The Association for Progressive Communications (APC), a network of organizations working for the positive use of the internet and digital technologies, has warned that the deployment of technologies such as biometrics to push the universal birth registration agenda must be done in ways that prioritize data safety, privacy and pluralistic gender perspectives.

Digital technologies for birth registration must factor in data, gender considerations: APC

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

The long-awaited national ID card renewal and enrollment program in Uganda is now expected to begin in mid-October, according to the Interior Ministry and the National Identification and Registration Authority of the country (NIRA). The exercise had previously been scheduled to begin on June 1, but the process has since...

Uganda biometric national ID enrollment rescheduled for October

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

Last week’s webinar by Public Policy Exchange considered the future of CCTV and related policy issues for the new Labour government. In truth, CCTV as we know it does not have a future and even its past is now of questionable relevance. Looking first at its history, more than...

The future of CCTV and policing

More than 70 percent of consumers in Brazil, France, Germany, the UK and the U.S. are using a digital wallet – and many of those consumers could be drawn to digital IDs within the next three years, according to research from Pymnts Intelligence. Over 29 percent of global users...

Over 3 in 4 like using digital wallets for ID verification, access control

Global losses to payment fraud have surged to $48 billion USD in 2023, and payment companies around the world are under more pressure to leverage new and existing technology to tackle this problem. Experts at leading chargeback technology platform Chargebacks911 report that AI is one of the key drivers to combat emerging payment threats and prevent disputed transactions.

AI’s Historic Role in Fighting ‘Friendly Fraud’

The Department of Home Affairs is stepping up its efforts to combat identity fraud, particularly concerning identity books and cards. In the August 16, 2024 government gazette, the department issued a notice to individuals currently holding blocked identity documents, urging them to provide written explanations within 30 days as to why their IDs should not be canceled.

Home affairs plans digitization, cracks down on identity fraud in South Africa

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, today announced a partnership to power online payments and subscription billing for Stan, Australia’s leading local streaming service. The company, launched in 2015, is known for providing Australians with unlimited access to thousands of hours of entertainment including first-run exclusive shows, original productions, movies, kids programming, and sport, all ad-free. With the partnership, Stan is using Stripe to complement its initiatives to increase its subscriber base further, by increasing authorization rates and reducing involuntary churn.

Stan Chooses Stripe to Improve Business Agility with Payments and Billing

South Carolina State

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

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In the global view, small businesses aren’t so small. They represent 90% of all businesses and more than 50% of employment globally. And in emerging markets, they are contributing 40% of GDP. Those stats from the World Bank underscore the need for these smaller companies — the sole proprietorships,...

Visa’s Koenigsberg Says Small Businesses Are Ready to Embrace BNPL

A high school in London, UK will let students around the age of 15 use AI tools before taking standardized exams next year, despite experts warning that they make for a poor replacement for human teachers. As Business Insider reports, David Game College's pilot project is meant to help students...

High School Starts Replacing Teachers With AI

A pair of executive hirings have been revealed in biometrics and digital ID as Idex Biometrics has promoted Catharine Eklof to CEO, and BeyondID has named Matt Torgersen as chief revenue officer. Additionally, several organizations have added to their advisors, as the UK Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group welcomed a senior Turing researcher among six new advisors to guide ethical considerations in biometrics, while Anonybit named Brian Russell to its advisory board, and FaceTec rejoined DIACC.

Idex Biometrics appoints Eklof CEO

Since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, tech companies around the world have focused efforts on developing generative artificial intelligence models to power a range of tasks from search to virtual assistance. The AI boom has also led to an increase in the number of related patents filed. Gen-AI patent...

Microsoft ranks 10th in the world for AI patents. Most companies beating it are in China

Ohio State

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Blockchain security platform Scam Sniffer reported that a crypto trader lost $55.47 million in DAI stablecoin to a phishing attack. According to the firm, the trader lost their assets after mistakenly transferring ownership of their collateralized debt position (CDP) on DeFi Saver Proxy to a malicious wallet. DeFi Saver Proxy...

Crypto trader loses $55M in DAI to phishing attack using Inferno Drainer kit

Denver, CO

The Denver City Council accepted Monday two grants totaling $24.5 million from the state of Colorado to pay for the homeless navigation campus it opened last year. One council member wants answers as to why wraparound services at the campus aren't up and running.

Denver homeless hotel wins $24.5 million grant, experiences wraparound services delay

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Suzy Jacobson Cherry

When I studied Anthropology in college, I learned that teeth have been indicators of economic status just about forever. Archaeologists look at the teeth in ancient skeletons and know who the rich were based on their tooth decay. During the Renaissance period, it became fashionable for women to blacken their teeth to look like they were better off than they were, because the royals and aristocrats, who could afford sugar and sweets, had more rotten and missing teeth than the poor.

Opinion: Stop Stereotyping Bad Teeth as a Sign of Drug Addiction

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Missouri State

CJ Coombs

Denny's was once a staple of the American diner landscape. In recent years, it has had its ups and downs, especially post-pandemic. The dining habits of people also change. Some customers have a more discerning taste.

Denny's: a legacy of serving customers for over 65 years including 27 locations in Missouri

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Macau’s one-stop strategy kicks off with mobile birth, marriage registration

One-stop digital registration is now available for residents of Macau who are getting married or having a child. The key life events have been added to...

Macau’s one-stop strategy kicks off with mobile birth, marriage registration

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