The European Commission Wednesday proposed the Data Act, comprised of harmonized rules on access to and use of data generated in the EU across all…
Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced Thursday that the country will be closing its airspaces and asked the government to declare a state of emergency following…
Lithuania declared a state of emergency Thursday, in response to the “large military forces massed in Russia and Belarus,” hours after the invasion of Russia…
While consumer tech players ramp up investments in the metaverse, the business-to-business (B2B) world is growing the metaverse’s more pragmatic commercial parallel: digital twins. Amazon…
This Commentary is the first in a series of essays that will examine the strategic significance of the Black Sea region to the United…
New York-based Beyond Identity has raised $100 million in a fundraising round to grow its presence in the multi-factor authentication (MFA) market into new locations…
In anticipation of Russia’s military invasion of the Ukraine, a requirement has been proposed that Russians traveling in or through the European Union carry biometric…
The UK government will require social media and tech platforms to provide identity verification through options like ID document verification and face biometrics as a…
South Korea-based Suprema has unveiled its newest security and safety certificates for its biometrics and other access control technologies, including compliance with the EU’s privacy regime.…
A research report by CB Insights has posited that the development of ‘super apps’ from single-function digital wallets is fast gaining ground, with the trend…
The Central Intelligence Agency has secretly been running mass surveillance operations to collect data on Americans, according to a newly published letter written by Sens.…
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”— George Orwell The U.S. government, which speaks in a language of force,…
If Mass General Hospital (MGH) has its way, law enforcement officers in the United States will soon be using portable functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) scanners…
Investment giants BlackRock and The Vanguard Group stand to benefit from their ownership stakes in most of the corporations that imposed COVID vaccine mandates, and…
On Monday, the Canadian government announced drastic plans to freeze the bank accounts of protesters associated with the Freedom Convoy – a movement that’s standing…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act on Monday to give the federal government additional powers to quell the “Freedom Convoy” protests that…
The Spain Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday that it is investigating 68 cases of alleged sexual abuse of minors by Catholic church staff members. This…
Austria’s best-selling newspaper says the government’s introduction of a mandatory vaccination policy has had no discernible impact on jab uptake in the nation’s capital and…
The Coutts Blockade remains, despite the government of Alberta loosening restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, blockade protestors are saying they will remain until…
Sweden, a country which never imposed significant lockdown measures, has officially declared that the COVID-19 pandemic is “over” and announced that it will be lifting…