British facial scanning falls flat
The test scanned more than half a million faces and generated one false positive
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Your car knows how you drive, and General Motors sold the data
For years, General Motors collected data on how customers drove and sold it to companies working with the insurance sector.
US Senate seeks investigations into Tether and USDT in Iran
The subcommittee seeks reviews of sanctions and anti-money-laundering compliance
Kazakhstan targets flared gas for mining
The government is preparing rules to use oil-field gas for mining
Alloc Init proposes Shielded Bitcoin without a soft fork
The project uses zero-knowledge proofs and encrypted notes on Bitcoin
Block adds Lightning to the x402 standard
The company adds Lightning support to the open protocol for AI agents
Russia keeps Bitcoin payment ban and advances CBDC
According to Tass, the digital ruble has been available for transactions since September 1
579,900 USDT stolen by malicious App Store app
Versions 1.1 and 1.2 included malicious modules
EU Kids Act proposal sets age-based online access
Age checks planned for social media and video-sharing platforms
FT: Saudi Arabia leaves mBridge CBDC project
According to the Financial Times, SAMA ended its participation after a proof of concept
ECB and EU central banks call for stablecoin reserve liquidity thresholds
The ESCB proposes replacing mandatory bank deposits for reserves, as Tether had requested
ECB launches Pontes, a digital euro pilot for bank settlement
The system settles tokenised asset transactions in central bank money
