Last week, in a humanities class at a highly selective university in the Northeast, a student played The New York Times’ Spelling Bee game on a phone, according to another student who sat within view.

ORLANDO -- Microsoft Ignite 2017 -- On September 12, Apple introduced the iPhone X with a host of new features including facial recognition as a biometric authentication technology. The Internet ...

Like the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD), the sheriff's office is considering acquiring facial recognition applications from the company Biometrica, but civil liberties advocates are raising ...

Facial recognition is a common feature for unlocking smartphones and gaming systems, among other uses. But the technology currently relies upon bulky projectors and lenses, hindering its broader ...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said that the OIFR system, powered by NEC Neoface software, will be piloted by 100 Metropolitan ...

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) is blasting recent reports that suggest the organization is planning to use facial recognition tech on children, adding that it has no intention of ...

Long the domain of sci-fi and James Bond movies, facial recognition is finally entering the mainstream. Tools like Apple’s FaceID and Microsoft’s Windows Hello have brought facial recognition to ...

Federal immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit whose increasing use on observers and bystanders is alarming civil liberties advocates, lawmakers and activists.

A new report outlines a model law for facial recognition technology to protect against harmful use of this technology, but also foster innovation for public benefit. A new report from the University ...