The teen driver charged with murder after allegedly mowing down two 17-year-old girls in New Jersey was identified Thursday by neighbors and traffic tickets obtained by a local news outlet. Vincent ...

Mandatory digital IDs may be coming to the UK, but non-mandatory ones have been in some European countries for decades. The United Kingdom last week announced a mandatory digital ID system, dubbed the ...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit of the Manufacturing Futures Lab at University College London in London, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP ...

The U.K. may be about to get even more dystopian. Prime Minister Keir Starmer proposed a plan last week that would require every adult in the United Kingdom to have a digital ID in order to work in ...

These days, most smartphones are kitted out with facial recognition technology, multiple cameras and wireless charging systems. But back in the 90s we were much more easily impressed, with handsets ...

This week the government announced plans for every adult in the UK to carry a digital ID card with them. This could be used to prove a person has the right to work in this country, and even to access ...

Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled plans to roll out digital ID cards as a mandatory requirement to work in the UK. The Prime Minister hailed it as a tool that would help curb illegal migration, but the ...

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A petition demanding the Government abandon its plans for mandatory digital ID cards has smashed through one million signatures, underlining the scale of public unease with the proposals. The petition ...

LONDON — Keir Starmer on Friday unveiled plans to roll out government-issued digital ID across the U.K. His initial pitch is clear: digital ID will help combat illegal working and curb one of the ...

New digital ID requirements meant to combat illegal immigration could take effect by July 2029. New digital ID requirements meant to combat illegal immigration could take effect by July 2029. is a ...