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Tag: facial recognition

Apple hit with patent infringement lawsuit over Face ID, other iPhone camera features

Friday, February 5, 2021 5:56 pm30 Comments

Apple has been hit with a lawsuit alleging that many of its iPhone camera features, including Face ID, infringe on a series of patents owned…

Facebook hit with lawsuit over illegal harvesting of biometrics via Instagram

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 3:32 pm4 Comments

Facebook is facing new allegations that it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets the…

US government using cellphones to track Americans’ movements during coronavirus pandemic

Monday, March 30, 2020 4:07 pmWednesday, April 15, 202016 Comments

US government officials are using location data from cellphones to track American’s movements during the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be…

How governments could track social media posts to enforce COVID-19 lockdowns

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 1:01 pmWednesday, March 25, 20203 Comments

The prospect of governments tracking social media posts to enforce COVID-19 lockdowns is a real possibility. Government actions that would be considered…

Apple blocks Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition iPhone app

Friday, February 28, 2020 4:32 pm1 Comment

An iPhone app built by controversial facial recognition startup Clearview AI has been blocked by Apple as it violated the terms of the company’s…


The fight against facial recognition hits impasse across the West

Monday, December 30, 2019 3:48 pm3 Comments

An impasse that has left tech companies largely in control of where and how to deploy facial recognition…

Airport, payment facial recognition systems fooled by masks and photos, Apple’s Face ID not fooled

Monday, December 16, 2019 12:01 pmMonday, December 16, 20197 Comments

Masks and simple photographs are enough to fool some facial recognition technology…

Apple’s Face ID is highly secure

Monday, November 25, 2019 11:33 am8 Comments

Apple introduced Face ID to unlock iPhones with the iPhone X, nearly three years back. But exactly how does Face ID work…

Massive security hole: Google Pixel 4 Face Unlock works if eyes are shut

Thursday, October 17, 2019 7:36 pm7 Comments

Google has confirmed the Pixel 4 smartphone’s Face Unlock system can allow access to a person’s device…

San Francisco bans city use of facial-recognition tech tools

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 8:29 am6 Comments

Concerned that some new surveillance technologies may be too intrusive…

A photo storage app ‘Ever’ used customers’ private snaps to train facial recognition AI without informing users

Friday, May 10, 2019 12:01 pmTuesday, June 25, 20196 Comments

Ever then offers to sell that technology to private companies, law enforcement and the military…

Apple denies using face recognition in its stores after teen sues over false arrest

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 2:13 pm23 Comments

Ousmane Bah has pretty solid alibi during the time frame that police say a thief used his name and ID…

Teen sues Apple for $1 billion, claims facial-recognition software falsely linked him to Apple Store thefts

Tuesday, April 23, 2019 9:45 am20 Comments

A New York student sued Apple Inc. for $1 billion, claiming the company’s facial-recognition software…

Americans warming to use of facial recognition tech – survey

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 9:45 amWednesday, January 9, 20193 Comments

A growing number of Americans are OK with the facial recognition technology…

Apple’s Silk Labs purchase pushes artificial intelligence to the edge; Apple could give Siri an offline mode

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 3:00 pmWednesday, November 21, 201827 Comments

Apple’s AI push into on-device machine learning continues with news of its acquisition of Silk Labs…

Apple acquires artificial intelligence startup Silk Labs

Wednesday, November 21, 2018 9:28 amWednesday, November 21, 20183 Comments

Apple has acquired Silk Labs, an AI startup that focuses on making AI software…

CurrentC-backer CVS capitulates; to accept Apple Pay at 7,800 U.S. stores starting this fall

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 9:33 am15 Comments

Apple Pay will be supported in CVS pharmacies and 7-Eleven stores nationwide…

The real winner of MWC 2018? Apple’s iPhone X, of course

Monday, March 5, 2018 3:00 pmWednesday, March 7, 20185 Comments

The Galaxy S9 may have been designated as the best new smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2018 last week…

Here come the iPhone X notch Android knockoffs

Thursday, February 1, 2018 1:47 pm21 Comments

Apple’s notched screen on the iPhone X has been a polarizing topic of discussion…

New leak reveals significant iPhone design changes as Apple looks to correct notch design abomination

Wednesday, January 17, 2018 3:29 pmWednesday, January 17, 201830 Comments

While it was by far the most attention-grabbing smartphone of 2017, Apple iPhone X also came with a serious design compromise…

Apple to invest in LG Innotek’s 3-D sensing modules ahead of next-gen TrueDepth iPads with Face ID

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 9:56 amNo Comments

US tech giant Apple is planning to invest in Korean electric components maker LG Innotek…

Apple accused of ‘racism’ after Face ID fails to distinguish between Chinese iPhone X users

Thursday, December 21, 2017 5:30 pmThursday, December 21, 201729 Comments

Apple has been accused of racism, amid reports that the Face ID authentication technology…

Frequent Apple critic U.S. Senate Democrat Franken expected to resign Thursday over sexual misconduct accusations

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 4:25 pmWednesday, December 6, 201770 Comments

A top Senate Democrat says he expects Sen. Al Franken to resign Thursday…

Apple tells U.S. Senate Democrat Al Franken they trained iPhone X’s Face ID system to not be racist, ageist, or sexist

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 10:39 amTuesday, October 17, 201729 Comments

Shortly after Apple introduced iPhone X with Face ID biometric security in September…

Apple acquires computer vision startup Regaind

Friday, September 29, 2017 2:02 pmFriday, September 29, 20171 Comment

Apple has acquired a small French startup called Regaind…

Apple’s iPhone X Face ID has at least 3 cool hidden features

Friday, September 22, 2017 2:45 pmFriday, September 22, 20173 Comments

You probably know that Apple’s new Face ID feature will unlock the iPhone X…

U.S. Senate Democrat Al Franken wants Apple to provide more information on Face ID facial recognition technology

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 9:37 pm44 Comments

A day after Apple unveiled its new iPhone X — a device that its owner can unlock using facial recognition…

Samsung’s easily-fooled face-recognition gimmick again proves wisdom of Apple’s approach

Tuesday, September 5, 2017 5:00 pmTuesday, September 5, 201713 Comments

The face recognition systems employed by companies like Samsung have been laughable…

Apple’s OLED iPhone’s new 3D infrared facial recognition capability will be unmatched by Android wannabes

Thursday, August 31, 2017 4:57 pmThursday, August 31, 201718 Comments

Apple will officially unveil the iPhone 8 at an event on September 12th, and with it the future of smartphone design…

How Apple will revolutionize facial recognition with next-gen iPhone

Thursday, August 31, 2017 10:59 amThursday, August 31, 20178 Comments

While the broad outlines of the new iPhone are now widely known, both literally and metaphorically…

Tim Bajarin: Why I hope iPhone 8 includes facial recognition

Tuesday, August 22, 2017 2:32 pmTuesday, August 22, 201711 Comments

I consider facial recognition to be the easiest and best way to authenticate a person on mobile…

iPhone 8 leak reiterates Apple’s biggest gamble

Friday, August 18, 2017 5:32 pmFriday, August 18, 201737 Comments

I have delivered exclusive iPhone 8 images, detailed Apple’s biggest changes…

Susquehanna: Apple gives up on Touch ID built into next-gen OLED iPhone display

Wednesday, August 16, 2017 1:28 pmWednesday, August 16, 201711 Comments

Checks also suggest that Apple has decided to remove the fingerprint option from the OLED model…

A closer look at Apple iPhone 8’s 3D facial recognition feature

Monday, July 17, 2017 4:29 pmMonday, July 17, 20178 Comments

Regardless of whether or not the iPhone 8 will feature Touch ID…

New Apple patent reveals 3D facial recognition for Macs, too

Thursday, July 6, 2017 10:25 amThursday, July 6, 201713 Comments

By now most know that advanced 3D Facial Recognition is coming to Apple’s next-gen iPhone…

Apple tests 3D face scanning to unlock next iPhone

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 10:29 am18 Comments

Apple Inc. is working on a feature that will let you unlock your iPhone using your face instead of a fingerprint…

Apple’s iPhone 8 said to abandon Touch ID fingerprint reader in favor of 3D facial recognition

Monday, July 3, 2017 3:01 pmMonday, July 3, 201747 Comments

The OLED iPhone model won’t support Touch ID fingerprint recognition…

Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s iPhone 8 will offer highest screen-to-body ratio in industry; lacks Touch ID

Monday, July 3, 2017 9:58 amMonday, July 3, 201729 Comments

OLED iPhone will adopt full-screen design, with the highest screen-to-body ratio of any smartphone…

LG Innotek to supply Apple with world’s first 3D facial recognition camera for iPhone 8

Thursday, May 11, 2017 11:27 amThursday, May 11, 20172 Comments

In January 2016 Patently Apple posted a report titled…

Apple patent covers use of depth maps for enhanced facial detection, bolstering iPhone 8 rumors

Thursday, March 9, 2017 10:27 am2 Comments

Apple on Tuesday was awarded a patent covering the detection of human faces…

Apple’s iPhone 8 could miss September launch date

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 3:34 pm9 Comments

Component supply issues could delay the launch of Apple’s next-generation iPhone past its launch…

Apple acquires Israeli facial recognition firm RealFace

Monday, February 20, 2017 9:26 amMonday, February 20, 201729 Comments

Apple Inc. has acquired Israel’s Realface, a cybertechnology startup whose facial recognition technology…

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