Bloomberg Investigates


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