Real ID Requirement Finally Comes to U.S. Airports

Real ID Requirement Finally Comes to U.S. Airports

The signs inside Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport told the story on Wednesday: “Real ID, Enhanced, Passport” with an arrow pointing to the right, and “All Others” with an arrow pointing to the left. After years of warnings and postponements, “all others” are no longer enough to make it past …

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Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.

Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.

Spend enough time in San Francisco, peering into the cyberpunk future, and you may find that weird things start seeming normal. Fleets of self-driving cars? Yawn. A start-up trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth? Sure, why not. Summoning a godlike artificial intelligence that could wipe out humanity? Ho-hum. You may …

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The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. Databases packed with personal information like fingerprints and faces. Investigative tools that can break into locked phones and search through gigabytes of emails, text messages and other files. These are pieces of a technology arsenal available …

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