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That "Study" You Just Read? 66% of Its Sources Don't Exist
Jul 12, 2026•Episode 427•News

That "Study" You Just Read? 66% of Its Sources Don't Exist

Picture this. A research paper clears peer review, not one expert, but three or more sign off on it. And buried inside are more than a hundred citations that po

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Your Friend's Doorbell Just Scanned Your Face — And You Can't Take It Back
Jul 12, 2026•Episode 426•News

Your Friend's Doorbell Just Scanned Your Face: And You Can't Take It Back

You walked up to a friend's front door last week. You rang the bell. And in that moment, a camera may have scanned your face, and turned it into something a com

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Your Face Is Now Your Train Ticket — and Nobody Asked You First
Jul 12, 2026•Episode 425•News

Your Face Is Now Your Train Ticket: and Nobody Asked You First

In Japan, thousands of train commuters are now walking through ticket gates without a ticket, a card, or a phone. They just walk. The gate reads their face and

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Your Bank Thinks You're Safe. The Math Says 7 in 10 Aren't.
Jul 12, 2026•Episode 424•News

Your Bank Thinks You're Safe. The Math Says 7 in 10 Aren't.

A group of hackers spent all of last year targeting banks, and they never once stole a password. Instead, they called the help desk. They pretended to be an emp

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Your Brain Sees Faces Differently Than Everyone Else's — And Your DNA Decides Ho
Jul 12, 2026•Episode 423•News

Your Brain Sees Faces Differently Than Everyone Else's: And Your DNA Decides How

Two trained investigators sit down to compare the same two photographs. Same lighting. Same screen. Same faces. One says, "That's definitely him." The other say

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Your Face Is Forever. Your Password Isn't. Ask These 3 Questions Before You Scan
Jul 11, 2026•Episode 422•News

Your Face Is Forever. Your Password Isn't. Ask These 3 Questions Before You Scan.

You can change your password a thousand times. You will never change your fingerprint. And you'll only ever get one face. That single fact is the thing most of

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Your Face Just Became the Password Criminals Can't Wait to Steal
Jul 11, 2026•Episode 421•News

Your Face Just Became the Password Criminals Can't Wait to Steal

A piece of malware can now copy your face, not your password, not your card number, your actual face, and use it to walk into your bank account. Security resear

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Your Car Is About to Watch Your Eyes — and Nobody's Saying Where That Video Goes
Jul 11, 2026•Episode 420•News

Your Car Is About to Watch Your Eyes: and Nobody's Saying Where That Video Goes

Your next car might watch your eyes the whole time you drive. It could track when your eyelids droop, where your gaze wanders, and how alert you are behind the

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Your Face Is About to Become Your Password — Whether You Like It or Not
Jul 11, 2026•Episode 419•News

Your Face Is About to Become Your Password: Whether You Like It or Not

Fake passports and driver's licenses made by artificial intelligence are the fastest-growing fraud in the world right now. Researchers say this kind of document

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Your Fingerprint Never Touches Your Bank. Here's What Actually Approves That Pay
Jul 11, 2026•Episode 418•News

Your Fingerprint Never Touches Your Bank. Here's What Actually Approves That Payment.

Your fingerprint never actually pays for anything. When you tap your finger to send money, that fingerprint doesn't reach your bank. It never leaves your phone.

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Why "Upload Your ID" Is the Wrong Answer to "Are You 18?"
Jul 10, 2026•Episode 417•News

Why "Upload Your ID" Is the Wrong Answer to "Are You 18?"

When a website asks if you're eighteen, it doesn't actually need your name. It doesn't need your address, your birthdate, or a scan of your driver's license. It

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Your Phone Becomes Your Passport in 2026. Here's What Could Go Very Wrong.
Jul 10, 2026•Episode 416•News

Your Phone Becomes Your Passport in 2026. Here's What Could Go Very Wrong.

Only about one in three Europeans says they actually plan to use it. The digital I.D. wallet that could replace the plastic card in your pocket by late next yea

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Meta's New Glasses Can Log Your Face at a Party — And You'll Never Know
Jul 10, 2026•Episode 415•News

Meta's New Glasses Can Log Your Face at a Party: And You'll Never Know

Imagine you're at a friend's birthday party. Someone across the room is wearing a normal-looking pair of glasses. And those glasses just logged your face, quiet

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Your Face at Work Is Now a File You've Never Seen
Jul 10, 2026•Episode 414•News

Your Face at Work Is Now a File You've Never Seen

Your boss might have a file on your face. Your fingerprint. Your voice. Maybe even a scan of your eyes. And most workers who clock in with their thumb every mor

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The Blurry Photo From 2015 That Could Lock You Out of Your Own Life
Jul 10, 2026•Episode 413•News

The Blurry Photo From 2015 That Could Lock You Out of Your Own Life

Picture this. You walk in to get your national I.D. photo taken. And because your skin is darker, the camera struggles to see you clearly. Meanwhile, someone wi

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The Coworker With Full Access to Your Data May Not Be a Real Person
Jul 9, 2026•Episode 412•News

The Coworker With Full Access to Your Data May Not Be a Real Person

There might be someone at a company right now with access to the payroll system, the source code, the customer database, and that someone was never a real perso

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You Only Have One Face. A Court Just Ruled You Get to Control It.
Jul 9, 2026•Episode 411•News

You Only Have One Face. A Court Just Ruled You Get to Control It.

You have exactly one face. No spare. No backup. And if someone copies the pattern of it, the distance between your eyes, the shape of your jaw, you can't reset

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Your Face Just Approved 611 Million Payments — And Fraudsters Are Practicing
Jul 9, 2026•Episode 410•News

Your Face Just Approved 611 Million Payments: And Fraudsters Are Practicing

Last month, six hundred and eleven million payments in India got approved by someone's face or fingerprint. No PIN. No password. Just a glance or a touch. And h

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That "Insurance Rep" on Video Might Be a Deepfake — and Your Medical File Is the
Jul 9, 2026•Episode 409•News

That "Insurance Rep" on Video Might Be a Deepfake: and Your Medical File Is the Prize

Only about a third of people can spot a deepfake, even after someone warns them one's coming. When nobody warns them at all, most still get fooled. Those aren't

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That "Urgent" Call From Your Boss? The Voice Is Fake — And It Cost $1.33 to Make
Jul 9, 2026•Episode 408•News

That "Urgent" Call From Your Boss? The Voice Is Fake, And It Cost $1.33 to Make

A convincing fake of your boss's voice, the exact tone, the exact urgency, now costs about a dollar and thirty-three cents to make. Not thousands. Not a Hollywo

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Only 1 in 1,000 People Can Spot a Deepfake — Here's the 30-Second Habit That Act
Jul 8, 2026•Episode 407•News

Only 1 in 1,000 People Can Spot a Deepfake, Here's the 30-Second Habit That Actually Protects You

In a test where two thousand people were told, flat out, to look for fakes, only one in a thousand could tell them all apart. One. In. A. Thousand. And these we

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That Hot Stranger Sliding Into Your DMs? Probably 40,000 Lines of Code.
Jul 8, 2026•Episode 406•News

That Hot Stranger Sliding Into Your DMs? Probably 40,000 Lines of Code.

Some of these accounts have tens of thousands of followers. Thirty-one thousand. Eighty-eight thousand. And the person in the videos? He doesn't exist. Not a si

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Before Your Kid Downloads Another App, 28 States Want Your ID — And Your Data
Jul 8, 2026•Episode 405•News

Before Your Kid Downloads Another App, 28 States Want Your ID, And Your Data

Twenty-eight states now want proof of your kid's age before they download a single app. And to prove that age, someone has to hand over an I.D., or personal dat

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Your Kid's Birthday Photo Is All a Stranger Needs — And It Takes 15 Minutes
Jul 8, 2026•Episode 404•News

Your Kid's Birthday Photo Is All a Stranger Needs: And It Takes 15 Minutes

Twenty photos. Fifteen minutes. That's all a stranger needs to turn your child's birthday picture into something you can't unsee. According to Britain's Interne

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That "Grandson" Begging You for Money Tonight? Hang Up and Call Him Back.
Jul 8, 2026•Episode 403•News

That "Grandson" Begging You for Money Tonight? Hang Up and Call Him Back.

Nearly nine in ten older adults say they're worried about A.I. scams, voice cloning, fake videos, a stranger wearing a loved one's face. But almost all of them

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