Imagine this: You’re juggling groceries, your toddler’s backpack, and your phone is somewhere in the abyss of your bag. As you walk up to your front door, it scans your face and clicks open. No keys, ...

In May 2019, San Francisco became the first US city to ban the use of facial recognition, but this is an isolated example of resistance to this controversial technology. In the UK, it's been used on ...

Ever since companies started implementing contactless verification systems, facial recognition technology has held great potential. Now, with a global market share of over $4.9 billion, the technology ...

Scientists have uncovered a brain circuit in primates that rapidly detects faces. The findings help not only explain how primates sense and recognize faces, but could also have implications for ...

In 2017, detectives working a cold case at the East Bay Regional Park District Police Department got an idea, one that might help them finally get a lead on the murder of Maria Jane Weidhofer.

It is not feasible, nor indeed ethical, to run a facial recognition system against all images on the internet.