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3 days ago | reclaimthenet.org | Christina Maas

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4 days ago | reclaimthenet.org | Christina Maas

It’s becoming familiar: get arrested, go to trial, and find out the government’s star witness is a half-baked algorithm built in a Silicon Valley basement, rubber-stamped by a judge who can’t program a VCR. This time it’s in New Jersey, where the prosecution in State v. Miles is taking this pastime to new levels of absurdity. In the state’s latest criminal-justice-meets-cyberpunk farce, Tybear Miles stands accused of the 2021 killing of Ahmad McPherson. The central piece of evidence?

4 days ago | reclaimthenet.org | Rick Findlay

China-based AI company DeepSeek has released the latest version of its reasoning model, R1-0528, boasting technical improvements that bring it closer to the capabilities of Western leaders like OpenAI. Yet the real spotlight has landed not on its performance benchmarks, but on how aggressively it skirts politically sensitive territory.

5 days ago | reclaimthenet.org | Ken Macon

Pakistani authorities have moved to disable the national ID and passports of individuals linked to the unrest that unfolded on May 9, 2023, turning to geo-fencing technology to track the presence of mobile devices near demonstration sites. The protesters were protesting the arrest of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. The tactic draws on the country’s highly centralized digital identity infrastructure, which is managed by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).

5 days ago | reclaimthenet.org | Ken Macon

American Airlines has using facial recognition to verify passenger identities at airport security, further embedding biometric technology into the air travel experience. The airline’s new Touchless ID program, now live at several major airports, allows select travelers to move through TSA PreCheck without showing ID or boarding passes.