A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify ~85% of the 221K daily travelers entering the US, replacing passport lines and self-serve kiosks (Heather Murphy/New York Times)

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Sen. Wyden reveals CBP told Congress it is adding data from ~10K travelers’ devices per year to a database, accessible to 2,700 officers without a warrant  —  Contacts, call logs, messages and photos from up to 10,000 travelers’ phones are saved to a government database every year

Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:
Disney unveils FRAN, an AI tool that helps TV or film producers make an actor look older or younger without the need for complex and expensive visual effects  —  With just a few clicks, actors can look younger or older without the need for expensive visual effects.  —  Alerts

Wall Street Journal:
New York AG Letitia James asks Madison Square Garden Entertainment for information on the alleged use of facial recognition to deny access to ticket holders  —  Probe related to company’s alleged use of the technology to bar certain ticket holders from its venues

Weronika Strzyżyńska / The Guardian:
The Iranian government plans to use facial recognition on public transport to identify women who are not complying with its strict new hijab laws  —  Government says it will use technology on public transport in crackdown on women’s dress  —  The Iranian government is planning …

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features in Photos, Assistant, and Nest devices to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without proper consent  —  State alleges tech giant didn’t obtain user consent for biometric-data use  —  The Texas attorney general sued Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 2.32%▲ …

Nathan Ingraham / Engadget:
The latest iPadOS 16 developer beta makes Stage Manager compatible with older A12X and A12Z iPads, but does not include external monitor support for the feature  —  Probably the biggest change Apple announced with iPadOS 16 earlier this year is Stage Manager, a totally new multitasking system …