Bree Burkitt reports: Arizona could soon be one of the first states to maintain a massive statewide DNA database. And if the proposed legislation passes, many people — from parent school volunteers and teachers to real estate agents and foster parents — will have no choice but to give up their DNA. Under Senate Bill 1475, which…
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Panel scraps mental health question after law school student push
Justin Mattingly reports: The state agency that oversees qualifications for the Virginia State Bar will no longer ask students to disclose mental health treatment on their applications. In the spring, law students from across the state organized and sent letters to the Virginia Board of Bar Examiners asking it to eliminate a portion of the…
Judge to Keep Sealed Names of People Recorded by Anti-Abortion Activists Facing Charges in California
AP reports: A California judge ruled Monday that the names of 14 Planned Parenthood workers and others will remain sealed during the prosecution of two anti-abortion activists charged with secretly recording them. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Christopher Hite made the ruling despite the publication of the names on an anti-abortion website over the weekend….
How All-Knowing Smartphones Could Become the Pentagon’s Employee Access Cards
Aaron Boyd reports: A New York-based company and the Defense Department have created an artificial intelligence algorithm to be embedded in smartphones that knows the device owner so well it can tell its user by the way they talk, type and even walk. TWOSENSE.AI has been working with the department to build a software-as-a-service product…