The Amsterdam-based biometric payment processing startup PayByFace has announced agreements to expand into several European markets including Netherlands, UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany,…
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released a new strategy for its Children’s code, aimed at protecting the data of minors who use social…
Cigarette smokers in the Netherlands will now have the option to buy tobacco products with age verification technology. Around a hundred tobacco vending machines equipped…
Digital ID holders in Iraq will be exempt from routine security checks by police, according to a report from Shafaq News. Police in the governorate…
Several municipalities in the Netherlands want to use biometric identity verification to prevent fraud, but it’s unclear whether this conflicts with privacy legislation, according to…
Worldcoin has announced the addition of data privacy protection features, apparently in response to allegations that minors’ biometrics had been collected in Portugal. The company…
Disney California Adventure is testing out a facial recognition entry system, according to Disneyland News Today. Gates were installed at one of the Disneyland park’s…
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the finalization of new drinking water standards Wednesday that aim to reduce the amount of harmful chemicals legally…
Pindrop has won the Voice Cloning Challenge run by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with three smaller organizations. The challenge results were announced…
Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, never wrote things down. He warned that writing undermines memory – that it is nothing but a reminder of some…
An amount of land equivalent to the Isle of Wight has been added to the shorelines of 13,000 islands around the world in just the…
The German Interior Ministry continues to defend its controversial and widely criticised plans to restrict the speech, travel and economic activity of political dissidents. The Federal…
In a landmark ruling for fundamental freedoms in Colombia, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found that for over two decades the state government harassed,…
Tens of thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem against the government over the weekend and into Monday.The demonstrators are demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
The Idaho Senate approved House Bill No. 710 Wednesday, which declares that a school or public library shall not promote or make available any conduct…
Certified service providers of the Federal Reserve’s FedNow network are looking to the cloud to streamline client onboarding and drive adoption of the payments rail.…
Syria accused Israel on Monday of an attack on Iran’s diplomatic consulate in Damascus, the capital of Syria. The Syrian Ministry of Defense stated the…
Pakistan has announced its intention to expel about 600,000 Afghan citizens, an official confirmed through media reports. The deportation drive, which will begin after Eid…
The Kremlin is spending millions of dollars on facial recognition-powered surveillance that can track its citizens. A new cache of leaked documents has now revealed…
In the original story of the genie in a bottle from One Thousand and One Nights, the genie threatens to kill the fisherman who freed…