Facebook will require political advertisers to disclose their identities

Facebook has had a rough few months since the election. At least 10 million people saw Russian-placed political ads on the platform, which may have helped widen the rift between political sides during the 2016 US presidential election. In reaction, t...

Microsoft and the UN to provide digital IDs for undocumented people

It's difficult to live without identification. In many cases, you're shut out of banking, health care, voting rights and other basics. Microsoft and partners might just give those many undocumented people (1.1 billion of them, in fact) a shot at th...

Google Lens resurfaces questions about AI and human identity

Today at the company's annual developer conference, Google CEO Sundar Pichai uttered a phrase that will no doubt be repeated in corporate board rooms across the world for the foreseeable future: "AI first." It wasn't the first we've heard of the form...

New York’s smarter face recognition catches more ID thieves

Sometimes, behind-the-scenes tech upgrades can make a big difference. New York's Governor Cuomo reports that an overhaul of the state DMV's face recognition software in January has led to more than 100 arrests and 900 open investigations so far. Th...

US prosecutes man who hacked identities to help ISIS

Extremism and terrorism are complex things in the internet era, and US federal prosecutors are learning this first hand. The Justice Department recently charged Kosovo citizen Ardit Ferizi with leading a hacking team that swiped the personal data...

Bruce Jenner declares that Finally s/he is a Woman


Bruce Jenner was a man’s man in his time. Not only was he a sports professional but he also headed the most talked about reality TV show which was titled KUWTK. Yet today he is a different (wo)man....