The city of San Francisco moved a little closer to banning facial recognition software after adding amendments to the Stop Secret Surveillance ordinance. According to a report in VentureBeat, the amendments to the ordinance will be open to public comment before the County Board of...
With facial recognition growing in popularity and uses showing up everywhere from the airport to retailers, two U.S. senators introduced legislation that would prevent businesses from collecting and using facial recognition data without the consent of consumers. According to a report in CNET, the bill...
A subway operator in Shenzhen, China is testing facial recognition software, powered by a 5G network, to pay for entry, according to reports. The face would be linked to a payment account, although whether the technology will work for similar faces or twins is not...
A healthcare firm and a biometric company have teamed up to test iris-recognition software for applications involving patient identification in the healthcare field, according to a release. IrisGuard, an iris-recognition solutions company, and Patientory, a cybersecurity healthcare data solution firm, are collaborating to combine iris...
The Supreme Court in Illinois ruled on Friday (Jan. 25) that a teen can sue Six Flags amusement park over violation of an Illinois privacy law, in a case that could have repercussions for tech giants like Google and Facebook. The Chicago Tribune reported that...
With concerns mounting over the use of facial recognition technology to monitor people and intrude on privacy, Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella said he supports regulation of the technology. CNBC, citing comments Nadella made during the World Economic Forum in Davos, reported Nadella said that...
Aiming to get drivers in car rentals more quickly, Hertz announced Tuesday (December 11) that it is teaming up with CLEAR to create Hertz Fast Lane powered by CLEAR, a new service that relies on biometrics to speed up the car rental process. In a...
Banks in China have embraced micro-expressions technology as they try to combat fraud earlier by studying the facial movements of customers. The Financial Times, citing the Chinese banks, reported they are concerned that some of their would-be customers are lying about why they are taking...
How on time a traveler is for a flight seems to be consistently correlated with how long it will take them to go from the airport’s front door to the boarding area before the doors close. From pre-screening through screening, to that final run through the...
