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ICE has spent over $25M on iris scanners in no-bid contracts

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5822429/ice-buys-iris-scanners-tech-tools
19•ck2•50m ago

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ck2•45m ago
When I saw them using Iris scanners in Iraq 20+ years ago, I just knew they were going to start scanning people in the US with them

Keep in mind they are using them BEFORE a person is under arrest and even just protestors

If they can do that, someday there is going to be exponential resolution advancement where a Flock camera can do it from a distance

Imagine being able to walk up to a crowd and just iris scan everyone from a distance, that day is coming, it's just a technical limit for now (instead today they collect BLE and wifi mac addresses on your phones)

wil421•25m ago
We’ve all seen minority report. Some executive somewhere is foaming at the mouth to scan your iris and connect the data broker dots when you walk into a store.

I’m sure they’re already fingerprinting your iPhone or scanning your face when you walk into certain places. Some team is probably working on an Iris scanner.

NDlurker•13m ago
Swap out colored contact lenses frequently.

Maybe someone will figure out how to make Rorschach style morphing lenses with thermochromic pigments.

Edit: found these after doing some searches on diy contact lenses and thermochromic lenses

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20220066236A1/en

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10643561/

josefritzishere•30m ago
No-bid contracts are prohibited by FAR. So that's probably kickbacks.
tokai•24m ago
Are iris scans valid like fingerprints, where we just hand wave away that it might not be reliable?

Interviewing in the Age of AI

https://www.dein.fr/posts/2026-05-28-interviewing-in-the-age-of-ai
1•gregdoesit•26s ago•0 comments

Psychopathy: Some experts now say it doesn't exist – may be looking at it wrong

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1•choult•35s ago•0 comments

Chrome extension for walk-friendly Google Meet

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Ask HN: What Is an "AI Engineer"?

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MySQL Time-Travel Queries Using Indexed Binlogs

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The Impossible Partnership: Apple's Coming Reckoning with China

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1•malshe•6m ago•1 comments

Gothenburg's self-driving bus trammed on day one

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1•aanet•8m ago•1 comments

Opus 4.8 System Card [pdf]

https://cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzovbb/website/c886650a2e96fc0925c805a1a7ca77314ccbf4a6.pdf
2•kirtivr•10m ago•0 comments

Companies have ideal customers, and they pay them for their attention

https://www.nexertise.com/founding
3•yisraelgottz•11m ago•3 comments

Anthropic to roll out Claude Mythos in coming weeks, launches Opus 4.8

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1•victor_cl•12m ago•1 comments

British Airways Boeing 787 Pilot Clashes with New York JFK Controller

https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2026/05/22/british-airways-787-pilot-clashes-with-jfk-controller/
2•zzzeek•12m ago•0 comments

Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities
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Mistral to explore designing own chips

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Why Tolkien Would Rename Palantir Technologies to Orthanc Inc

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3•Dogwash24•18m ago•0 comments

Legislation Killed Would Have Effectively Blocked Police LPR, Including Flock

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New Retype for Obsidian Plugin

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A company turned visas to Europe into big business

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Ask HN: What Do You Struggle With?

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International Masturbation Month

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I built an Android-like OS that runs in the browser

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OpenClaw Architecture – Part 1: Control Plane, Sessions, and the Event Loop

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Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion [video]

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Real-time LLM Inference on Standard GPUs (3k tokens/s per request)

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Deep Tech Companies Are Built Different

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Leibniz's Explanation of binary arithmetic (1703)

https://www.leibniz-translations.com/binary
4•aragonite•30m ago•0 comments