Industry Judge says class action suit against Facebook over facial recognition tech can go ahead More privacy-related problems for Facebook By Rob Thubron, April 17, 2018, 6:46 AM 7 comments
Security Chinese police use facial recognition tech to identify suspect from crowd of 50,000 There's no hiding from this AI By Rob Thubron, April 13, 2018, 11:09 AM 8 comments
Electronics Chinese police are using glasses with facial recognition tech to scan people's faces The devices have raised privacy and surveillance concerns By Rob Thubron, February 8, 2018, 7:33 AM 22 comments
Security China is reportedly testing a facial recognition system in Muslim-dominated Xinjiang Authorities will be alerted if certain individuals leave a 300-meter "safe area" By Cohen Coberly, January 18, 2018, 1:10 PM
Mobile Google Google app that matches selfies to famous paintings tops the app stores Results may vary By Rob Thubron, January 17, 2018, 9:51 AM
Mobile Security OnePlus 5 owners can access Face Unlock with the latest OxygenOS Open Beta update It's not as secure as Face ID but it's just as convenient By Cohen Coberly, January 2, 2018, 8:47 AM
Microsoft Security Windows 10 facial recognition unlock fooled by a photo You may want to setup Windows Hello again By Rob Thubron, December 21, 2017, 11:46 AM
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 22 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 19 comments