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BIOMETRICS

New York proposes biometric checks for sports betting apps

New York proposes biometric checks for sports betting apps

UK project uses supercomputers, synthetic data to improve emotion recognition

UK project uses supercomputers, synthetic data to improve emotion recognition

Agentic AI pushes financial sector toward continuous identity

Agentic AI pushes financial sector toward continuous identity

UK lawmakers prepare for contentious national digital ID, police biometrics bills

UK lawmakers prepare for contentious national digital ID, police biometrics bills

Stop treating identity as a compliance step. It’s infrastructure now

Stop treating identity as a compliance step. It’s infrastructure now

If you build it, they will leave: experts warn UK gov’t on digital ID approach

If you build it, they will leave: experts warn UK gov’t on digital ID approach

Meta uses AI profiling to infer user age, enforce teen restrictions

Meta uses AI profiling to infer user age, enforce teen restrictions

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How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates

How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates

The Five Faces of Sleep: What Your Brain Reveals at Rest

The Five Faces of Sleep: What Your Brain Reveals at Rest

How Music Evolves With You: A Soundtrack to Consciousness and Change.

How Music Evolves With You: A Soundtrack to Consciousness and Change.

Time Travelers of the Mind: Inside the Extraordinary World of Hyperthymesia

Time Travelers of the Mind: Inside the Extraordinary World of Hyperthymesia

Travel biometrics making new connections

Travel biometrics making new connections

Airport biometrics projects and companies are breaking new ground and intersecting with other industry trends, from digital wallets […]

This Personality Trait Makes Dreams More Bizarre, Scientists Discover

This Personality Trait Makes Dreams More Bizarre, Scientists Discover

Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the stories this week that dared to dream, slinked through the […]

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B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N ∙ W A V E S

  • ‘It’s the Only Way’: Why Kevin O’Leary Doesn’t Believe in Traditional Celebrity Endorsements
    ❖ | INC
  • Cloudflare Just Cut 20% of Its Workforce. The Reason Why Is a Warning for the ‘Agentic AI’ Era
    ❖ | INC
  • Robot Talk Episode 155 – Making aerial robots smarter, with Melissa Greeff
    ❖ | ROBOHUB
  • Why Regret Loses Its Sting as We Age
    ❖ | NEUROSCIENCE NEWS
  • High Cognitive Scores Might Predict Depressive Relapse
    ❖ | NEUROSCIENCE NEWS
  • They can read your thoughts. Who will protect your mind?
    ❖ | KNOWING NEURONS
  • SGK1 Bridges Early Life Adversity, Genetic Risk, and Depression
    ❖ | KNOWING NEURONS
  • Robotically assembled building blocks could make construction more efficient and sustainable
    ❖ | ROBOHUB
  • iRobot Founder Wants to Put a Robotic Familiar Into Your Home
    ❖ | IEEE SPECTRUM
  • New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots
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ETHICS ▶︎ IDENTITY | PRIVACY | SECURITY | SURVEILLANCE

New York proposes biometric checks for sports betting apps

New York proposes biometric checks for sports betting apps

Posted on 05.08.2026
ICE Plans to Develop Own Smart Glasses to ‘Supplement’ Its Facial Recognition App

ICE Plans to Develop Own Smart Glasses to ‘Supplement’ Its Facial Recognition App

Posted on 05.08.202605.08.2026
Agentic AI pushes financial sector toward continuous identity

Agentic AI pushes financial sector toward continuous identity

Posted on 05.08.202605.08.2026
UK lawmakers prepare for contentious national digital ID, police biometrics bills

UK lawmakers prepare for contentious national digital ID, police biometrics bills

Posted on 05.08.202605.08.2026
Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance

Larry Ellison: Oracle of Surveillance

Posted on 05.08.202605.08.2026
Disruptions to digital services and a surge in phishing emails

Disruptions to digital services and a surge in phishing emails

Posted on 05.08.202605.08.2026

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Plastic Is Building Up In Human Brains, And Junk Food May Be Making It Worse
05.07.2026

Plastic Is Building Up In Human Brains, And Junk Food May Be Making It Worse

A plastic spoon's worth of tiny fragments, quietly accumulating inside the human brain. That image is no longer science fiction....

Face And Body Itch Follow Distinct Nerve Pathways, Study Suggests

05.07.2026
Face And Body Itch Follow Distinct Nerve Pathways, Study Suggests

People Who Lose Weight On Ozempic-Type Drugs Stigmatized Worse Than Those Who Stay Heavy

05.05.2026
People Who Lose Weight On Ozempic-Type Drugs Stigmatized Worse Than Those Who Stay Heavy

Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

04.30.2026
Glucose Levels Signal the Growth of Myelin

AI Found the Key to Pre-Symptom Alzheimer’s

04.29.2026
AI Found the Key to Pre-Symptom Alzheimer’s

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots
05.07.2026

New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots

Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next
05.07.2026

Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression
05.02.2026

How Scientists Cracked the Ketamine Code for Depression

Why Agentic AI Requires More Than Better Models
04.30.2026

Why Agentic AI Requires More Than Better Models

“Warm” AI Chatbots Are More Likely to Lie

“Warm” AI Chatbots Are More Likely to Lie

04.29.2026
Tug-of-War of Life: Fertilized Eggs Keep Two Separate Nuclei

Tug-of-War of Life: Fertilized Eggs Keep Two Separate Nuclei

04.29.2026
AI Uncovers a Hidden “Grammar” in DNA Packaging

AI Uncovers a Hidden “Grammar” in DNA Packaging

04.29.2026
Sympathetic Nerves Found to Slow Melanoma Growth

Sympathetic Nerves Found to Slow Melanoma Growth

04.29.2026
How Potassium Fluctuations Trigger Brain Receptors

How Potassium Fluctuations Trigger Brain Receptors

04.29.2026
43% of Antipsychotics for Seniors Start in Hospitals

43% of Antipsychotics for Seniors Start in Hospitals

04.28.2026
Scientists Investigated a Frequency Linked to ‘Paranormal’ Encounters. The Results Were Unsettling.

Scientists Investigated a Frequency Linked to ‘Paranormal’ Encounters. The Results Were Unsettling.

04.28.2026

WORLD

UK project uses supercomputers, synthetic data to improve emotion recognition
05.08.2026

UK project uses supercomputers, synthetic data to improve emotion recognition

‘HELLO BOSS’: Inside the Chinese Realtime Deepfake Software Powering Scams Around the World
05.08.2026

‘HELLO BOSS’: Inside the Chinese Realtime Deepfake Software Powering Scams Around the World

UK lawmakers prepare for contentious national digital ID, police biometrics bills
05.08.2026

UK lawmakers prepare for contentious national digital ID, police biometrics bills

Digital ID is one of 12 priority area for the UK government that may merit a place in the traditional...

They can read your thoughts. Who will protect your mind?

They can read your thoughts. Who will protect your mind?

05.06.2026
If you build it, they will leave: experts warn UK gov’t on digital ID approach

If you build it, they will leave: experts warn UK gov’t on digital ID approach

05.06.2026
UK regulators pan patchwork policy for law enforcement facial recognition

UK regulators pan patchwork policy for law enforcement facial recognition

05.05.2026
Germany launches program to bring open source maintainers into standards bodies

Germany launches program to bring open source maintainers into standards bodies

05.01.2026
Austria adds digital student id to eAusweise wallet with Youniqx Identity

Austria adds digital student id to eAusweise wallet with Youniqx Identity

05.01.2026
Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes

Meta threatens to pull its apps from New Mexico if forced to make ‘technologically impractical’ changes

04.30.2026
LATAM, Asian firms pass biometric PAD assessments from iBeta

LATAM, Asian firms pass biometric PAD assessments from iBeta

04.30.2026
DIG DEEPER
Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next

Scientists Gave ‘Aggressive’ Fish Psychedelic Drugs. A Breakthrough Came Next

05.07.2026
Water Lily Genomes Reveal Angiosperm Evolution Innovations

Water Lily Genomes Reveal Angiosperm Evolution Innovations

05.07.2026
‘Nature’ Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education

‘Nature’ Retracts Paper on the Benefits of ChatGPT in Education

05.04.2026
A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything

A Climate Change Novel That Questions Everything

04.30.2026
The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover

The Destroyed Remnants of a Lost World Are Falling to Earth, Scientists Discover

04.17.2026

VIDEODROME

New OMNI Humanoid Robot 2026 Release SHAKES AI Industry
3 days ago

New OMNI Humanoid Robot 2026 Release SHAKES AI Industry

Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup
4 days ago

Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup

The Fake MAGA Influencer: How AI Powers New Scams
4 days ago

The Fake MAGA Influencer: How AI Powers New Scams

How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates
4 days ago

How to Spot a Russian Deepfake | Bloomberg Investigates

Time Travelers of the Mind: Inside the Extraordinary World of Hyperthymesia
5 days ago

Time Travelers of the Mind: Inside the Extraordinary World of Hyperthymesia

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