Search results for biometric identification systems

Security Jul 8, 2018

As facial recognition use grows, so do privacy fears

The unique features of your face can allow you to unlock your new iPhone, access your bank account or even "smile to pay" for some goods and services.

Computer Sciences May 24, 2018

New technology and app could help endangered primates, slow illegal trafficking

New facial recognition software and app invented at Michigan State University can help protect endangered primates—more than 60 percent of which face extinction.

Security May 22, 2018

Amazon urged not to sell facial recognition tool to police

The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy advocates are asking Amazon to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to police, saying law enforcement agencies could use the technology to "easily build a ...

Business May 10, 2018

Tech leaders push for more White House focus on AI

President Donald Trump hasn't said much, if anything, about artificial intelligence, but his administration is warming up to the idea of investing more in the technology and finding ways to build new skills for the U.S. workers ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Apr 23, 2018

Shanghai gets automated bank with VR, robots, face scanning

Missed paying dues on your Communist Party membership? There's a bank for that - and it's fully automated.

Business Apr 19, 2018

Cell phones, biometrics fuel jump in bank account ownership

Roughly seven out of every 10 adults worldwide now have some form of bank account, the World Bank said Thursday, largely due to the proliferation of cell phone-based bank accounts and other simple bank account programs in ...

Security Feb 9, 2018

Novel voice recognition technology completes Interpol's legal arsenal

Watching mainstream forensics-related TV shows could easily make us believe that there is no piece of evidence stronger than conclusive DNA samples or fingerprints. Yet, that would be forgetting the importance of voice recognition. ...

Consumer & Gadgets Nov 15, 2017

Security company says a mask fooled Face ID on iPhone X

Less than a week after the Apple iPhone X went on the market, a cybersecurity firm said it had already defeated the new phone's vaunted face recognition system using a $150 mask made on a 3-D printer.

Computer Sciences Nov 9, 2017

Walk this way—a better way to identify gait differences

Biometric-based person recognition methods have been extensively explored for various applications, such as access control, surveillance, and forensics. Biometric verification involves any means by which a person can be uniquely ...

Consumer & Gadgets Oct 29, 2017

New iPhone brings face recognition (and fears) to the masses

Apple will let you unlock the iPhone X with your face—a move likely to bring facial recognition to the masses, along with concerns over how the technology may be used for nefarious purposes.

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