An early peek of design plans for Sidewalk Toronto

Swedish research firm Berg Insight says 63 million American homes will qualify as “smart” by 2022, but what will thee techologies look like, do, and how secure will they be?

The Portland, Ore., City Council unanimously adopted two landmark ordinances banning city and private use of facial recognition technology. The first bars all city bureaus from acquiring or using the controversial technology with minimal exceptions for personal verification.

Britain’s Court of Appeal ruled in the case of civil rights campaigner Ed Bridges, who argued that South Wales Police caused him “distress” by scanning his face as he shopped in 2017 and as he attended a peaceful anti-arms protest in 2018.

The New York legislature passed a moratorium on the use of facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification in schools until 2022.

IBM CEO says in a lette to Congress that the company will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software. The company will also no longer develop or research the technology.

IBM CEO says in a lette to Congress that the company will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software. The company will also no longer develop or research the technology.

Police Scotland has unveiled a new aerial drone system to help in searches for missing and vulnerable people.Its recognition software is compact enough to be run on a phone, with the technology learning as it goes.

A study finds that facial recognition software fails to recognize trans and non-binary people, relying on outdated stereotypes to mark gender.

As countries explore the use of facial recognition technology in areas such as national security, governments need to take people’s privacy into account, according to the head of artificial intelligence at the World Economic Forum.