Soccer Fans, You’re Being Watched
More than 5 million fans are expected to attend the 2026 FIFA World Cup taking place this summer across 16 venues in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The stakes are high—and not merely on…
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Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums
Starting on June 11, soccer fans will be filling stadiums across North America to watch the FIFA World Cup. Those driving to matches in the United States might also find themselves being the ones watched:…
Wrongful Arrest Exposes Failures in One of the Oldest Police Face-Recognition Tools in the US
A Florida man was wrongfully arrested for attempting to illegally lure a child after police relied on a face-recognition match that was inaccurate, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, even though he lived more…
Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick
Cornyn said materials from Section 702 generate roughly 60 percent of the President’s Daily Brief, a figure Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley has also cited. Some Republicans dispute the catastrophe framing. Representative Keith Self of…
CISA Tells US Agencies to Fix Security Bugs in as Little as 3 Days Thanks to AI Threats
With new generations of AI models fueling both rapid software vulnerability discovery and the potential for faster exploitation by malicious hackers, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a new directive on Wednesday…
Soaring Into the Future: DOE Researchers Develop Game-Changing Batteries for Air Taxis
The operating phases of an eVTOL need varying amounts of power; some require the battery to discharge high amounts of current rapidly, reducing the distance the vehicle can travel before its battery must be recharged….
The Next Computing Revolution May Come From Stacking Chips Like Skyscrapers
Scientists have demonstrated a breakthrough method for building true 3D silicon chips by stacking multiple layers of circuits without damaging existing electronics. The advance could help extend Moore’s law and deliver faster, more efficient computing…
Anthropic Offers Mythos Upgrade for Cyber Partners and a ‘Safe’ Version for the Rest of You
Anthropic released two new AI models called Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 on Tuesday, which the company says have greater capabilities than the Mythos Preview model it released in April to a limited…
Nextcloud adds Euro-Office to Hub workplace suite, expands AI assistant
NextCloud’s AI chat assistant is integrated into the company’s Office suites.
The Laser That Once Filled a Lab Now Fits on a Tiny Chip
Placed on a 1 CHF coin for scale, EPFL’s photonic chip shows how a laser architecture once confined to table-top systems can be shrunk to the millimeter scale. Credit: Zheru Qiu/EPFL Scientists have finally packed…