UK to expand airport e-gate access to younger children from JulyUK eGates will soon welcome children aged 8 and 9, provided they are at least 120 cm tall and accompanied by an adult. This expansion, effe...
18 May, 2026, 05.08 PM IST
ICICI Bank enables facial recognition, fingerprint authentication services for UPI transactions up to Rs 5,000: How to activate service on iMobile AppICICI Bank now allows users to authorize UPI payments up to Rs 5,000 using fingerprint or face recognition on its iMobile app. This feature...
29 Apr, 2026, 06.01 PM IST
Guns, drones & algos: War gets smarter, faster & uncomfortably less humanArtificial intelligence is revolutionizing global warfare. Nations are significantly increasing AI spending for defense. This technology en...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
Fast-track immigration in India: Eligibility, registration and key details explainedIndia's Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme is now operational at 13 airports, allowing eligible Indian citizens and OCI car...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
China weaponises Taiwan’s own voices in escalating information warChina is using social media platforms like Douyin to spread messages from Taiwanese opposition figures. These clips are then shared on plat...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
Chinese AI startup StepFun to unwind offshore structure to pave way for IPOShanghai-based StepFun, which develops general-purpose foundation models, has decided an onshore corporate structure would be more appropri...
13 Apr, 2026, 01.19 PM IST
Bounty hunters and AI are helping ICE find immigrants in the USUS authorities are increasingly using private contractors and advanced AI to locate immigrants, a system dubbed 'skip tracing'. These firms...
03 Apr, 2026, 01.46 PM 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
Tirupati temple to use facial recognition system for darshan from today: How it worksMoreover, this same technology could be used in the allocation of rooms to genuine devotees at subsidised rentals, allowing the admin to de...
01 Mar, 2023, 12.24 PM IST
Tirupati Temple to start facial recognition tech for devotees. How it works?"TTD is set to introduce facial recognition technology on an experimental basis at Vaikuntam 2 and AMS systems from March 1 onwards," said ...
23 Feb, 2023, 04.02 PM 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
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
Facebook to shut down facial recognition tool citing societal concernsFacebook says it will delete "facial recognition templates" of more than 1 billion people. The removal will roll out globally and is expect...
03 Nov, 2021, 09.43 AM IST
Fedo's facial recognition tool to help predict diseasesFedo is focussed on predicting health risks for the insurance and consumer segments.
16 Feb, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
Facial Recognition: Let's face it, it's a big market & a big dangerThe technology has opened up a massive surveillance market in India which still lacks a legal framework.
13 Feb, 2020, 03.36 PM IST
Need India-specific data to properly implement facial recognition tech: Infosys co-founderAs India plans to roll out a nationwide facial recognition system this year, Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan believes that the count...
14 Jan, 2020, 03.13 PM IST
India is planning a huge China-style facial recognition programGovt will open bids next month to build a system to centralise facial recognition data from surveillance cameras.
20 Sep, 2019, 10.33 AM IST