Oxford researchers warn that facial recognition lab scores don’t reflect real-world failures, raising risks of bias, wrongful arrests, and unfair policing.

Senators Edward J. Markey, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley sent a letter Thursday to Acting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons urging the agency to stop using “Mobile Fortify, ...

The New York Police Department is one of the most heavily equipped police forces on the planet. With over 48,000 full-time staff and a budget nearing $6 billion, the NYPD’s access to immense resources ...

States are increasingly clamping down on how tech companies digitally scan and analyze our most sensitive and potentially lucrative commodity: the faces, eyeballs and other "biometric" data of ...

A Brooklyn father said he was wrongfully arrested after facial recognition technology used by the New York City Police Department misidentified him. Advocates are now calling for a ban on that ...

Trevis Williams is eight inches taller than a man accused of flashing a woman in Union Square in February. The police arrested him anyway. Credit...Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times Supported by ...

The lawsuit alleges the company uses a form of artificial intelligence called “computer vision” to help mitigate theft by collecting data about customers’ facial geometry Jon Cherry/Bloomberg via ...

A large albino python has been captured in Newberry County, South Carolina, after being spotted near local school campuses on Monday, officials have confirmed. Sheriff Lee Foster announced the unusual ...

David Ly is the founder of Iveda, having served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors since the company’s inception in 2003. Facial recognition is reshaping not only how public safety is ...

Home Depot is accused of breaking the law by using facial recognition at self-checkout kiosks in Illinois. The Home Depot is facing a class-action lawsuit in Illinois for allegedly collecting ...

Two former Harvard students are launching a pair of “always-on” AI-powered smart glasses that listen to, record, and transcribe every conversation and then display relevant information to the wearer ...

I review a lot of laptops here at PCWorld, and I’m always surprised when I unbox one without biometric hardware. Fingerprint readers and infrared (IR) cameras for facial recognition are both great—and ...