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You’ve heard of Touch ID and Face ID, but is Ear ID next? Researchers have detailed a new tech would let you use AirPods or similar buds to prove who you are and unlock your gadgets — and it’s actually your heartrate that they detect China's Social Credit System

You’ve heard of Touch ID and Face ID, but is Ear ID next? Researchers have detailed a new tech would let you use AirPods or similar buds to prove who you are and unlock your gadgets — and it’s actually your heartrate that they detect

(Image credit: Future) Chinese researchers have developed 'AccLock' This uses your heartbeat to verify your identity All it needs is earbuds with accelerometers Researchers from several universities in China have developed a technology they called AccLock, and it's basically Ear ID. It's a way of verifying your identity using your…
bubmag
May 21, 2026
LA’s Mayor Bass Exposes Failings As CNN Host Presses Her on Broken Promise to End Homelessness Homeless

LA’s Mayor Bass Exposes Failings As CNN Host Presses Her on Broken Promise to End Homelessness

The race for Los Angeles mayor is not going exactly how the Democrats may have envisioned in mid-Dec. 2025 when Karen Bass, the first Black woman mayor elected in the City of Angels, made the announcement that she was running for reelection. In a social media post Bass shared about…
bubmag
May 21, 2026
SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing SpaceX

SpaceX Listed Grok’s ‘Spicy’ Mode as a Risk in Its IPO Filing

SpaceX warned investors that AI features such as Grok’s “Spicy" and “Unhinged” modes, which allow the chatbot to generate raunchy image or voice responses with fewer safety filters, could expose the company to regulatory scrutiny and reputational damages, according to a filing submitted Wednesday as part of the company’s planned…
bubmag
May 21, 2026
Top Climate Scientists Accuse the Livestock Industry of Pushing Fuzzy Math to Downplay Its Climate Warming Emissions Global Warming

Top Climate Scientists Accuse the Livestock Industry of Pushing Fuzzy Math to Downplay Its Climate Warming Emissions

A group of the world’s leading climate scientists are warning governments and the livestock industry against adopting an “accounting trick” that will imperil the all-out global effort required to control heat-trapping emissions. In the statement, 42 scientists call on the government of Ireland, a major dairy producer, to reject a…
bubmag
May 21, 2026