The Lab · 2026-03-25 20:57:01 · The Register
Financial scammers are now deploying virtual smartphones that cleverly mimic the core traits of real handsets, turning a foundational element of digital identity into a weapon for fraud. These virtual devices, which can convincingly emulate the hardware and software profiles of legitimate phones, have become a key tool...
The Stage · 2026-04-09 22:39:45 · Deadline
A new platform promising to protect and monetize human identity in the age of AI has officially launched, immediately cleaving opinion within the UK's film and television industry. Twinnin, backed by tech giants Google and Nvidia, creates a digital clone of an actor's face to generate a secured 'identity record.' The c...
The Lab · 2026-04-17 19:53:03 · Decrypt
Sam Altman's iris-scanning crypto project, World, is expanding its reach into major consumer platforms, signaling a push to embed biometric verification at the core of digital identity. The project has partnered with Tinder for a U.S. rollout of its human verification system and is collaborating with Zoom on a feature ...
The Lab · 2026-04-17 22:52:44 · TechCrunch
Sam Altman's controversial World project is moving beyond its initial Orb-centered identity verification to directly target the dating app market, with Tinder as its first major partnership. This expansion signals a strategic push to embed its biometric verification system into platforms where trust and authenticity ar...
The Lab · 2026-04-20 10:33:03 · Medianama
The European Union's flagship age-verification app, promoted as a privacy-preserving tool to protect children online, has been found critically vulnerable, with security researchers demonstrating it can be hacked in under two minutes. This fundamental flaw, identified almost immediately after launch, directly contradic...