ICAO ePassport Inspector is a free iOS utility app that enables on-device NFC verification of ICAO ePassports. The app collects no user data and requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Austin Chen, founder of Manifund, a nonprofit grantmaker tied to effective altruism, announced he hired Caroline Ellison, who served prison time for fraud connected to Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX collapse. Ellison, 31, will work on the platform and philanthropic research after being released from federal custody in January; Chen framed the decision as giving her a second chance despite public backlash from some commenters and FTX victims.