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Did a OneDrive Photos app just appear on your PC? Here's what it does (and how to get rid of it) (zdnet.com)

2026-07-31 | by Lance Whitney | tags: one drive, microsoft, windows 11

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New-deal mortgage programmes benefited white borrowers disproportionately (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Thomas | tags: holc maps, racial inequality, redlining

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40,000-year-old bird carvings provide clues to how ice age humans flourished (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Callaway | tags: hohle fels, aurignacian, venus of hohle fels

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Memo-1: A 6502 computer built from scratch, using a Minitel as its terminal (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: minitel, 65c02, acia

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MIT Is Blanketing Its Entire Campus in AI-Powered Security Cameras (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: mit, surveillance cameras, ai-rgus

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Meta launches new Facebook Verified badge for actual, real humans (engadget.com)

2026-07-24 | by Mat Smith | tags: facebook verified, facial recognition, meta

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Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie. (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: google, facial recognition, google account

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Google wants your face to be your backup password with new selfie video sign-in (androidauthority.com)

2026-07-23 | tags: google, facial recognition, android

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States Want ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The Trump Administration Is Blocking Them (wired.com)

2026-07-22 | by Maddy Varner | tags: ice, icesp, facial recognition

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New “Advertisement” for Kylie Jenner’s Meta Perv Glasses Shows Something Extremely Funny If You Look at It From the Wrong Angle (futurism.com)

2026-07-21 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: meta, ray-ban, kylie jenner

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The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets (wired.com)

2026-07-20 | by Dell Cameron | tags: aclu, surveillance, facial recognition

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Surprise! Facial recognition smart locks are actually good (theverge.com)

2026-07-18 | by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy | tags: schlage sense pro, facial recognition, uwb radio

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Top Meta Exec Describes Controversial Facial Recognition Feature in Detail After the Company Claimed It Didn’t Exist (futurism.com)

2026-07-18 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: meta, facial recognition, ai glasses

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The Future of Age Verification: Your Face Never Leaves Your Device (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-18 | tags: incode technologies, facial age estimation, online safety act

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Facial Recognition in UK Shops Will Soon Instantly Alert Police About Offenders (slashdot.org)

2026-07-12 | by Posted | tags: facewatch, facial, facial recognition

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Meta Limits the Usage of an AI Glasses Feature, Even if You Pay for a $20 Subscription (cnet.com)

2026-07-01 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, smart glasses, conversation focus

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Can Clothes Make You Invisible to Facial Recognition? (darkreading.com)

2026-06-29 | tags: facial recognition, neural networks, surveillance cameras

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Madison Square Garden Targeted Privacy Activists and Surveillance Critics (cnet.com)

2026-06-24 | by See Full Bio | get Privacy Screen Filter → | tags: madison square garden, facial recognition, james dolan

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Valor Equity Partners looks to raise a $2.5B Fund VII, per Bloomberg (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-24 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: valor equity partners, fund vii, spacex

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Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you (theverge.com)

2026-06-23 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Google Nest Audio → | tags: google home, facial recognition, nest thermostat

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MSG Made Dossier on Activists Who Opposed Facial Recognition (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | by About The Author | get Facial Recognition Privacy Mask → | tags: madison square garden, facial recognition, fight for the future

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From face-unlock locks to self-drawing curtains, these SwitchBot Prime Day picks stand out (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-23 | get SwitchBot Smart Curtain Controller → | tags: switchbot, lock vision series, facial recognition

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The last Romans are still around (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | by .Wp-Block-Post-Author Box-Sizing Border-Box Display Flex Flex-Wrap Wrap .Wp-Block-Post-Author__Byline Font-Size Margin-Bottom Margin-Top Width | get Roman Empire Replica Coin → | tags: roman empire, romanians, romania

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Never Give Them Your Face (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get Privacy Screen Protector → | tags: government id, facial recognition, age verification

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Facial Recognition on Public Buses? Kansas City Says Yes (slashdot.org)

2026-06-21 | by Posted | get Public Transit Facial Scanner → | tags: facial recognition, kansas city, american civil liberties union

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The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-20 | get Facial Recognition Age Verification → | tags: uk government, facial age estimation, asylum seekers

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Cop Accused of Using AI to Fake Evidence (futurism.com)

2026-06-18 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Evidence Verification Kit → | tags: ai facial recognition, generative ai, derbyshire police

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The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed (wired.com)

2026-06-18 | by Matt Burgess | get Facial Recognition Age Verification → | tags: uk government, facial age estimation, lighthouse reports

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Revealing competitive interfacial reactions in high-energy Li–S batteries (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-17 | by Zhou | get Li-S Battery Charger → | tags: li-s batteries, lithium-sulfur, interfacial reactions

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Meta's Smart Glasses Are Testing Facial Recognition Software Used by Police and the Military (cnet.com)

2026-06-16 | by See Full Bio | get Meta Quest 3 VR Headset → | tags: meta, ray-bans, rank one computing