Facial Recognition System to Be Launched by NADRA for Senior Citizens in Pakistan

By Tehniyat Zafar ⏐ 6 months ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has revealed plans to introduce a facial recognition verification service through the Pak-ID mobile app at its centers…

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Smart Gun With Facial Recognition Technology Goes on Sale in US

By Abdullah Shahid ⏐ 2 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Containing a facial recognition technology, the smart gun can only be fired by verified users We have all seen superhero movies with weapons only to…

Researchers come up with a new facial recognition system that requires a person to smile or wink

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Face unlocking can still work sometimes when a user is asleep or even via photographs. But, an engineering professor at Brigham Young University (BYU), D.J.…

This EU-funded AI judges your face and tells you how “normal” you are

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Getting judged by society is bad enough, so you can imagine what it feels like to have an AI system expertly analyze your face and…

Zoom and Twitter hit by allegations of racial bias in their visual algorithms

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The last thing you want to hear as a technology company with a massive user base is that your proprietary technology is inherently racist. But…

Facebook and Twitter among companies that want Clearview AI to stop scraping their images for facial recognition tech

By Taha Abdullah ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook has become one of the number of companies to demand facial recognition startup Clearview AI stop scraping photos off its platforms, according to CBSNews.…

Data of around 100,000 passengers compromised through cyber-attack on border patrol database

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A hacker named “Boris Bullet-Dodger” stole the information of around 100,000 passengers through a cyber-attack on the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). A US…

Police cars might soon have facial recognition technology

By Faisal Saeed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

It is possible in the future that police cars might be able to track your face from the crowd. Ekin Technologies is working on a…

Amazon’s facial recognition AI misidenitifes politicians as criminals

By Asra Rizwan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A report published by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) indicates that Amazon’s facial recognition system, Rekognition, has misidentified 28 members of Congress as criminals. Making…

This school scans classrooms every 30 seconds through facial recognition technology

By Mohammad Jamal ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A high school in China has made a facial recognition technology system that scans the student’s behavior in the classroom. The facial recognition technology introduced…

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iPhone 8 to ship with highly advanced facial recognition tool, a leak claims

By Ali Leghari ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

iPhone 8 is expected to be launched next month, and with that leaks regarding the specifications of the phone on social media platforms have also…

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Japan to provide USD 4.4 million grant to install Facial Recognition System at Pakistani Airports

By Maheen Kanwal ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Japanese Government has agreed to provide a grant of ¥500 million for improving security by installing “Facial Recognition System” at major airports of Pakistan.…

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