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Turkey launches review of how social media platforms handle children’s data as it prepares new rules including identity verification and age restrictions (Turkish Minute)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 22, 2026

Turkish minute: Turkey is launching a review of how social media platforms handle children’s data, as it prepares new rules…

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Anthropic details the “helper axis,” a pattern of neural activity in language models that governs their default identity and helpful behavior (Anthropic)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 20, 2026

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CDC web pages on sexual identity, health equity deleted

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 26, 2025

A sign for the CDC is outside their establishment at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Roybal Campus in…

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The United Kingdom unveils plans for a digital identity document, which will have to work in the country, to combat illegal immigration; Identity will be stored on people’s phones (Kate Whannel / BBC)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 26, 2025

Featured podcasts Hard Fork: The Grand Ai Build-Out + H-1B Visa Chaos + Tiktok Braces for removal The future is…

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While carriers deploy protections against fraudulent texts, crooks use "SMS blasters" This has usurped the identity of basic stations to send false messages to nearby phones (Matt Burgess / Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 21, 2025

Matt Burgess / Cable:: While carriers deploy protections against fraudulent texts, crooks use “SMS blasters” which usurp the basic stations…

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1kosmos, which provides identity verification and authentication software without password, has collected a B series of $ 57 million, including a line of credit of $ 10 million (Duncan Riley / Siliconangle)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 13, 2025

Duncan Riley / Silicion:: 1kosmos, which provides an identity verification and authentication software without password, increased a B series of…

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The identity verification startup, which has more than 3,000 customers, has collected a series of $ 200 million led by Ribbit to an evaluation of $ 2 billion, bringing its total funding to $ 417 million (Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 30, 2025

Rashi shrivastava / Forbes:: The identity verification startup, which has more than 3,000 customers, has collected a series of $…

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

Iran war could revive cooperation between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Vietnam protests China’s development of controversial reef in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Potential and limits – The diplomat

After 29 years, RFA is on hiatus – Radio Free Asia

McCormick buys Unilever’s food business

JetBlue Airways Raises Checked Baggage Fees as Fuel Prices Soar

Chinese suppliers warn of rising prices in the United States due to Hormuz closure

NFL asks prediction markets to refrain from ‘objectionable bets’

Pokémon Card Value Rises Amid Logan Paul Pikachu Auction

Karoline Leavitt just prepared to face war crimes charges

America rejects Trump as his approval rating hits new low

Trump arrested for lying about Iran war negotiations

No Kings 3 was the largest one-day protest against a president in US history

Bernie Sanders destroys Trump’s lies about the Iran war

Google says all users in the United States can now change their Google account username; users are limited to one username change every 12 months (Kris Holt/Engadget)

South Korean memory chipmakers have sufficient helium stocks until at least June, and a South Korean minister has ruled out any supply disruptions in the first half of 2026 (Reuters)

Supply chain attack compromises Axios HTTP client with 100 million weekly npm downloads, introducing malicious dependency and deploying multi-stage payload (Socket)

Official data shows that Indian smartphone exports reached $11 billion in the first half of fiscal 2026, up 55% year-on-year; analysts warn Iran war could trigger 22-25% decline in coming weeks (Quratulain Rehbar/Nikkei Asia)

AI coding agents will radically change both the practice and economics of exploit development, automating the discovery of zero-day vulnerabilities (Thomas H. Ptacek/sockpuppet.org)

Browsing: identity

Turkey launches review of how social media platforms handle children’s data as it prepares new rules including identity verification and age restrictions (Turkish Minute)

Anthropic details the “helper axis,” a pattern of neural activity in language models that governs their default identity and helpful behavior (Anthropic)

CDC web pages on sexual identity, health equity deleted

The United Kingdom unveils plans for a digital identity document, which will have to work in the country, to combat illegal immigration; Identity will be stored on people’s phones (Kate Whannel / BBC)

While carriers deploy protections against fraudulent texts, crooks use "SMS blasters" This has usurped the identity of basic stations to send false messages to nearby phones (Matt Burgess / Wired)

1kosmos, which provides identity verification and authentication software without password, has collected a B series of $ 57 million, including a line of credit of $ 10 million (Duncan Riley / Siliconangle)

The identity verification startup, which has more than 3,000 customers, has collected a series of $ 200 million led by Ribbit to an evaluation of $ 2 billion, bringing its total funding to $ 417 million (Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes)