USA Today

You don't have to do a face or full-body scan at TSA if you don't want

Passengers can decline a facial scan and request a standard ID verification process instead. It is also legal to opt out of the full-body scanner, which will result in a physical pat-down by a TSA ...
ABC News

Reporter's notebook: Why I decided to do elective medical tests like a whole body scan, and what I learned

ABC News' Becky Worley writes about her experience with elective medical tests. Becky Worley is a consumer and technology correspondent for "Good Morning America." When my 41-year-old best friend was ...
Futurism

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out How to Transcribe Your Thoughts From an MRI Scan

We’re racing towards a future in which devices will be able to read our thoughts. You see signs of it everywhere, from brain-computer interfaces to algorithms that detect emotions from facial scans.
Wall Street Journal

Large Language Models Get All the Hype, but Small Models Do the Real Work

There’s a paradox at the heart of modern AI: The kinds of sophisticated models that companies are using to get real work done and reduce head count aren’t the ones getting all the attention.
ZDNet

This new Google Gemini model scrolls the internet just like you do - how it works

Google's new AI model can interact directly with website UIs. It joins similar tools from OpenAI and Anthropic. The company also admitted its weaknesses, including hallucinations. Google DeepMind has ...
The Verge

Google’s latest AI model uses a web browser like you do

The new Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model can click, scroll, and type in a browser window to access data that’s not available via an API. The new Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model can click, scroll, and type ...
Vogue

Do you want to be your own e-commerce model?

If you were shopping online, and all the clothes were worn not by a model, but by you — how would you feel? What if a brand emailed you a new lookbook or campaign with you as the star? Would you buy ...
The Courier-Journal

You might run into trouble with your REAL ID at the airport. Here's why and what to do

Months after the May 7 deadline for residents to have their REAL ID has passed, some Americans who have them are still struggling to fly. Photo-scanning technology, called biometrics technology, has ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The TikTok Deal Doesn’t Seem to Do What It Was Supposed To

Dave Lee is Bloomberg Opinion's US technology columnist. He was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times and BBC News. As TikTok dances go, this tango has lasted much longer than a typical ...
BGR

What Does TSA's Facial Scan Actually Do?

Dealing with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at an airport can feel overwhelming. There are so many rules to remember and security processes to go through. You often wonder if you ...
Queerty

Wait, what does Sean Cody have to do with a singer named Role Model?

Here at Queerty, we typically don’t concern ourselves with happenings in the hetero cisgender male singer community. But when an infamous gay adult film star, like Brandon of Sean Cody fame, gets ...