Vice President Vance postpones Switzerland trip to negotiate Iran peace deal. Obama Presidential Center opens with former presidents. NYC celebrates Knicks' first NBA championship since 1973. DHS plans facial recognition for immigrant identification.
A new DHS document reveals plans to give local police a facial recognition app, the ICE Task Force Module, to scan faces and compare them against over 250 million government records. Privacy experts raise concerns about potential surveillance, chilling effects on free speech, and inaccuracies.
The Jewish Council of Australia (JCA) identifies far-right extremism and the conflation of Jewish identity with Israel as primary drivers of antisemitism in Australia. The group's submission to a royal commission highlights the "often overlooked" threat from the far-right and criticizes the tendency to treat Jews collectively as representatives of Israel.
Western Australia will pilot real-time facial recognition cameras in police vans to scan crowds for wanted individuals, sex offenders, and missing persons. The technology will pixelate non-matches and delete data immediately, aiming to enhance community safety while addressing privacy concerns.
Western Australia Police will trial real-time facial recognition cameras in a marked van to scan crowds for wanted individuals, child sex offenders, and missing persons. The technology will cross-reference faces with a database, alerting officers to potential matches. Police aim to address privacy concerns by stating the system pixelates non-matches and deletes data immediately.
Kansas City is piloting facial recognition on public buses to identify banned riders or missing persons, sparking a debate over AI's safety benefits versus privacy costs. Despite state funding refusal and privacy concerns, the city plans to proceed with local and federal funds, with the technology provider, SafeSpace Global, ready to install cameras.
中央調查局（CIB）表示，與金融機構合作在ATM安裝「臉部遮蔽警告」功能，有效嚇阻詐騙集團。上月詐騙案減少20%，損失金額減少37%。該功能自去年12月至今年4月已安裝於逾千台ATM，減少了1,851件詐騙提款案，減少損失逾4150萬元。
The York Revolution forfeited a baseball game after several players refused to wear Pride Night jerseys. The team prioritized inclusion over forcing participation, turning the event into a celebration of recognition and inclusion.
Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut used profanity at a press conference to describe party defectors, defending his language as common in Maharashtra and citing its use in media. He also alleged defectors were offered Rs 50 crore and favorable court verdicts.
The St George's Cross flag, once a symbol of English national pride, now evokes mixed feelings due to its association with far-right groups and protests. While some see it as a unifying symbol for events like the World Cup, others find it intimidating and exclusionary, highlighting a complex debate about English identity.
The ACT government faces accusations of breaching a settlement with the Ngambri people regarding traditional ownership of Canberra. The matter is back in the ACT Supreme Court, with the Ngambri arguing the government has failed to conduct a promised review and has sought to deny their existence.
Meta's smart glasses platform reportedly includes unreleased face-recognition code designed to identify people using biometric data stored on users' phones. The code was discovered by WIRED.
Somaliland has opened an embassy in Jerusalem, a move praised by Israeli PM Netanyahu. This follows Israel's recognition of Somaliland as an independent nation six months prior. Somalia condemned the engagement, calling it a violation of its sovereignty.
Meta tested face-recognition software from Rank One Computing, a company selling surveillance tools to police and the US military. The license, obtained by WIRED, suggests a business relationship as Meta explores bringing the technology to its smart glasses.
Twenty dissident TMC MPs have merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), a move they claim adheres to anti-defection laws and allows them separate parliamentary recognition. The previously obscure NCPI could gain a bloc of 20 MPs if the merger is recognized by the Lok Sabha Speaker.
West Bengal minister Dilip Ghosh stated that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will decide on the recognition of rebel TMC MPs as a separate group after reviewing their submissions. Ghosh also commented on Abhishek Banerjee's questioning by CID, noting his repeated appearances before agencies.
Abhishek Banerjee urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to recognize the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) as a single party, rejecting any separate factions. Rebel MPs met the Speaker seeking recognition, but Banerjee's letter, citing constitutional provisions and Supreme Court judgments, argued against forming separate groups within a party.
Dissident Trinamool Congress MPs announced a merger with the Nationalist Citizens Party, seeking recognition as a separate group in Parliament. The Mamata Banerjee-led faction urged the Lok Sabha Speaker not to recognize the split, citing anti-defection laws, while legal experts criticized the move.
Readers discuss the security benefits and drawbacks of passkeys, with some finding them confusing and others championing them as a superior alternative to passwords.
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to deny recognition to any separate faction of the party, stating the TMC is a single, indivisible political entity. This comes amid claims by rebel MPs of forming a dissident bloc.
Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, requesting that no separate group or faction of the party be recognized. This comes amid reports of TMC MPs seeking to be recognized as a separate group, independent of the legislative party.
Meta removed face recognition code from its smart glasses app, while xAI's Grok continues to host deepfakes. Anthropic released a safer AI model, and the US issued new AI threat directives. Europe seeks to distance itself from US Big Tech, and new projects aim to enhance privacy. The FCC proposed rules that could end burner phones, hackers exploited Oracle software, and Microsoft released a massive patch update. Google sued a scam group using its AI, and Trump replaced his intelligence chief pick.
TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee softened his stance on party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, calling him "like my son" after previously labeling him "arrogant." This comes amid an internal party crisis following electoral defeat and a rebellion by a faction of MPs and MLAs.
Ed Sheeran's recent Instagram post praising Allan Taylor's 1978 album 'The Traveller,' discovered in a New York record store, has brought unexpected attention to the 80-year-old folk singer. The album is now available on Spotify, and the two artists have spoken, with Taylor finding Sheeran 'down-to-earth' and 'interesting.'
