PHNOM PENH: More than 60 families from the indigenous Chong and Por communities in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district have requested that several hectares of sacred forest and burial grounds be registered as collective community land. Their goal is to secure legal recognition while preserving their cultural identity, traditions and customary practices. Sarou Vuth, head of the Dai Kou Samrong Community in Ta Des village, Samrong commune, noted that 30 of the applicant families are Por and 35 are Chong. The communities maintain their traditional livelihoods, relying heavily on non-timber forest products for household consumption and supplementary income. Vuth explained that the community members wish to preserve their indigenous customs, particularly their sacred forest and burial grounds. They are therefore requesting the formal registration and protection of a 24-hectare sacred forest known as Phnom Preah Ang (Sacred Spirit Forest), along with a separate four-hectare burial ground. Formal demarcation and registration of these sites would help safeguard the identity of the Indigenous communities, conserve natural resources, prevent land encroachment and enhance the area’s potential for tourism. Son Saroeun, chief of Ta Des village, noted that the areas in question are ancestral sites of the Chong and Por indigenous peoples. Their traditions encompass both intangible and tangible cultural heritage. The intangible aspects include spiritual beliefs, rituals, prayers and ancestral ceremonies, while the tangible aspects refer to the sacred places where these rituals are performed. Touch Sophany, community development project manager at Wildlife Alliance, said that the REDD+ Samkos Project currently supports 27 communities across Pursat and Battambang provinces. In Ta Des Village, Wildlife Alliance is assisting the community in securing recognition of their traditional rights so that they can continue to access and use these areas and practice their spiritual beliefs, which have been passed down for centuries. He added that formal
Jul 19, 2026 · via thestar.com.my
The arrest unfolded in real time, behind a bank of television microphones at Perth’s busy Mirrabooka bus station. As Western Australia’s police commissioner, Col Blanch, spoke to reporters on Thursday 2 July, a camera mounted on a nearby marked police van had been quietly panning across the interchange. It can scan hundreds of faces a minute, instantly cross-referencing their profiles against a database of about 4,000 people: those with outstanding arrest warrants, registered child sexual abuse offenders and people reported missing. Midway through the media conference, the algorithm pinged. Officers stepped into the crowd and led away a woman wanted for failing to appear in court. “Commissioner, can we just get your reaction? There’s just been an arrest from the cameras behind you right now,” a reporter said. “Been happening all week,” Blanch said. “I’d love to say I planned that but I think that’s exactly what the technology is … People are being arrested because they are wanted.” The striking live demonstration marked the public debut of an Australian-first for law enforcement: a five-month mobile trial of real-time facial recognition technology. While Australian police have used facial recognition retrospectively on stored footage for more than a decade, this trial uses live video feeds for real-time alerts. In its first week, the single police van scanned more than 130,000 faces in crowded public spaces, generating 33 alerts that resulted in 19 arrests. The technology also prompted two welfare checks and identified 21 registered sex offenders who were “engaged with” by officers. While WA police and the state government hail the trial as a cutting-edge tool for public safety, it has come under criticism from experts and regulators. The state’s independent privacy watchdog, the Office of the Information Commissioner WA (OIC WA), said it was not involved in implementing the trial,
Jul 19, 2026 · via theguardian.com
Artificial intelligence is enabling researchers to read carbonized scrolls buried by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, date biblical manuscripts more precisely, map hundreds of new Nazca geoglyphs in Peru, and reconstruct rules of a forgotten Roman board game. Vesuvius Scrolls Yield New Philosophical Texts In June 2026, the Vesuvius Challenge team announced the first near-complete virtual unrolling of a Herculaneum scroll (PHerc. 1667), revealing approximately 1.5 meters of continuous Greek text across 20 columns. The content discusses ethics, impulse (horme), practical wisdom (phronesis), and human nature in terms consistent with Stoic philosophy. A second scroll (PHerc. 139) confirmed the existence of “Philodemus, On Gods, Book 8,” extending a previously known single-book work by the Epicurean philosopher into at least an eight-book series. Earlier, in 2024, AI-assisted decipherment of another Herculaneum scroll provided details on Plato’s burial site in a private garden near the Academy’s shrine to the Muses in Athens, along with accounts of his final night listening to a flute player. The technique relies on CT scans, X-ray imaging, and machine-learning models trained to detect ink traces within charred papyrus layers without physically unrolling the papyrus. Hundreds of additional scrolls from the Villa of the Papyri remain for future analysis. Dead Sea Scrolls Redated Closer to Biblical Composition An AI model named Enoch, trained on radiocarbon-dated fragments and handwriting geometry, has produced date estimates for 135 Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts. In 79% of cases evaluated by paleographers, the predictions aligned with realistic ranges, often 50–100 years earlier than prior scholarly estimates. For manuscript 4Q114 containing portions of the Book of Daniel, Enoch, and new radiocarbon data placed the text between 230–160 BCE, aligning it more closely with the period of its presumed composition around the Maccabean revolt. Similar shifts occurred for other biblical texts. The model combines angular
Jul 19, 2026 · via dallasexpress.com
EBL, Visa launch passkey authentication for online payments
Eastern Bank PLC, in partnership with Visa, has introduced the Visa Payment Passkey in Bangladesh, enabling cardholders to authenticate online transactions using biometric data or device credentials.
The Visa Payment Passkey is set to replace traditional passwords and SMS-based one-time codes with a secure passkey stored directly on the cardholder's device, according to a press release.
Cardholders can verify eligible online transactions through facial recognition, fingerprint, or device-unlock credentials.
Visa stated that the service requires a one-time setup to link the passkey to the user's device. Once activated, it can be used for online payments at participating merchants.
According to the companies, the device-based process reduces authentication steps, strengthens payment security, and enhances the online checkout experience.
The launch event took place at the Eastern Bank PLC head office in Gulshan, Dhaka.
Visa was represented by Country Manager Sabbir Ahmed and Head of Products for Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan Tawfique Imam.
Eastern Bank PLC representatives included Deputy Managing Director and Head of Retail and SME Banking M Khorshed Anowar; Head of Digital Financial Services Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury; Head of Cards Tasnim Hussain; and Head of Digital Payments Faisal M Fathe-Ul Islam.
Jul 19, 2026 · via tbsnews.net
This article, "Recognition 'a long time coming' for John Calipari" by Mike DeCourcy, was first published April 3, 2012 in the hours after Kentucky's NCAA Tournament championship game win over Kansas. NEW ORLEANS — It wasn’t a “softball” question in the traditional sense of the word. A championship celebration does not call for Mike Wallace or Michael Isikoff to come in and carve up the interview subject, get him sweating, catch him off guard with a little linguistic misdirection. It’s about eliciting a moment of emotion. But Jim Nantz’s words over the CBS airwaves and through the glittery air of the Superdome had to seem like a fat, underhand lob as John Calipari listened. What did a first NCAA championship, earned by a 67-59 margin over a spirited bunch of Kansas Jayhawks, mean to Kentucky’s coach? “This is not about me,” Calipari answered immediately, well-rehearsed because he’d said the same so many times previously. “This is about these 13 players. This is about the Big Blue Nation ...” And if he said anything after that, or if he intended to, he was drowned out, as expected, by the significant portion of Big Blue Nation that jammed itself inside the Superdome on a stormy Monday evening. Oh, Calipari could have made it about himself right there. He had just constructed, through 40 college basketball games that spanned the winter and 40 minutes that electrified a state, the perfect rejoinder for all those who’ve lambasted his methods, his personality, his reliance on freshmen, his coaching acumen, his flashy suits, his language, him. Calipari won a championship with a team teeming with freshmen. He won it by convincing those freshmen that their best shot at the title would come through each player mattering a little on offense and a lot on defense. He
Jul 19, 2026 · via sportingnews.com
In the last couple of years, it appears to have somewhat belatedly dawned on California legislators and firefighting officials that investing in early detection and quick response technology is cheaper than sending massive teams of firefighters to wildland fires that have grown to unmanageable proportions due to delayed detection and response. California’s wildfire detection and fire scene management technology these days uses artificial intelligence, multi-sensory ground networks, infra-red night vision, pattern recognition, and “predictive utility monitoring” to prevent fires and/or get on them before they get too big. The “ALERTCalifornia Platform” is a public-private partnership between UC San Diego, Cal-Fire, and DigitalPath networks which now includes over 1,100 pan-tilt-zoom cameras statewide. Factoring in weather and condition analysis of humidity, wind speed and direction, and vegetation dryness, the system can spot smoke and heat signatures in real time and generate alerts. When an “anomaly” is detected the system automatically texts real-time alerts with an accompanying “certainty score” to dispatch centers which are said to be earlier than human emergency calls more than 30% of the time. Some counties (apparently not Mendo yet) use ultra-sensitive computerized air-quality sensors that flag tiny chemical changes that may signal smoke in the vicinity before a smoke plume is visible to cameras. Fire crews also deploy specialized drones equipped with advanced thermal sensors that can see through heavy smoke, night and day, to map hidden hot spots and fire boundaries as fires burn. Specialized fireball-equipped drones have also been used to precisely set backfires in areas human firefighters are unable to access. As useful as drones are, however, drones are not allowed to be in the air space above an active fire scene because they pose a risk to aircraft. PG&E now operates centralized, continuous monitoring centers that take in millions of power grid sensor data
Jul 19, 2026 · via ukiahdailyjournal.com
Social media companies could be forced to identify anonymous accounts accused of online vilification, under new laws being proposed in Victoria. The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, announced a suite of social media reforms on Sunday, saying families needed new ways to protect their children online. But the opposition has suggested the laws might not see the light of day before November’s state election, despite Allan insisting they would be introduced as a priority. Under the proposed changes – the first for an Australian state – the Victorian civil and administrative tribunal (Vcat) would be granted “demasking” powers to order platforms to reveal the identities of account holders in those cases. The state government will also lower the legal threshold to sue social media and artificial intelligence platforms for negligence causing psychiatric harm to children. Current laws require families to prove a child has suffered a permanent impairment of at least 10% before pursuing damages. These assessments are made by medical practitioners, who apply calculations to estimate how significant a given injury is. The changes would scrap that threshold for suits brought on behalf of minors, with further changes for adult victims to be considered. Marilyn Bromberg, an associate professor of law at the University of Western Australia who specialises in social media regulation, said the changes were a step in the right direction but should go further. So-called “demasking” powers in some overseas jurisdictions had been shown to discourage harmful behaviours in some cases, she told AAP. There was no reason the reforms should not be extended to other forms of online behaviours, including defamation and cyberbullying, she said. “It’s a brave start, but I don’t think it goes far enough,” she said. Bromberg also welcomed moves to make it easier for families to pursue negligence claims. “The harms that
Jul 19, 2026 · via theguardian.com
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Israel's internal security agency, Shin Bet, sought unrestricted access to a database of facial images collected at airports and border crossings despite lacking legal authorization to do so, Haaretz reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. According to Haaretz, Shin Bet Director David Zini and his staff sought access to the images to help identify suspects at crime scenes, as part of an effort to expand the agency's role in fighting crime. Under current Israeli law, only the Population and Immigration Authority is permitted to access the facial recognition and biometric photo database maintained at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and other border crossings. The law requires that personal information and photographs of those passing through airports and border crossings be deleted within 90 days, and prohibits sharing the data with third parties, including security agencies. Haaretz reported that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara told Zini that any Shin Bet access to the database would require a change in the law. According to Haaretz, after Baharav-Miara rejected the request behind closed doors, Zini privately blamed her for the country's rising crime rate. Responding to the report, Shin Bet officials said: "The information arising from the report is baseless and does not align with reality." The Shin Bet's request to retain citizens' images was first reported by Israel Hayom. According to Haaretz, Shin Bet already has access to photographs of Israeli citizens held in the Interior Ministry and police databases, though those records are not always current. The Population and Immigration Authority's database, known as "Rotem," contains more current images that would allow Shin Bet and other agencies to use facial recognition technology and match them against other photographs, according to the report. Haaretz reported that a 2022 report by Israel's Biometric Applications Unit, which oversees the country's biometric databases, found that
Jul 19, 2026 · via turkiyetoday.com
Live facial recognition technology will be deployed in Eastleigh as part of a police operation. The technology will be used on Market Street and Wells Place in partnership with the specialist team, operating between 10am and 3pm on Wednesday, July 22. The system is designed to help identify suspects connected to high-risk and priority offences and to assist in locating vulnerable missing persons. A police spokesperson said: "Facial recognition can scan crowds to identify suspects at a rate and with a level of accuracy that cannot be replicated by officers on the ground. "A unique watchlist is created for each deployment, ensuring that each operation targets those high-risk and high-harm crimes affecting that community and any wanted offenders with links to that area." All alerts generated by the technology are verified by a trained operator and assigned to officers on the ground. Any biometric templates that do not trigger an alert are deleted within seconds so no personal data is stored. Read more A spokesperson for Hampshire police said that anyone not on the watchlist will not be matched or recorded, as the system does not capture or store photographs of passers-by. Instead, it creates a biometric facial template from faces seen on the live camera feed and compares those against the biometric template of images on the watchlist. Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Donna Jones, said: "This technology is ground-breaking. "It's helping lead to the faster detention of suspects, which is freeing up police time to fight crime, patrol our streets, and respond to emergencies. "This is a forward-thinking approach for modern policing and is another vital step in further protecting our communities." Watchlist images and their biometric templates will routinely be deleted within 24 hours after each day of the deployment and
Jul 19, 2026 · via dailyecho.co.uk
Tech Facial recognition cameras are becoming a fixture of Britain's high streets, shopping centres and transport hubs, and a growing number of designers believe the antidote might be sewn into the clothes people wear. So-called "adversarial fashion" — garments printed with patterns designed to confuse computer vision systems — is moving from countercultural fringe to genuine talking point, even as scientists warn that no outfit can promise true invisibility. The premise behind these clothes is to exploit the shortcuts that detection algorithms rely on. Some brands scatter distorted, face-like motifs across fabric to overwhelm a system with false positives; others use asymmetrical cuts, oversized prints or knitted patterns generated by AI to disrupt the way software separates a person from the background. A few go further, embedding infrared LEDs into hoods or collars in an attempt to dazzle night-vision cameras. Nick Tidball, co-founder of the clothing brand Vollebak, believes the idea is close to a breakout moment, arguing that anti-surveillance feelings are widespread enough that a single celebrity wearing such a garment at a high-profile event could push the trend into the mainstream. He has also suggested that if the clothing proved genuinely effective, it could attract political attention and even restrictions. Public unease over facial recognition has been building for some time. Automated systems can now track individuals across multiple cameras and search archived footage at scale, a step change from traditional CCTV. Watchdogs in Britain have flagged the disproportionate rate at which black and Asian people are misidentified by such systems, and recent polling suggests a majority of the public sees facial recognition as a further slide towards a surveillance society. Movement is part of the problem: creases and folds in fabric distort a printed pattern in ways a rigid surface, such as a printed cardboard sign, never
Jul 19, 2026 · via t2online.in
Grocery Outlet uses facial recognition technology at some Bay Area stores to combat shoplifting PLEASANT HILL, Calif. - A small sign posted near the entrance of some Grocery Outlet stores is drawing attention for what it says about the retailer's approach to combating shoplifting. The notice reads: "Face matching software being used to prevent shoplifting." Grocery Outlet facial recognition What we know: Grocery Outlet, which is headquartered in Emeryville, is reportedly using facial recognition technology from SAFR at some locations in the East Bay and San Francisco. KTVU reached out to Grocery Outlet for comment but did not receive a response. "I didn't notice the sign at all, but I didn't have a problem with it mostly because, first of all, I don't do anything wrong, and secondly because I use it all the time on my phone. I use it to open apps," said Carol of Walnut Creek. According to SAFR, the system compares faces against a retailer's watchlist of repeat offenders or suspects identified by the business. If there's a match, store employees are alerted. "The camera captures the individual as they come in. We quickly, within seconds, can determine if it's the same person that's on the retailer store security list. If it's not, it's immediately deleted. Then it goes through actually a couple of additional steps of verification. We then do a second algorithm just to ensure we have a human in the loop," said Charisse Jacques, president of SAFR. SAFR says customer data is not stored on a server and that the technology is designed with safeguards to improve accuracy and reduce bias. The company also says customers can contact SAFR to opt out after data has been collected. Shoppers divided over facial recognition Local perspective: Not everyone is comfortable with the technology. "I think
Jul 18, 2026 · via ktvu.com
Facial Recognition Tied To Exam Eligibility
The school education department conveyed the decision through a memo
HYDERABAD: The state government has approved linking facial recognition attendance with examination fee payment and eligibility for student teachers in government DIETs and private D.El.Ed. and D.P.S.E. colleges from the 2026‑27 academic year.
The school education department conveyed the decision through a memo and issued proceedings on Saturday, asking officials and college principals to act.
The order said the government had “accorded permission” to use attendance data generated through the Facial Recognition Attendance System. The director of Government Examinations was asked to proceed immediately in consultation with SCERT, Telangana.
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Jul 18, 2026 · via deccanchronicle.com
TL;DR Face AI updated its video face swap with better facial tracking, expression mapping, and faster processing. It targets social media creators on TikTok and Reels. Queued videos now process in under a minute. The platform handles glasses, hats, and lighting changes. It is free and requires no editing experience. Face AI updated its video face swap with better facial tracking, expression mapping, and faster processing. It targets social media creators on TikTok and Reels. Face AI, a Los Angeles-based face swap platform, announced a major update to its video face swap feature on Friday. The update improves facial tracking, expression preservation, and scene stability across changing lighting, camera angles, and partial face occlusions like glasses and hats. Queued videos now process in under a minute. The tool targets social media creators on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts who want face swap videos without editing skills. Face AI says the updated model captures head movements and micro-expressions including blinks and smiles, keeping swapped faces consistent through an entire clip. The platform is free and requires no signup. ByteDance recently added deepfake safeguards to its own AI video tool, blocking face swaps from real people’s images entirely, which highlights the regulatory tension around the same technology Face AI is making more accessible. Face swap tools sit in a grey area between creative expression and deepfake risk. China launched a months-long enforcement campaign against AI-enabled face swapping used in fraud and impersonation earlier this year. Face AI positions itself as a content creation tool rather than a deception one, but the underlying technology is identical. The company says proceeds from its paid tiers fund continued development of its facial recognition and AI rendering pipeline. Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week.
Jul 18, 2026 · via thenextweb.com
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the rollout of V-Pass, a biometric identity verification system designed to make domestic air travel faster, safer and more seamless. Developed in partnership with Verxid Technologies Limited, the system will enable passengers to verify their identities through facial recognition technology, reducing reliance on physical identification documents at airports. This was disclosed in a statement issued by FAAN’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Henry Agbebire. According to the statement, the rollout was reviewed during a strategic meeting between FAAN and Verxid Technologies Limited, where both parties discussed deployment plans, security protocols and measures to enhance the passenger experience. READ ALSO: FAAN Mulls Final Extension Of Airport Cab Upgrade Deadline To October 2026 FAAN’s Director of Commercial and Business Development, Ms Adebola, said the initiative underscores the authority’s commitment to leveraging technology to improve passenger facilitation and strengthen aviation security across domestic airports. Under the V-Pass system, travellers will receive a secure digital identity through a one-time enrolment process. “Nigerian passengers will register with their NIN and facial biometric capture, while foreign passengers will enrol using international passports through OCR and biometric authentication. The system will check passengers before they enter restricted areas and again before boarding,” the statement said. FAAN explained that the dual-verification process is designed to prevent impersonation, unauthorised access and identity fraud, while providing security agencies with greater confidence in passenger authentication. During the rollout phase, passengers will be able to use self-service kiosks or receive assistance from FAAN personnel. The authority added that electronic gates (E-Gates) will automate access to controlled areas, reduce queues and improve passenger flow. According to the developers, biometric verification will take less than 30 seconds after enrolment, while first-time registration is expected to take about one minute. The V-Pass platform will
Jul 18, 2026 · via channelstv.com
I don’t normally do the morning dog walk; it’s my wife’s thing. But we’re going away for the weekend straight afterwards, so on this particular Friday it makes sense for us to go together. The park is more or less on the way out of town. “Morning!” my wife sings, waving at someone in the car park. The person waves back, shouting something I can’t hear. My wife laughs. “I have a lot of friends in this park,” she says. “And also some enemies, but mostly friends.” It’s clearly true: over the course of half an hour my wife stops to chat with a dozen people: couples, singles, professional dog walkers, park employees. “You’re not used to this, are you?” she says to me. “The social whirl?” I say. “Just talking to people,” she says. “I don’t come this way,” I say. When I do the afternoon dog walk I tend to stick to a perimeter route that means I almost never meet anyone I know, although I do still run into people who know my dog. “It’s Jean!” they will shout. The dog will run up to these strangers, tail wagging, and they will exchange some customary greeting, or perhaps share an in-joke. Then the person will look me up and down suspiciously, give my dog a treat, and walk on. “Bye, Jean!” they call, over their shoulders. “Who was that?” I will say, once the dog and I are out of earshot. “How do you know them? What kind of car do they have?” The dog sneezes, shakes her head, and hares off down the path ahead, disappearing round the corner. From the other side of a stand of trees I will hear a distant cry: “Look, it’s Jean!” It can be humiliating to negotiate a landscape where
Jul 18, 2026 · via theguardian.com
Meta executives claimed that a controversial facial recognition feature didn’t “exist.” Fast forward a few weeks later, and they’re describing the feature in public — and in detail. In June, a Wired investigation revealed that Meta had quietly infused unreleased facial recognition tech into its “AI Glasses,” the tech giant’s chatbot and camera-equipped smart glasses. While the feature, dubbed NameTag, was inaccessible to consumers, it was designed to register faces encountered by Meta glasses wearers “into unique biometric signatures, commonly known as faceprints, and check each one against faceprints stored on the user’s phone,” according to the magazine. It’s safe to say that Meta executives were furious after Wired published its investigation. After all, the company has a long track record of data privacy violations. The revelation that its “pervert glasses,” as some have taken to calling Meta’s controversial smart glasses, could soon be using facial recognition tech — not unlike the eyewear being used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — fueled an existing PR disaster. Andy Stone, the tech giant’s spokesperson and VP of communications, declared on X that Wired’s reporting was “intellectually dishonest” and “advocacy-driven click bait.” What’s more, according to Stone, NameTag was fully nonexistent. “Here’s a thing: Wired reports Meta didn’t answer several questions about how this will work,” Stone added in a follow-up post. “How could we? The feature doesn’t exist!” In response to Stone, another Meta executive, chief technology officer Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, jumped in. “Incredibly misleading from Wired,” he wrote. “Absolutely dishonest.” Yet despite company leaders reassuring us that the feature doesn’t exist, Bosworth discussed it in detail during an interview with The Atlantic CEO and podcaster Nick Thompson. Bosworth’s comments in the interview, which was published last week, seemingly contradicted his fellow executives, revealing that the feature did indeed exist.
Jul 18, 2026 · via futurism.com
Color detection is a fundamental task in many embedded systems – from industrial sorting machines to smart home lighting and DIY electronics. When using a microcontroller (MCU) like the ESP32, there are two common approaches: 1. Camera‑based detection 2. and Optical sensors with integrated color filters The first system uses a camera module to capture an image, then the MCU or a connected computer runs algorithms. This way consumes much more processing power, memory, and energy. Optical sensor contain photodiodes with red, green, blue, and clear filters, plus an analog-to-digital converter. The MCU reads the intensity of each channel via I²C. This method is fast, low‑power, and works well, and no complex image processing is required. The project presented in this video uses a second, more efficient approach, using a dedicated color sensor to achieve real-time, accurate readings with minimal resources. This project is sponsored by PCBWay. From July 1st to July 31st, 2026, PCBWay is organizing 12th anniversary campaig. Grab your discount and unlock more rewards in the form of Exclusive Coupons, PCB Order for Just $5, Turnkey Electronic Design Services, Up to 50% off for 3D printing & CNC Machining, and Special Sales in PCBWay Store. Next, Join the fun with interactive games and receive your exclusive Engineer Color Personality, Click the Box to Participate in the Lucky Draw, Show Your Colorful Projects, and Vote for the Most Popular Badge. The hardware implemented in this project is: - ESP32‑C3 – a compact, Wi‑Fi enabled RISC‑V chip. It handles sensor reading, PWM generation for the RGB LED, and runs a web server. - Color sensor board TCS3472 which should be close to the target object to exclude ambient light. The sensor has a built-in white LED to illuminate the sample. - A common‑cathode RGB LED connected to three PWM
Jul 18, 2026 · via hackster.io
Shin Bet security agency director David Zini is seeking unrestricted access to a database of facial images of citizens captured at border crossings, even though current law does not authorize such access, sources told Haaretz.
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The request is part of an effort to expand the agency's role in fighting crime. Under current law, however, only immigration authorities can access the images. According to the attorney general, such a demand requires the law to be amended
Shin Bet security agency director David Zini is seeking unrestricted access to a database of facial images of citizens captured at border crossings, even though current law does not authorize such access, sources told Haaretz.
Jul 18, 2026 · via haaretz.com
ZBeta Names Payton Staub Senior Vice President
The physical security consulting firm has hired an industry veteran to lead its software and artificial intelligence initiatives.
- By Jesse Jacobs
- Jul 17, 2026
Physical security consulting firm ZBeta has appointed Payton Staub as its new senior vice president of software and artificial intelligence.
In this new role, Staub will oversee the company's efforts to help clients navigate digital transformation and integrate emerging technologies into their security infrastructure.
Staub joins the company with a background in enterprise software development, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and security technology.
He previously served as a software development manager at Amazon Corporate Security. His prior experience includes working as a senior software development engineer for Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Web Services' machine learning platform.
Staub also founded JetStream Technologies and worked as a senior software engineer at Axon, where he contributed to the digital evidence management platform Evidence.com.
Jul 18, 2026 · via securitytoday.com