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BIOMETRICS

California launches next phase of state cybersecurity plan as AI changes threat landscape

California launches next phase of state cybersecurity plan as AI changes threat landscape

Visa acquires behavioral biometrics pioneer BioCatch

Visa acquires behavioral biometrics pioneer BioCatch

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

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

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems

Immigration enforcement drives surge in FBI DNA database

Immigration enforcement drives surge in FBI DNA database

Can biometrics decode criminality?

Can biometrics decode criminality?

EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy

EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy

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Songs You Imagine Can Be Decoded Directly From Your Brain

Songs You Imagine Can Be Decoded Directly From Your Brain

Relative pitch sequence of imagined melodies can be decoded from intracranial brain signals to reconstruct songs.

Why Gaining Free Time Unexpectedly Makes People Late

Why Gaining Free Time Unexpectedly Makes People Late

Unexpectedly gained free time subjectively expands in our minds, causing people to perform tasks slower and arrive late.

Psychedelics and Ketamine Rewire Brain Immune Signals in Depression

Psychedelics and Ketamine Rewire Brain Immune Signals in Depression

Ketamine and psychedelics share a neuroimmune signaling pathway involving IL-15 and IL-7, offering blood-based biomarkers to predict antidepressant […]

Community Gatherings Halve Cognitive Disability Risk in Older Adults

Community Gatherings Halve Cognitive Disability Risk in Older Adults

Community gathering places cut four-year cognitive disability risk in half for older adults without regular exercise habits.

TRF2 Preserves Muscle Stem Cell Identity and Drive Repair

TRF2 Preserves Muscle Stem Cell Identity and Drive Repair

The telomere protein TRF2 regulates non-telomeric G-quadruplex DNA structures in muscle stem cells to preserve cell identity, drive […]

Protein Restriction Improves Metabolism and Longevity

Protein Restriction Improves Metabolism and Longevity

Researchers demonstrates that dietary protein restriction improves metabolism, elevates FGF21, and extends lifespan, challenging current high-protein dietary trends […]

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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

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
Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems

Peru introduces biometric foreign resident ID linked to police systems

Posted on 08.06.202608.06.2026
Immigration enforcement drives surge in FBI DNA database

Immigration enforcement drives surge in FBI DNA database

Posted on 08.06.202608.06.2026
Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

Cops Used Flock to Track a Man Across State Lines to Create Pretext to Search His Car for Weed

Posted on 08.06.2026

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Late-Night Snacking Triggers Metabolic Disease in Night Owls
07.14.2026

Late-Night Snacking Triggers Metabolic Disease in Night Owls

A new study reveals that evening chronotypes (night owls) experience significantly higher body fat percentages, visceral adiposity, elevated blood glucose,...

Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD

07.14.2026
Study Maps Brain Stem Networks to Help Patients Regulate PTSD

Some Pre-Cooked Seafood May Carry More Chemicals Than Raw Fish, Study Finds

07.13.2026
Some Pre-Cooked Seafood May Carry More Chemicals Than Raw Fish, Study Finds

I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back

07.13.2026
I Bought the ,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back

Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds

07.09.2026
Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements
07.13.2026

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements

I Bought the ,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back
07.13.2026

I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suit That Electrocutes You. I’m Sending It Back

Decreasing Productivity Can Precede a Dementia Diagnosis by Years
07.12.2026

Decreasing Productivity Can Precede a Dementia Diagnosis by Years

Study Maps the 9 Distinct Types of Procrastinators
07.11.2026

Study Maps the 9 Distinct Types of Procrastinators

AI Chip Mimicking Brain’s Reflex Center Developed

AI Chip Mimicking Brain’s Reflex Center Developed

07.10.2026
The “Merge” With AI Has Already Begun

The “Merge” With AI Has Already Begun

07.09.2026

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

NZ Policing Bill raises MPs alarm over expanded biometric powers
07.14.2026

NZ Policing Bill raises MPs alarm over expanded biometric powers


DIG DEEPER

VIDEODROME

Why Young Investors Are Taking On So Much Risk
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Why Young Investors Are Taking On So Much Risk

How AI Changes if Open Source Gets Banned
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How AI Changes if Open Source Gets Banned

Mitsubishi Reveals New AI Humanoid Robot “N” Coming 2027
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Mitsubishi Reveals New AI Humanoid Robot “N” Coming 2027

Dream Job Abroad? It Could Be a Trafficking Trap
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Dream Job Abroad? It Could Be a Trafficking Trap

C1 Neurons Drive Chronic Anxiety
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C1 Neurons Drive Chronic Anxiety


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