The Web Facebook expands its use of facial recognition technology The tech will be governed by a simple on / off switch By Shawn Knight, December 19, 2017, 3:02 PM
Apple Security iPhone developers will have the ability to copy consumer face scan data to their private servers Developers can copy data about your face scan to their private servers By William Gayde, November 2, 2017, 6:31 PM
Apple Mobile Apple to abandon Touch ID on iPhone 8, will instead use passcode or facial recognition A worst-case scenario By Shawn Knight, September 8, 2017, 8:00 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture Smile to Pay: KFC China store lets customers pay for food using just their smile Would you like extra cheese? By Rob Thubron, September 4, 2017, 12:15 PM 10 comments
Security Tech Culture Passengers leaving the US will have to pass facial recognition scanners at all international airports in the future Facial recognition program to roll out at all US international airports later this year By William Gayde, April 19, 2017, 10:15 AM 12 comments
Mobile Report: Samsung Galaxy S8 to use facial recognition tech for mobile payment systems Look at your phone to pay for shopping By Rob Thubron, March 16, 2017, 9:30 AM
Mobile Software Facezam, an app that lets users find your Facebook profile from a photo, will soon arrive in the US [Updated] The end of anonymous societies? By Rob Thubron, March 14, 2017, 10:30 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture KFC trials machine that guesses your order using facial recognition tech How can this possibly go wrong By Rob Thubron, January 11, 2017, 12:30 PM
Security Mobile Synaptics' new biometric solution combines fingerprint authentication with facial recognition By Shawn Knight, January 3, 2017, 3:30 PM
Software Facial recognition software rejects Asian man's passport photo because it thinks his eyes are closed Richard Lee said there are no hard feelings on his part By Rob Thubron, December 7, 2016, 11:30 AM 13 comments
Mobile Blippar AR app adds facial recognition tech that can automatically identify a person Thankfully, it's opt-in By Rob Thubron, December 6, 2016, 11:45 AM
Software Researchers find way of fooling facial recognition technology using printed glasses By Rob Thubron, November 4, 2016, 12:45 PM
News Around the Web Weekend tech #2: GTX 1070 firmware update, Sleeping Dogs dev shutters, why DDR4 prices spiked By Matthew DeCarlo, October 23, 2016, 10:00 AM
Software The Web Porn site's facial recognition tech finds camgirls who resemble people you know By Rob Thubron, September 26, 2016, 6:15 AM
The Web Mobile Nightmare Russian facial recognition app is one step closer to the end of privacy By Rob Thubron, May 17, 2016, 12:00 PM 15 comments
Software Industry Facebook releases modified version of Moments without facial recognition tech in the EU and Canada By Rob Thubron, May 11, 2016, 2:00 PM
Industry Facebook's motion to dismiss is rejected in photo-tagging privacy lawsuit By Rob Thubron, May 6, 2016, 6:15 AM
Mobile The Web Amazon wants to get rid of passwords and let you make purchases using a selfie By Rob Thubron, March 15, 2016, 7:30 AM 14 comments
Software Apple Apple acquires Emotient, a company that uses AI and facial recognition to identify emotions By Rob Thubron, January 8, 2016, 4:45 PM
Mobile Facebook will kill off photo syncing feature on January 10 and push users to its Moments app By Rob Thubron, December 15, 2015, 9:15 AM
Microsoft Software After trying to predict your age, Microsoft has now introduced a tool that can identify emotions By Rob Thubron, November 12, 2015, 4:15 PM 8 comments
Mobile Facebook introduces new feature to Messenger that scans your camera roll to identify friends By Rob Thubron, November 10, 2015, 4:45 PM 7 comments
Security Mobile MasterCard to confirm purchases by face and fingerprint scanning By Dieter Holger, July 2, 2015, 11:30 AM
Software The Web Facebook can now recognize you without seeing your face By Dieter Holger, June 23, 2015, 6:45 AM
The Web Match.com to use facial recognition to help find people that look like your ex By Shawn Knight, June 17, 2014, 5:30 PM 18 comments