Microsoft is investigating facial recognition startup AnyVision
Microsoft has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the use of facial recognition technology developed by an Israeli startup it…
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Microsoft to probe work of Israeli facial recognition startup it funded
Microsoft Corp has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the use of facial recognition technology developed by an Israeli…
Singapore Tourism Board trials facial recognition technology in hotels
ASIA HAS fallen in love with the convenience and security that facial recognition technology offers. Although still relatively in nascent stages, the…
Facial recognition tech should be regulated not banned, argues IBM
IBM wants the US government to regulate facial recognition technology, instead of banning it outright. “Precision regulation” can restrict potentially harmful…
Beijing eyes facial recognition tech for metro security
Beijing will use facial recognition tools to speed up security checks in the city’s overcrowded metro, using a ‘credit system’ to sort passengers into…
New Facebook AI fools facial recognition
Facebook is both embroiled in privacy struggles over its use of facial recognition, working to spread it far and wide, and coming up with ways to flummox the…
Universal Studios park in China to have facial recognition tech
BEIJING: The Universal Studios amusement park under construction in Beijing will admit visitors without a ticket – thanks to cameras that will scan their faces…
California outlaws facial recognition in police bodycams
On Tuesday, California passed into law a three-year block of the use of facial recognition in police bodycams that turns them into biometric surveillance…
Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France
France is creating – and speeding up the rollout of – a nationwide program using facial recognition to create legal digital identities for its citizens. The…
Facial recognition’s arrival at airports ushers in the biometric era
The kind of face-scanning technology seen in science fiction films is now in use at airports across the country, with a goal of increasing security and saving…