facial recognition

Amazon’s Doorbell Cameras Recognize ‘Suspicious’ People by Their Face, Voice, Smell

Amazon was recently granted 17 patents for biometric doorbell technology that analyzes people’s faces, voice, skin texture and smell. Ring,…

4 years ago

Microsoft Says It Won’t Sell Its Facial Recognition Tech To Police Without Federal Regulation

Microsoft Corporation refused today to sell its facial recognition technology to police departments until government regulations guarantee its “ethical use.”…

5 years ago

Is Facial Recognition Technology Capable Of Identifying Suspects? Here’s What Tech Experts Say

San Francisco prohibited city police from using facial recognition technology to identify suspects, and now experts warn that the fledgling…

6 years ago

San Francisco Bans Police From Using Facial Recognition AI To Help Identify Suspects

San Francisco banned a piece of technology that police used in 2018 to identify a man who shot and killed…

6 years ago

Student Slaps Apple With $1 Billion Suit, Blames Facial Recognition Software For False Arrest

A college student filed a lawsuit against Apple on Monday, alleging that the tech giant’s facial recognition software led to…

6 years ago

Second Impostor in Three Weeks Caught by CBP Biometric Verification Technology at Washington Dulles Airport

Less than three weeks into the use of its new cutting-edge facial comparison biometric system, U.S. Customs and Border Protection…

7 years ago

Cicadas, the Latest Addition to Chinese Cuisine

Business reporter Harrison Jacobs accurately describes China as a “techno–authoritarian” state. Where the Nazis used inaccurate Phrenology and calipers to…

7 years ago