Ian Profiri is JURIST’s Staff Correspondent for Canada. He files this dispatch from Calgary. Today marks the second official day of the “Freedom Convoy” protests…
Research has determined that wearing Virtual Reality (VR) headsets can cause behavioral changes, balance issues, cognitive problems, eye problems (soreness, vision changes), headaches, and other discomforts. In fact, last summer Facebook recalled…
The 50,000 strong truck drivers heading to Ottawa, Canada’s capital, expected to arrive as early as Saturday, may break a world record for the longest convoy.…
Widespread expectations that 5G will be a green technology are not currently backed up by a strong, publicly available, fully transparent evidence base, warns a…
The family says he was at the front of the line to receive a transplant but because he has not received the COVID-19 vaccination he…
Up to 8,500 U.S. troops are now under “heightened preparedness’ for a potential deployment to aid Ukraine under orders from President Joe Biden, Pentagon spokesman…
Suspending Russia from SWIFT – an international system of financial transactions between banks operated by a Belgium-based company – could massively backfire on Europe, Deputy…
If you ask most people to name the key technologies of the metaverse, they’ll usually focus on the eyewear and graphics engines. If they’re sophisticated, they’ll…
Supercomputers and facial recognition dominated the headlines this week in AI — but not necessarily in equal measure. Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook,…
Increasing instances of crime against drivers of two of the world’s biggest ridesharing companies, Uber and Lyft, have triggered a push for biometrics as a…
Two UK-based companies using Hitachi’s finger vein biometric technology are joining forces to bring their combined expertise into each other’s sectors and beyond. Croma Security…
Will current trends in biometric identity proofing and authentication reverse or accelerate? Where should businesses focus their investment dollars to get the most benefit, and…
The SVIP awards $1.7 million through 5 funding phases, with phase 1 individual awards from $50,000 to $200,000. Submissions should focus on the human performance…
Fingerprint biometrics can reveal a good deal more about an individual than who they are, as attendees of a presentation from The European Association for…
Quantum batteries have the potential to store energy in a new class of compact and powerful devices that could fuel the adoption of renewable energy and…
Israeli news portal Calcalist published an investigative report Tuesday revealing that Israeli police allegedly used NSO group’s Pegasus spyware to remotely access, control and extract data from…
A Pakistan sessions court in Rawalpindi Wednesday sentenced a Muslim woman to death for committing blasphemy by insulting Prophet Muhammad over WhatsApp messages. Aneeqa Atteeq was accused…
The Central Bank of Russia published a consultation paper Thursday proposing a stricter ban on the use and mining of cryptocurrencies within its territory. The paper, titled…
Former Pope Benedict XVI has been accused of mishandling four sexual abuse cases during his time as Archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1977-1982, according…
Restrictions including COVID-19 passes, mask mandates, and work-from-home requirements will be removed in England, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday. Johnson also suggested that…