A Soccer Team In Denmark Is Using Facial Recognition To Stop Unruly Fans
By: National Public Radio October 21, 2019 On a cold, sunny October day on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, a group of men dressed in black gathers outside Brondby Stadium to shoot off a couple of rockets, raise their fists and shout about how the home team will soon beat — and beat up — […]
‘We are hurtling towards a surveillance state’: the rise of facial recognition technology
Email Us! Twitter Linkedin By: Hannah Devlin October 5, 2019 It can pick out shoplifters, international criminals and lost children in seconds. But as the cameras proliferate, who’s watching the watchers? Gordon’s wine bar is reached through a discreet side-door, a few paces from the slipstream of London theatregoers and suited professionals powering towards their […]
Met police admits it lacks records of King’s Cross face matches
By: Leo Kelion October 4, 2019 London’s Metropolitan Police Service says it does not have any records of the outcomes of a facial recognition tie-up with a private firm in the city. Last month, it acknowledged it had shared people’s pictures with the managers of the city’s King’s Cross Estate development. It had previously denied […]
AI used for first time in job interviews in UK to find best applicants
By: Charles Hymas September 27, 2019 Artificial intelligence (AI) and facial expression technology is being used for the first time in job interviews in the UK to identify the best candidates. Unilever, the consumer goods giant, is among companies using AI technology to analyse the language, tone and facial expressions of candidates when they are […]
Smile-to-pay: Chinese shoppers turn to facial payment technology
By: September 5, 2019 New technology is rolling out across the country, despite concerns over privacy China’s shoppers are increasingly purchasing goods with just a turn of their heads as the country embraces facial payment technology. In a country where mobile payment is already one of the most advanced in the world, customers can make […]
Information Technology and the U.S. Workforce: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?
By: National Academies Press 2017 Recent years have yielded significant advances in computing and communication technologies, with profound impacts on society. Technology is transforming the way we work, play, and interact with others. From these technological capabilities, new industries, organizational forms, and business models are emerging. Technological advances can create enormous economic and other benefits, […]
Privacy campaigners warn of UK facial recognition ‘epidemic’
By: Damien Gayle August 16, 2019 Privacy campaigners have warned of an “epidemic” of facial recognition use in shopping centres, museums, conference centres and other private spaces around the UK. An investigation by Big Brother Watch (BBW), which tracks the use of surveillance, has found that private companies are spearheading a rollout of the controversial […]
Facial recognition elevates art of queuing in bars
By: Mark Bridge August 1, 2019 It is technology most often deployed to catch terrorists and criminals. Now facial recognition is coming for another category of public enemies — drinks queue jumpers. A bar in London has used the controversial technology to thwart those who previously relied on their sharp elbows, good looks or a […]
How Microexpressions Can Make Moods Contagious
Email Us! Twitter Linkedin By: Liana Simstrom July 12, 2019 It’s a common experience for family members or groups of friends: One person’s mood can bring the whole group’s energy down— or up. But why are we so easily influenced? In 1962, the reality television show Candid Camera offered a remarkable glimpse into a psychological […]