facial recognition technology

Israel is increasingly relying on facial recognition in the occupied West Bank to track Palestinians and restrict their passage through key checkpoints, according to a new report, a sign of how artificial-intelligence-powered surveillance…

Last Updated: April 24, 2023, 04:45 ISTA prototype of the Biofire Smart Gun is seen at Biofire Technologies headquarters in Broomfield, Colorado, U.S., April 18, 2022. (Image: Reuters/Matt Mills McKnight)At other times during the…

Mehul Reuben DasJan 12, 2023 11:30:48 ISTIn a new development that seems to be coming from some dystopian future, Iran has announced that it plans to use facial recognition technology to identify and prosecute women who defy the country’s…

A House of Commons committee is calling for a moratorium on the use of facial recognition technology by federal police and Canadian businesses unless there is court authorization or input from the privacy watchdog. In a report tabled…

Asset managers are putting pressure on tech firms over their implementation of facial recognition software. After successfully persuading the energy industry to curb its climate…

Telangana’s Information Technology minister KT Rama Rao said one of the most difficult challenges in using technologies like facial recognition in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining citizens’ trust that the government…

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It was already revealed that Ukraine’s defence ministry had been using facial recognition technology. But according to a recent report, the software is now being used by Ukraine in such a way that the Russian families would turn against the…

What is the Digi Yatra scheme under which FRT is being implemented? What are the concerns surrounding the biometric technology? The story so far: Last week, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V.K. Singh, said four airports in the…

Facebook has announced one of the largest shifts in facial recognition technology usage in the company’s history.Facebook has announced it is shutting down its Face Recognition system.The technology scanned the face data of more than a…