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Customs and Border Protection officials say they originally considered including US citizens in the biometrics program. (Photo: AP)

DHS retreats on possible facial screening of US citizens

The department said Thursday that it has no plans to expand facial recognition to US citizens.

9 Dec 2019 8:33 AM IST

In Android Q, with the native hardware support for facial recognition, OEMs will not be required to customise the feature.

Google may inject Apple Face ID competitor in Android Q

Early testers at XDA Developers have discovered a hidden code in the next-gen Android Q.

29 Jan 2019 12:40 PM IST

The Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI has delayed the introduction of face recognition facility for authentication by one month to August 1 in order to get enough time to prepare for a smooth rollout.

Airports to use facial recognition to scan departing passengers

The technology is used to keep track of those who have overstayed their visas.

19 April 2019 10:54 AM IST

The platform will be built on the Microsoft Azure IIoT cloud platform. (Photo: AP)

Microsoft denies face-recognition tech sales over privacy concerns

Microsoft believes it would have likely resulted in innocent women and minorities being held for questioning more often.

18 April 2019 10:19 AM IST

The Aadhaar-issuing body UIDAI has delayed the introduction of face recognition facility for authentication by one month to August 1 in order to get enough time to prepare for a smooth rollout.

Microsoft turned down facial-recognition sales

AI has more cases of mistaken identity with women and minorities.

17 April 2019 10:34 AM IST

Amazon declined to put a price tag on the program, called Amazon Future Engineer, but said it will take up a big chunk of the USD 50 million that it committed to spend on computer science education last year.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

US blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder votes on facial...

Decisions including one by officials at the SEC followed an unusual appeal by Amazon to block the non-binding proposals...

5 April 2019 12:53 PM IST

. The project is expected to be broadly operational by September 2019. (Photo: ANI)

Schools to start using facial recognition to protect against sex...

The Aegis system will track sex offenders, students, and staff who have been suspended from school.

31 May 2019 9:16 AM IST

Amazon declined to put a price tag on the program, called Amazon Future Engineer, but said it will take up a big chunk of the USD 50 million that it committed to spend on computer science education last year.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Amazon facial recognition ban won just 2 per cent of shareholder vote

Amazon's marketing of facial recognition has resulted in intense scrutiny.

25 May 2019 4:31 PM IST

Giant pandas were threatened with extinction when they were originally loaned to the San Diego Zoo by the Chinese government in 1996. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

China builds facial recognition tech for pandas

Researchers have built a database with over 120,000 images and 10,000 video clips of giant pandas for precise data on...

21 May 2019 2:54 PM IST

Lyft and Uber have combined to popularize the trend of summoning a ride on a smartphone app that connects them to drivers who use their own cars to pick up passengers. (Photo: AP)

Thailand orders phone users in Muslim-majority south to submit photos

The tit-for-tat violence has claimed around 7,000 lives, mostly civilians of both faiths.

26 Jun 2019 4:37 PM IST

The platform will be built on the Microsoft Azure IIoT cloud platform. (Photo: AP)

Microsoft removes facial recognition database with over 10 million...

Microsoft gathered the images from search engines and published them in 2016 to MS Celeb.

8 Jun 2019 11:04 AM IST

Facebooks facial recognition will work only when someone has been locked out of his/her account. (Representative Image: Apple)

Use of facial recognition tech can help continuously monitor patient...

Around 300 hours of data were analysed to find daytime images of patients facing the camera in a good body position.

4 Jun 2019 1:39 PM IST