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facial recognition
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738Intelligence of ThingsCisco On The Future Of Safe And Smart Cities
With some analysts projecting a trillion IoT-enabled devices to be in use around the world by 2035, defending the IoT ecosystem is becoming...
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1.1KAuthenticationDeep Dive: Fake Profiles Threaten Social Media Networks
Social media has become an integral part of everyday life, with a recent study finding that there were approximately 2.77 billion social...
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1.5KBiometricsEU Softens Stance On 5-Year Ban Of Facial Recognition Tech
The European Union won’t be passing a blanket moratorium on facial recognition software after initially signaling that it would do so. Instead, it...
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1.2KAuthenticationWhy Digital Driver’s Licenses Are the Future Of ID Verification
Digital driver’s licenses (DDLs) are gaining popularity in the U.S., where 12 states are working to develop and implement them. Many nongovernmental...
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3.3KAuthenticationInside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses
Biometric digital identity verification solutions are becoming more and more commonplace thanks to their implementation in everyday devices like smartphones and fitness...
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2.8KRetailWhy Amazon And Other Retailers Are Turning To Biometrics
Retail keeps embracing numerous new technologies, and biometrics is not only one of them, but an area of recent growth and development,...
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1.2KLegalSupreme Court Won’t Review Facebook’s Privacy Violation Case
In a blow to Facebook, the Supreme Court won’t decide whether or not people can sue the social media giant for using...
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4.0KRestaurant innovationCustomer-Facing Technologies Spice Up The QSR Space
Three words are driving dramatic technological changes in the fast food space: quality, convenience and speed. QSR customers expect quality food and...
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1.9KArtificial IntelligenceAlphabet, Microsoft Disagree On EU’s Proposed Facial Recognition Ban
Microsoft President Brad Smith doesn’t agree with Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai’s backing of the EU’s call for a temporary ban on...
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2.4KArtificial IntelligenceEU Considers Tightening AI Regulations For ‘High-Risk’ Sectors
Seeking to keep things ethical in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), the European Union wants to enact legally binding requirements for...
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6.0KSecurity & FraudAI Firm Breaches Facial Recognition At Airports, Stores
Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool...
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2.1KBiometricsChina Continues Facial Recognition Adoption With Airport Scanners
Beijing Daxing International Airport has been incorporating facial recognition software more and more, and it’s being used to do everything from identifying...
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2.3KBiometricsHomeland Security Reverses Decision To Use Facial Scans For US Travelers
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reversed its plans for mandatory facial recognition scans of Americans arriving and departing the country,...
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2.5KAuthenticationDeep Dive: The Fight To Stop Biometric Spoofing
Biometric authentication is one of the hottest trends in the digital ID space. Users demand both ironclad security and seamless login experiences,...
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2.5KBiometricsHomeland Security: US Travelers Should Be Included In Facial Scans
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to update a current law requiring non-U.S. citizens to be subject to facial recognition scans...
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3.0KBiometricsMobile Phone Registration in China Now Requires Facial Scanning
China has implemented a new policy requiring citizens who want new phone service to scan their faces to verify identities instead of...
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3.7KBiometricsLeaked Documents Show UN Facial ID Tenets Framed By China
Technology firms in China are framing facial recognition policies at the United Nations (UN), The Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday (Dec....
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3.6KBiometricsChina Tech Giants Push For Face ID Standards
Tencent, Xiaomi and Ant Financial are among the Chinese tech giants partnering with artificial intelligence (AI) firm SenseTime in an effort to...
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3.4KRetailHow QSRs Are Driving Retail Innovation Via Emerging Tech
Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological...
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2.3KFacebookFacebook Says Facial Recognition App Was Only Used By Employees
Facebook built a facial recognition app that was intended only for internal use, a company spokesperson told VentureBeat on Friday (Nov. 22). ...
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6.9KResTechFacing The Fast Future Of QSR Payments Experiences
Make sure to bring more than your appetite when you dine out in the 2020s, especially at a quick-service restaurant (QSR). You...
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2.7KBiometricsIndian Café Criticized For Billing Customers Through Facial Scanning
Customers at a popular Indian cafe chain are unhappy that the company is using facial recognition software to bill its customers, CNN...
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3.1KNewsApple Card Growth, Flywire Hire and B2B Changes Top Week’s News
Are you ready for the weekend? We sure are. But here at the PYMNTS Weekender, we want to make sure you didn’t...
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1.7KToday In DataThe Evolution Of Retail With Digital Ordering, Social Media
U.S. consumers are turning to technology to place food orders, and restaurants are looking to enhance the digital ordering experience. At the same...
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3.9KRestaurant innovationTrending: Malibu Poke Gets Personal With Facial Recognition To Order, Pay
U.S. consumers are increasingly turning to digital technology to place food orders. A recent study found online food delivery orders increased nearly...
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3.2KRestaurant innovationWhen Restaurant Tech Sees Your Face And Identifies Your Taste
Facial recognition tech could give the old restaurant axiom “service with a smile” a whole new meaning, by allowing customers to reorder...
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6.1KAuthenticationThe Science Behind Affirm’s Identity Data Play
Digital identities are gaining popularity across industries as businesses, services and other operations increasingly move online. Consumers are normalizing the use of...
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3.6KFacebookFacebook Facing $35B Fine Over Facial Recognition Lawsuit
A class action lawsuit against Facebook, alleging that people in Illinois didn’t consent to have their photos used with the company’s facial...
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2.6KBiometricsSnapPay Merchants Can Now Accept Facial Recognition Payments
Global payments solution SnapPay announced the rollout of facial recognition payment technology for North American merchants. SnapPay said the technology gives users...
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3.0KAmazonAmazon Prioritizes Equal Pay, Fraud Prevention And Data Privacy
Online retail giant Amazon says it will launch into new markets amid an uncertain sea of controversies and regulations, CNBC reported on...
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4.1KBiometricsWorld Economic Forum: Facial Recognition Poses Privacy Risk
As more nations mull tapping into facial recognition technology to bolster security, an expert at the World Economic Forum said governments should...
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2.5KFacebookFacebook Expands Facial Recognition To All Users
Facebook has announced it’s going to stop using its controversial Tag Suggestions feature, and facial recognition technology is going to be available...
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1.9KIPOMegvii AI Startup Files For Hong Kong IPO
AI startup Megvii Technology has filed for a public listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The Beijing-based company, known for its...
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3.6KRetailCan Digitally-Read Emotions Play a Role in Payments and Retail?
Emotions play a significant role in all human endeavors, and that certainly goes for payments and commerce. And even as those two...
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2.9KRegulationUK Investigating Facial Recognition Use In London
The data protection regulator for the U.K. has opened an investigation into the use of facial recognition technology at property developer Argent’s...
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2.4KAuthenticationDeep Dive: Securing Digital Identities Without Relying On Passwords
Digital identification continues to make immense strides in implementation and uptake in the world’s economy, but it is not without vulnerabilities. More...
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3.7KInnovationUpcoming Google Pixel 4 To Offer Hands-Free Functionality
Google announced in a video tweet on Monday (July 29) that its upcoming Pixel 4 smartphone doesn’t need hands to operate it....
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3.1KSecurity & FraudFTC: Facebook Lied To Customers About Facial Recognition, Phone Number Usage
The Washington Post is reporting that as part of a milestone settlement against Facebook, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is going to...
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3.0KRetailCan Cameras Remove Friction From The Fast Food Drive-Thru?
How does a retailer really expect to know a customer these days, especially if that that customer is shopping inside a physical...
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3.4KAppleApple Launches Beta Version Of Sign-In With Apple
Apple continues to make progress with biometrics and facial recognition for device sign-in purposes. According to a report from 9to5Mac.com, “when you...
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2.6KBiometricsAlipay To Add Beauty Filters To Facial Recognition Kiosks In China
Alipay will soon add beauty filters to its facial-recognition payment systems all across China, according to reports. Chinese consumers are among the...
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1.4KRetailAlibaba, JD.com To Offer Consumer Shopping Data To Retailers
Through an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd program that offers years of shopping history for consumers, Bestore Co Ltd intends to connect technology...
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7.0KSecurity & FraudFacial Recognition Critics Roil Over Border Control’s Database Hack
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has revealed that photos of travelers coming into and out of the country were stolen...
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Smart Glasses Firm Vuzix Launches AI-Powered Facial Recognition
Smart glasses company Vuzix has developed eyewear with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology that can recognize faces in a crowd, according to a...
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2.4KBiometricsMicrosoft Removes Facial Recognition Database From Internet
Microsoft has reportedly removed from the internet a database of 10 million faces which it had been using to train facial recognition...
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1.9KBiometricsAgency Says FBI’s Facial Recognition Tech Falls Short
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) and members of congress say the FBI’s use of facial recognition technology isn’t private or accurate enough,...
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5.7KIntelligence of ThingsWhy An Incremental Approach May Be Key To IoT Security
California’s recent IoT security law, mandating minimum security requirements for connected devices, attempts to thwart fraudsters and other bad actors. But while...
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2.3KLegalCongress Supports Facial Recognition Regulation
Members of Congress supported a plan to draft legislation aimed at the use of facial recognition software by law enforcement on Wednesday...
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1.9KBiometricsAmazon Shareholders Defend Facial Recognition Tech
At a meeting on Wednesday (May 22), Amazon Shareholders shot down two proposals to monitor and curb the eCommerce giant’s facial recognition...
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3.9KAMLDeep Dive: Weighing The Use of Biometrics For KYC
Biometric authentication enables processes as simple as unlocking a smartphone and as complex as streamlining airport security checks. With that in mind,...
