I use FaceID iPhone all the time -- it's so convenient. How does it work, and what are the implications?

My make-up class at Glastonbury to fool facial recognition cameras (Charlotte Alt, Will Humphries, The Times

Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition (Alex Hern, The Guardian)

Iran is using drones and apps to catch women who aren’t wearing hijabs, says UN report (Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, March 14, 2025)

How Does Facial Recognition Technology Work: A Beginner’s Guide (FieldDrive, November 21, 2024)

We all want to get a gold star, and most of that is as simple as showing up. But sometimes, athletes and performers find themselves pushing through the pain. What are the costs?

Cousins says on Netflix’s ‘Quarterback’ he played through arm injury to keep Falcons’ starting job (AP, Jul 8, 2025)

Kesha Tore Her ACL on Stage Mid-Performance — and Finished the Show: ‘I’m a Bad Bitch’ (Madison E. Goldberg, People, Jul 8, 2025)

10 Times When Musicians Played on Through Grueling Injuries (Amanda Angel, WQXR, Oct 21, 2015)

Playing through the pain = more loss than gain (Chayil Champion, UCLA Health, Nov 16, 2022)

Playing in Pain in the N.F.L. (Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, Mar 21, 2017)

NFL abuse of painkillers and other drugs described in court filings (Rick Maese, The Washington Post, Mar 9, 2017)

Best MLB performances while injured or sick (Andrew Simon, MLB, Oct 31, 2024)

26 years later: Would Kerri Strug’s famous vault have happened today? (Patricia Duffy, Gymnastics Now, Jul 23, 2022)

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Is handwriting a thing of the past? Here are the arguments about why it's necessary to conserve it.

Hot take: Cursive comeback could be a civics lesson (Isaac Avilucea, Axios, Jun 30, 2025)

National Archives is Seeking Volunteers Who Have the ‘Superpower’ of Reading Cursive — Which Only 24 States Still Teach (Danielle Jennings, People, Jan 15, 2025)

The Number of States That Require Schools to Teach Cursive Is Growing (Brooke Schultz, Education Week, Nov 6, 2024)

Why Cursive Handwriting Is Good for Your Brain (Devon Frye, Psychology Today, Oct 2, 2020)

Why Writing by Hand Could Make You Smarter (William R. Klemm, Psychology Today, Mar 14, 2013)

Welcome to the Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest! (Official)

Signature moves: are we losing the ability to write by hand? (Christine Rosen, The Guardian, Jan 21, 2025)

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