Due to the prevalence of influenza outbreaks and outdoor scenarios with various obstructing decorations, recognizing faces with occlusions has become a pressing challenge to address. However, current ...

Officials confirmed that the facial recognition system was recently deployed at key locations in the district and is part of a wider push to integrate modern surveillance tools into policing in the ...

It was packed with dozens of community members concerned over the potential implementation of this technology. MPD is considering trading 2.5 million mug shots for facial recognition technology.

Both departments have said if they were to acquire it, they wouldn't make an arrest solely based on an identification made through facial recognition. The proposal by Milwaukee police has been met ...

The Milwaukee Police Department is looking to implement facial recognition technology as a new tool for solving crimes, but the proposal is facing opposition from community members.

Joy Buolamwini, a facial recognition researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, poses with a white mask she used to test software at the school in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 13, 2019.

New Orleans has emerged as a flashpoint in debates over real-time facial recognition technology. The city’s leaders are weighing a landmark ordinance that, if passed, would make New Orleans the first ...

For the second year in a row, the U.S. Open golf tournament is using biometrics for ticketing, through partnerships with ticketing software company FortressGB and biometric ticketing firm Wicket. “We ...

Over the years, the evolution of face recognition (FR) algorithms has been steep and accelerated by a myriad of factors. Motivated by the unexpected elements found in real-world scenarios, researchers ...

New Orleans pushes to legalize police use of ‘facial surveillance’ The city would become first in the U.S. to formally allow facial recognition as a tool for surveilling residents in real time.