TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook face stronger calls to 'keep children safe'

The ICO has written directly to leading platforms including TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X, asking them to show how their current age checks meet the new expectations. The move ...
Biometric Companies

Class action challenges DHS’ use of facial recognition against protesters

A class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine accuses Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials of using ...
IEEE

Hierarchical Vision-Language Interaction for Facial Action Unit Detection

Abstract: Facial Action Unit (AU) detection seeks to recognize subtle facial muscle activations as defined by the Facial Action Coding System (FACS). A primary challenge w.r.t AU detection is the ...
Ars Technica

OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips

On Thursday, OpenAI released its first production AI model to run on non-Nvidia hardware, deploying the new GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark coding model on chips from Cerebras. The model delivers code at more ...
VentureBeat

Apple integrates Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex into Xcode 26.3 in push for ‘agentic coding’

Apple on Tuesday announced a major update to its flagship developer tool that gives artificial intelligence agents unprecedented control over the app-building process, a move that signals the iPhone ...
Frontiers

Cultural differences in the production of emotional facial expressions: a review

Whereas cross-cultural differences in recognition of emotional facial expressions are widely established, less information exists regarding differences in their production. The current systematic ...
Forbes

The FBI Is Using Facial Recognition To Identify ICE Protestors In Social Media Videos

The FBI has charged multiple people with crimes like vandalism after determining their identities using the controversial technology, according to court records. ICE protesters are being monitored by ...
The New York Times

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said. By Sheera ...
Morningstar

Varonis Systems, Inc. (VRNS) Hit with Securities Class Action Amid Renewal and ARR Concerns That Drove Shares Down 48% - Hagens Berman

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNS) and certain of its executives seeking to represent investors ...
MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us. Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented ...
Sports Illustrated

Tom Izzo Culture in Action: A Perfect Example

Michigan State University has had a great basketball Program for the last 31 years because of a man named Tom Izzo. Izzo is the basketball coach for Michigan State and is still coaching today. A coach ...