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31 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 9, 2026.
The data firm, accused by Democrats of enabling surveillance, is adding a former Montana senator as an adviser ahead of expected oversight fights in January.
Privacy experts tell NPR that command centers that merge cameras, license-plate readers and other feeds into one view of a city deserve more scrutiny than the license-plate cameras drawing protests.
A one-page memo from the state transportation department cited 'misuse, data privacy concerns, and surveillance schemes.' Jacksonville's sheriff dropped the technology countywide the same week.
WatchSan Mateo police say the driverless car's interior cameras caught two 15-year-olds drinking and shooting a gel-pellet gun painted to look real — so Waymo disabled the vehicle and called 911, reigniting a fight over who is watching inside autonomous cars.
Section 702, which intelligence officials call their single most valuable tool, expired at 12:01 a.m. June 12 after Democrats refused to renew it while Bill Pulte runs the spy agencies.
Key spying program ends Saturday night while government agencies indicate surveillance operations will continue under alternative authorities.
Top officials say letting the powerful spying authority expire will leave the United States dangerously blind, though some surveillance operations can still continue under existing frameworks.
Gaming data collected from millions of players continues to draw scrutiny over potential military applications as AI training uses expand.
FISA surveillance power faces expiration deadline while top officials argue letting the authority lapse will leave America dangerously vulnerable to foreign threats.
Critical intelligence-gathering law faces lapse after measure falls well short of support needed to pass, raising national security concerns.
Republicans struggle to extend powerful surveillance authority set to lapse this weekend following president's controversial choice of Bill Pulte as acting spy chief.
Republicans struggle to extend FISA surveillance authority set to expire this weekend after the president's controversial pick alienates lawmakers.
A failed Senate vote and a fight over reforms have left Section 702, a cornerstone of U.S. foreign intelligence gathering, days away from lapsing amid turmoil at the top of the spy agencies.
The tech giant quickly removed the capability after researchers discovered hidden facial recognition features in its Ray-Ban smart glasses software.
Democrats withdrew support for renewing key surveillance authorities following the president's controversial intelligence appointment, throwing national security programs into uncertainty.
When a small Solomon Islands community requested help with youth problems, Chinese police arrived with comprehensive monitoring technology, raising regional security concerns.
The agreement — more than five times the size of the company's last DHS deal — gives ICE officers cloud access to BI2's 4.2-million-record biometric database, drawing alarm from the ACLU and Sen. Ron Wyden, who warn the rollout amounts to construction of the largest civilian iris-recognition system in U.S. history.
The American pontiff's massive document marks the Vatican's most powerful intervention yet in debates over artificial intelligence misuse and overuse.
German researchers demonstrate new form of surveillance using radio waves, raising privacy concerns about ubiquitous wireless networks.
German researchers demonstrate surveillance system that recognizes individuals using ordinary wireless signals, even when phones are turned off.
German researchers demonstrate technology that can recognize individuals using ordinary wireless signals, even when phones are turned off.
Federal regulators are turning to artificial intelligence to detect suspicious trading patterns as prediction markets gain mainstream adoption.
American surveillance aircraft increase operations over the Caribbean island amid rising tensions in the region.
Justices grapple with constitutional limits on geofence searches that sweep up location data from cellphones near crime scenes.
Justices examine controversial 'geofence' searches that sweep up location data from cellphone users near crime scenes to identify suspects and witnesses.
Tech giant ends controversial practice of maintaining notification data that law enforcement could access to spy on encrypted messaging app conversations.
Justice Department agrees to payment over FBI surveillance errors during Russia investigation, acknowledging significant procedural failures in FISA applications.
The Senate must also approve the stopgap measure as libertarian-leaning House Republicans balked at a long-term extension of the controversial surveillance program.
The Rules Committee cleared an 18-month clean extension of FISA Section 702, rejecting warrant requirements sought by Democrats and some Republicans, as CIA Director Ratcliffe says constitutional protections are operationally incompatible with foreign surveillance.
Professional networking platform's monitoring of users' browser extensions sparks privacy concerns and legal challenges.
Kash Patel confirmed before the Senate Intelligence Committee that the FBI purchases commercially available movement data, reversing the position of his predecessor and alarming civil liberties advocates.