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Anthropic Will Require a Government ID and a Live Face Scan to Use Claude
Anthropic will require Claude users to submit a government ID and a live face scan starting July 8, 2026, with Persona Identities running the checks.
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07 / 49Anthropic Will Require a Government ID and a Live Face Scan to Use Claude
Anthropic will require Claude users to submit a government ID and a live face scan starting July 8, 2026, with Persona Identities running the checks.
Three Hikers Died in the Grand Canyon's Inner Canyon as June Heat Climbed Past 109 Degrees
Three hikers died on the South Kaibab and North Kaibab trails in June 2026 as Inner Canyon temperatures climbed past 109 degrees Fahrenheit.
Norway Tells Its Youngest Pupils to Put the AI Away
Norway is drawing an age line around generative AI in school, betting that the way to prepare children for it is to keep it out of their hands first.
Grand Theft Auto VI Gets a Pre-Order Date, and the November 19 Launch Becomes Real
Rockstar set June 25 for Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders, all but confirming a November 19, 2026 launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.
Arthur Opens the 2026 Hurricane Season as a Rain Story, Not a Wind Story
Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of 2026, came ashore on the Gulf Coast as a multi-day rainfall and flooding event.
Apple Is About to Make Hide My Email Easy to Block
Apple is moving every Hide My Email alias onto a single labeled subdomain, and the change hands any website a one-line way to refuse them.
Eight Dead at Edwards as a Sixty-Year-Old B-52 Goes Down on a Test Flight
A routine AESA radar test flight at Edwards Air Force Base ended in flames Monday, killing all eight on board the B-52H, tail number 60-0061.