May 9, 2022
Via: The VergeFacial recognition surveillance company Clearview AI has agreed to permanently ban most private companies from using its service under a court settlement. The agreement, filed in Illinois court today, would settle a 2020 American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit that alleged […]
February 26, 2021
Via: MashableTikTok’s parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay a $92 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging it violated Illinois’ biometric privacy laws. The company still disputes the truth of the accusations against them, of course, but right now it just […]
December 31, 2018
Via: Phone ArenaOn Saturday, a U.S. District Judge in Chicago tossed a lawsuit against Google that had originally been filed in March 2016. According to Reuters, the suit claimed that Google violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by using facial recognition […]
February 20, 2017
Via: Tech RadarRecently, it’s been speculated that Apple may forgo its Touch ID feature on the upcoming iPhone 8 in favour of facial recognition, and the company’s latest acquisition seems to line up pretty neatly with this. Tel Aviv cybertech startup, Realface, […]
November 24, 2016
Via: GeekWhen I warn about the robot apocalypse, no one takes me seriously. But they really need to start. Google’s DeepMind, which is currently one of the world’s most advanced machine learning systems, has just racked up another incredible win, this […]
September 26, 2016
Via: MotherboardIn a world of ubiquitous smart-phone cameras, drones, and Google Street View cars, there’s probably never been a more important time to start protecting the identities of people unwittingly captured in photos and videos. But while websites like YouTube have […]
August 22, 2016
Via: PymntsFacial recognition is supposed to make computing and banking much more secure, but just like most efforts to fight the bad guys, hackers can apparently infiltrate that, too. That’s according to a report by Wired, which showcased how researchers have […]
October 26, 2015
Via: Brett HowseJust the other day, I posted my review of the Microsoft Surface Pro 4. One of the most exciting additions to the convertible tablet from Microsoft was the implementation of Windows Hello biometric login with the use of a facial […]
August 3, 2015
Via: Yoni HeislerIt’s kind of crazy how quickly face detection and recognition technology managed to push its way into the mainstream. Over the past few years we’ve seen face recognition technology reach desktop photo software like iPhoto and even mass market smartphones […]
June 25, 2024
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