Biometrics

Microsoft Wants Congress to Regulate Facial Recognition

Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith

One of these metrics for regulation could be ensuring the technology works similarly for all

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Orlando Does an About-Face on Facial Recognition Technology

The city’s police department is moving forward with the second phase of testing weeks after the initial pilot program ended amid concerns raised by civil liberties groups.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

The Smartphone Fingerprint Scanner Gets a Heat-Sensing Upgrade

A new way to determine if it's actually you trying to access your phone.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Tech Companies Just Woke Up to a Big Problem With Their AI

AI and facial recognition are colliding in an alarming way.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

CEO of a Facial Recognition Company: The Tech is Too Volatile to Give to Law Enforcement

A malfunction could mean wrongful identification of an innocent person.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz
A customs agent, left, adjusts a face recognition camera as he screens a family after their recent international flight arrival at Orlando International Airport, Thursday, June 21, 2018. A customs agent, left, adjusts a face recognition camera as he screens a family after their recent international flight arrival at Orlando International Airport, Thursday, June 21, 2018.

U.S. Customs Expects Face Scanning to Speed Up Security at Florida Airport

Using Homeland Security’s biometric program, one airport is increasing security while shortening lines.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Facial Recognition Is Here to Stay. And We Should All Probably Accept It

The public can still push for transparency and pressure for ethical guidelines to be set in place.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Eyes Closed in Photos? Facebook AI Can 'Open' Them

The AI can paint new eyes over your blinking ones.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

A County Using Amazon’s Facial Recognition Worried About Giving Off “A Big Brother Vibe”

The county has reportedly used the facial recognition tools about 20 times per day.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz

Digital Time-Tracking Systems Are Draining Worker Pay

Making sure that people are compensated for the time they’ve worked is an issue of fairness.

  • By John Detrixhe, Quartz

The Pentagon Has a Big Plan to Solve Identity Verification in Two Years

The plan grew out of efforts to modernize the Defense Department’s ID cards.

  • By Joseph Marks

U.K. Facial Recognition Software Used By Police Highly Inaccurate, Report Finds

The software returned incorrect matches 98% of the time.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

The Future of Meetings Could Include Facial Recognition and AI

Microsoft's new prototype device can track everything you say in a meeting.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Singapore Airport To Use Facial Recognition To Track Lost and Late Travelers

Smile, you're on Changi Camera!

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

U.S. Army Figures Out How To Do Facial Recognition in the Dark

New method uses machine learning to extrapolate features from thermal images.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

The Homeland Security Department Just Hired a UK Firm of 20 People to Help With Border Security

iProov will roll out its biometric facial verification technology to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

  • By Lianna Brinded, Quartz

Report: Men Are More Comfortable Giving Up Biometric Data Than Women Are

Women are more than twice as likely as men to say they don’t want the government collecting any of their biometric information.

  • By Jack Corrigan

What Are You Looking At? Social Security Wants To Know

The agency is looking for eye-tracking technologies to improve the user experience on its websites.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Government Seeks Biometric Tech That Doesn’t Need People To Scan Fingerprints

New technology suggests automated machines might be the ones scanning your fingerprints from surfaces in the near future.

  • By Jack Corrigan

After Faces, China Is Moving Quickly to Identify People By Their Voices

China’s digitally-connected population has enabled the government to track people in many forms.

  • By Echo Huang, Quartz