recognition

Putin signs ‘immediate’ recognition of Donbass regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow has recognized the two self-declared breakaway Donbass republics in Ukraine’s east as sovereign…

2 years ago

Tax collectors to demand facial recognition ID

A new kind of digital identification, requiring the user to submit their personal data to a private company in Virginia…

2 years ago

Facebook SHUTTING DOWN controversial face recognition program, vows to delete over a BILLION templates

The decision comes as part of “a company-wide move to limit the use of facial recognition in our products,” Jerome…

3 years ago

Nine UK schools tell schoolkids to pay for lunch via FACIAL RECOGNITION as opponents warn it normalizes surveillance state

A group of nine schools in North Ayrshire has begun scanning students' faces to record school lunch payments, praising the…

3 years ago

Taliban recognition still off the table for Berlin, Merkel says as EU pledges $1.2 billion in aid to Afghanistan

The Taliban militants did not form the inclusive government required by the international community, the chancellor said on Tuesday following…

3 years ago

If Biden decides to give increased diplomatic recognition to Taiwan, he risks lighting the touchpaper to war with China

Last week Biden called Xi Jinping. My analysis of that event was that it was a political blow to Biden,…

3 years ago

Leading Russian bank develops facial-recognition network for finding lost pets, with 94% accuracy for dogs & 84% for cats

Speaking to news agency TASS, Sberbank’s press service explained that artificial intelligence makes it possible to spot differences between individuals…

3 years ago

NYPD spent $159mn on facial recognition, ‘stingray’ cellphone trackers & X-ray van spy tools using secretive fund, documents show

Newly released documents reveal the New York Police Department (NYPD) has spent at least $159 million in public money since…

3 years ago

‘Every step we take’ could be monitored and analysed if facial recognition tech isn’t reined in, UK data watchdog warns

UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham noted in a blog post published on Friday that facial recognition technology can be harnessed…

3 years ago

NYPD operates over 15,000 facial recognition cameras as part of ‘Orwellian’ surveillance network – report

The NGO enlisted thousands of volunteers to hunt for cameras at intersections in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, in an…

3 years ago