Digital identity capabilities from Trust Stamp are now being integrated with Mastercard’s Wellness Pass solution, which it will launch in cooperation with Gavi in West Africa. Proving identity without revealing any information about it is the idea behind Trust Stamp’s zero knowledge approach to online identity verification, according to a profile by Mastercard. In the […]

The lawsuit says the search giant violated privacy laws with its educational tools. Two children from Illinois are suing Google for allegedly collecting biometric data, including face scans, of millions of students through the search giant’s software tools for classrooms.  The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in San Jose, California, is seeking class-action status. The […]

“In a fully developed bureaucracy there is nobody left with whom one can argue, to whom one can present grievances, on whom the pressures of power can be exerted. Bureaucracy is the form of government in which everybody is deprived of political freedom, of the power to act; for the rule by Nobody is not […]

Scientific experts said Thursday that a wildlife surveillance system must be developed before the next pandemic emerges. Evidence shows the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, came from bats that likely passed the virus onto another species before infecting humans, according to the World Health Organization. Infectious disease experts, ecologists, wildlife biologists and other experts argue, […]

What exactly is going on? Is this revolution? Is this anarchy? Is this a spectacle engineered to distract us from the machinations of the police state? Is this a sociological means of re-setting our national equilibrium? Is this a Machiavellian scheme designed to further polarize the populace and undermine our efforts to stand unified against […]

2020 has been a challenging year for investors so far. As a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, global economic activity has slumped. This has sent shockwaves through financial markets, with many stocks experiencing double-digit declines. One area of the market that has outperformed, however, is pharmaceutical stocks. Across this sector, share prices have generally […]

2020 has been a challenging year for investors so far. As a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, global economic activity has slumped. This has sent shockwaves through financial markets, with many stocks experiencing double-digit declines. One area of the market that has outperformed, however, is pharmaceutical stocks. Across this sector, share prices have generally […]

The NHTSA has been trying to put breathalyzers in new cars since at least 2015 and new legislation suggests they may finally succeed. As Landline Media explains, “an already large bill has developed into an enormous one. House Democrats merged the nearly $500 billion highway bill, or INVEST in America Act, into a larger infrastructure package with a $1.5 trillion […]

TIME magazine has urged the world to stop glorifying superheroes, arguing that they’re basically straight white cops with capes – making them extremely problematic. This seems very reasonable, tweeted basically nobody in response. Hollywood is finally being held accountable for romanticizing the police, TIME gleefully noted in its trailblazing takedown, but the campaign to reexamine […]

Lawmakers in Michigan have passed a bill that would make it illegal for employers to force their workers to be tagged with microchips in a bid to preemptively thwart companies who seek to make it mandatory to wear the productivity-tracking devices. The Michigan House passed the bill on Wednesday, which would make acceptance of the […]