Autumn Gardiner thought updating her driving license would be straightforward. After getting married last year, she headed to the local Department of Motor Vehicles office in Connecticut to get her ...

Microsoft’s new OneDrive face recognition feature, which uses AI to group photos, is causing controversy because it is enabled by default (opt-out) and comes with a puzzling restriction. Users are ...

Facial recognition technology works by mapping someone’s unique features and comparing them against a database of stored faces. [iStockphoto] Walk into a shop, board a plane, log into your bank, or ...

Malaysia will soon track all foreign visitors through fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition under a new high-tech digital identity system aimed at curbing illegal entries and corruption. The ...

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The Education Ministry is encouraging the use of face masks in all schools to curb the spread of infectious diseases such as influenza-like illness, not only among students but also teachers and ...

Big Brother Watch says the UK government has allowed images from the country's passport and immigration databases to be made available to facial recognition systems, without informing the public or ...

Shoplifting in England and Wales is at a record high. In 2024/25, 530,643 offences were recorded, up 20% from the previous year and the highest since current police recording practices began in 2002.

Brits could face being banned from using second homes in Spain - following the implementation of the new EES travel rules. The system, set to come into force on October 12, will introduce biometric ...

Police Scotland has decided move ahead with the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by law enforcement in Scotland. Amnesty firmly opposes the use of this dangerous technology. Facial ...

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Sunday it is “probably not” legal for President Trump to repurpose Defense Department funding in order to pay members of the military during the shutdown. “Well, probably ...

UK police are building a new system to help fight economic crime and improve the tracking, management and recovery of criminal assets, the Police Digital Service (PDS) has announced. Set to replace ...