From anti-drone tech to face recognition, 2026 World Cup stadiums in the US, Canada, and Mexico are subjecting fans to an array of surveillance tech. Here’s what you need to know.

I encountered a proposition that form and style are the aspects of writing that an LLM cannot mimic, thus human writers may start innovating on form as a way to compete in an oversaturated writing market (and demonstrate their humanity). But that got me thinking beyond the style and structure of writing (e.g. listicle, poem, […]

A popular virtual therapy platform is telling providers and patients they'll have to do facial scanning soon, forcing some to choose between handing over their data and continuing care.

Some AI-based video age-verification checks can be fooled with a fake mustache.

The same European Union that spent years claiming to champion privacy and data protection now requires millions to hand over biometric data just to legally cross a border.

ICE is developing its own version of smart glasses, with facial recognition tied to various databases.

Metalenz’s Polar ID face-scanning technology works even when the camera is hidden under the display.

Companies hope that biometric age-verification tech in cartridges could put flavored vapes back in business. But it's unlikely to solve the real problems.

Ultrahuman is officially back in the US and looking to disrupt the status quo with its most advanced smart ring yet.

Privacy breaches and government overreach.

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

ISLAMABAD: All relevant bank branches in Pakistan have been directed to assist Hajj pilgrims in completing the Saudi visa biometrics process, the Ministry of Religious Affairs announced on Tuesday. The decision was made during a meeting chaired by Secretary of Religious Affairs Dr. Sajid Mahmood Chohan, which reviewed ongoing Hajj operations and preparations. Read More: […]