Emerging Tech
DC Airport First In Nation to Catch Suspected Imposter Using Facial Biometrics
After three days of operation, Washington Dulles International Airport’s biometric cameras identified a man allegedly attempting to use someone else’s passport to enter the U.S.
Emerging Tech
This Desk Changes When It Senses Your Stress At Work
The desk is a combination of technology, psychology, and design.
Emerging Tech
CBP Rolls Out Facial Recognition at Silicon Valley Airport
International travel at the Mineta San José International Airport has doubled in recent years.
Artificial Intelligence
Tomorrow’s Intelligent Malware Will Attack When It Sees Your Face
IBM researchers have injected viruses with neural nets, making them stealthier and precisely targetable.
Cybersecurity
Airport biometric tech advances under CBP
Ongoing tests of an entry/exit verification system based on facial recognition technology are proceeding at U.S. airports.
Ideas
What Government Could Learn from Payment Companies About Identity Management
If someone finds or steals a government Personal Identity Verification card, it’s possible that they could access sensitive or secret information during a very limited window before its loss was reported or discovered.
Digital Government
Surveillance Cameras Will Soon Divine Your Personality from Eye Movements
Machine-learning techniques promise to make biometric data far more useful for intelligence gathering.
Artificial Intelligence
The ACLU Used Amazon’s Facial Recognition And It Labelled Congress Members As Criminals
The ACLU is using this demonstration to call for a moratorium on police use of facial-recognition technology.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Scanner Can Distinguish Whether An Iris is Living or Dead
No word if the technology works on zombies.
Cybersecurity
A new role for government in ID proofing
A new trade group, the Better Identity Coalition, wants government to assume a stronger role in validating online identity.
Emerging Tech
Microsoft Wants Congress to Regulate Facial Recognition
One of these metrics for regulation could be ensuring the technology works similarly for all
Emerging Tech
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.
Cybersecurity
The Smartphone Fingerprint Scanner Gets a Heat-Sensing Upgrade
A new way to determine if it's actually you trying to access your phone.
Artificial Intelligence
Tech Companies Just Woke Up to a Big Problem With Their AI
AI and facial recognition are colliding in an alarming way.
Emerging Tech
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.
Emerging Tech
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.
Digital Government
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.
Artificial Intelligence
Eyes Closed in Photos? Facebook AI Can 'Open' Them
The AI can paint new eyes over your blinking ones.
Cybersecurity
Data gap in immigration systems could keep families separated
If the just-suspended border separation policy is ever resumed, officials may have to confront the fact that disparate immigration systems are not equipped to handle the reunification of separated families.
Artificial Intelligence