'Humans behave better when watched': Xprice founder, tech leaders make the case for surveillanceTech leaders like Peter Diamandis and Larry Ellison are championing a future of 'radical transparency' enabled by a vast network of sensors...
27 Jun, 2026, 03.39 PM IST
Meta AI glasses pilot faces privacy scrutinyPrivacy experts are flagging significant risks with Meta's AI glasses pilot for visually impaired citizens in Gujarat. Concerns centre on p...
20 Jun, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Meta plans to add facial recognition technology to its smart glassesMeta is planning to reintroduce facial recognition in its smart glasses. This feature, called 'Name Tag', would identify people using Meta'...
13 Feb, 2026, 07.07 PM IST
Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdownMessaging platform Discord announced Monday it will implement enhanced safety features for teenage users globally, including facial recogni...
09 Feb, 2026, 11.20 PM IST
Bunnings gets green light to introduce facial recognition following landmark victoryBunnings will deploy facial recognition across Australian stores over 18 months. This follows a successful appeal against a privacy ruling....
07 Feb, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
Face-off in Britain over controversial surveillance techThe use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology -- which creates biometric facial signatures before instantaneously running them throug...
07 Jan, 2024, 09.25 AM IST
Bankrupt US pharmacy chain Rite Aid banned from using AI facial recognitionRite Aid deployed artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology from 2012 to 2020 to identify shoplifters but the company fal...
20 Dec, 2023, 08.59 AM IST
British lawmakers call for pause in live facial recognition surveillanceThe move comes after policing minister Chris Philp, speaking at the ruling Conservative party's annual conference this week, suggested a ne...
06 Oct, 2023, 10.43 AM IST
Europeans take a major step toward regulating AIThe European Union took an important step Wednesday toward passing what would be one of the first major laws to regulate artificial intelli...
14 Jun, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
EU lawmakers agree to changes in draft artificial intelligence rulesThe lawmakers will now have to thrash out details with European Union countries before the draft rules become legislation.
14 Jun, 2023, 04.56 PM IST
Russia and India face similar challenges in public safety: NtechLabWe’re happy to have pioneered the Russian-Indian cooperation in artificial intelligence and to have completed our first projects before all...
03 Apr, 2023, 09.32 AM IST
'Orwellian' facial recognition cameras in UK stores challenged by rights groupIt outlines how the facial recognition system, sold by surveillance company Facewatch, creates a biometric profile of every visitor to stor...
26 Jul, 2022, 07.25 PM IST
Microsoft will give limited access to face ID feature, to stop selling emotion-reading techThe actions reflect efforts by leading cloud providers to rein in sensitive tech on their own.
22 Jun, 2022, 04.42 PM IST
Surveillance hotspot, Hyderabad, sees facial recognition taken to courtMasood's petition in the southern state is seen as a test case as facial recognition systems are deployed nationwide, with digital rights a...
21 Jan, 2022, 10.11 AM IST
Scandal-hit Facebook ends long-criticised facial recognition system over privacy fears, to delete scan data of billion peopleThe feature would automatically identify people who appeared in users' digital photos.
03 Nov, 2021, 12.58 PM IST
To catch teenage gamers, Chinese company deploys facial recognition“Children, put your phones away and go to sleep,” Tencent said in a statement Tuesday when it officially introduced the new features called...
15 Jul, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
Amazon facial recognition ban won just 2% of shareholder voteAmazon has defended its work and said all users must follow the law.
25 May, 2019, 10.10 AM IST