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Britain’s top cop hails Live Facial Recognition technology as a ‘game-changing’ tool

11 Sep

Science & Technology

Britain’s top cop hails Live Facial Recognition technology as a ‘game-changing’ tool

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September 11, 2025

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has hailed live facial recognition (LFR) as a "game-changing tool" for policing. During a speech, he emphasised its effectiveness in tackling crime, citing its use in making hundreds of arrests in 2025. Key Details and Usage Arrest Statistics: According to Sir Mark, LFR has led to over 700 arrests this year alone, including more than 50 registered sex offenders who were in breach of their conditions. Targeted Use: He stressed that the technology is used responsibly and is focused on locating serious offenders, such as wanted individuals, registered sex offenders, and those wanted for violent crimes. Operational Expansion: The Metropolitan Police plans to more than double the use of LFR, increasing deployments to up to 10 times per week across five days, up from the current four times a week across two days. Notting...

NHL CBA establishes a fund for retired players’ health care and wellness

11 Sep

Health News

NHL CBA establishes a fund for retired players’ health care and wellness

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September 11, 2025

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Beyond the noticeable changes in the new NHL collective bargaining agreement like expanding the regular season to 84 games and implementing a playoff salary cap is an investment in caring for former players that has not existed until now. The league and union will contribute $4 million annually to the newly established Retired Players Emergency Healthcare and Wellness Fund. NHL Alumni Association president and executive director Glenn Healy, a retired goaltender, said the plan provides access to a family doctor and a mental wellness professional for any player, “whether you played one...

10 Sep

As government money tightens its grip on fighting games, the push back to grassroots events gains momentum

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September 11, 2025

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Last week, the news broke that the Saudi Arabian city project Qiddiya had acquired an American talent management and brand consulting firm called RTS. Now, you may not have heard of RTS, but you may have heard of the video game event it co-owns: Evo. Evo, the largest fighting game tournament in the world, is now owned in-part by the Saudi Arabian government. This government, criticised heavily for its human rights record, has brought the jewel of the fighting game community into its ever-growing sportswashing venture. The reaction was loud and largely negative in the wake of this announcement, with a wave of fighting game fans and professionals decrying the move, pledging to never attend an Evo again, and urging others to focus...

Justice Lee looks ‘through a glass darkly’ at Qantas claims of culture change

10 Sep

Science & Technology

Justice Lee looks ‘through a glass darkly’ at Qantas claims of culture change

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September 10, 2025

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The question of whether Qantas has actually changed, almost two years after the sudden departure of divisive former boss Alan Joyce, hung heavy over the judgment that saw the airline fined $90 million in penalties yesterday for illegally outsourcing 1,820 staff under the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic. The figure took the total redress for the life-shattering cuts to $210 million. Compensation of $120 million was ordered by Federal Court Justice Michael Lee last year. That’s on top of the $100 million that Qantas was fined after being caught by the competition regulator for the selling of so-called ghost flights: available to book online but already cancelled by the airline. As he pondered the airline’s behaviour and whether there was any true “contrition” in its growing number of apologies for its behaviour, Lee was scathing, dismissing Qantas’s pangs...