Is the Facebook biometric data privacy lawsuit in Illinois going to trial after all?
That $550 million that Facebook Inc. agreed to pay in January to settle claims that it violated its Illinois members’…
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Biometrics tech far, far ahead of public understanding—intelligence insider
In the same week that an analyst from a secretive government contractor warned that fear is informing debate about biometrics,…
UK report sees no sure biometric success with COVID unless citizens are consulted
A British AI think tank’s report carries a necessary and obvious message. The usual hand waving, hype and funding scorecards…
G7 AI partnership seeks standards to support shared values, counter China’s influence
In terms of AI productivity, 2019 would be hard to beat. Twenty-nine new and updated political schemes were announced for…
France is the latest to wade into age-verification quicksand
Age verification schemes are proving as controversial and difficult to implement as any other corner of biometrics. No one knows…
China goes beyond face recognition to take DNA swabs of Hong Kong protesters
The Chinese government seems intent on demonstrating the darkest fears people have about biometric surveillance. Bloomberg is reporting on DNA confiscation…
Designers create a sticky battery patch to power your wearables
People are advised to never sweat the small stuff, but what if their sweat could power at least power-sipping electronics…
Scandalous commercial AI decisions might be minimized with basic detective work
With AI algorithms making more and bigger decisions without human guidance, the possibility for scandalous machine actions joining human misconduct…
Could COVID-19 be the challenge IT can’t (or won’t) solve? Spoiler alert: Yes
Domestic U.S. IT companies, at one time seemingly invincible, globally admired and widely envied, today might as well be standing…
Google’s TensorFlow gets a new test for training data leaks
Google late last month debuted experimental tests for its TensorFlow Privacy library designed to reduce the degree to which machine…
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