Biometric locks like face recognition are convenient to set up—but because of a legal loophole, law enforcement can bypass them more easily than a traditional passcode. I review privacy tools like ...

This repository provides code and workflows to test several state-of-the-art vehicle detection deep learning algorithms —including YOLOX, SalsaNext, RandLA-Net, and VoxelRCNN— on a Flash Lidar dataset ...

I grew up just outside of Toronto and went to university in Montreal, so needless to say, I know cold. I’m no stranger to below-zero temperatures, snow up to my shins, and slippery strolls to and from ...

The FBI has charged multiple people with crimes like vandalism after determining their identities using the controversial technology, according to court records. ICE protesters are being monitored by ...

A new Android malware campaign is using the Hugging Face platform as a repository for thousands of variations of an APK payload that collects credentials for popular financial and payment services.

On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security published new details about Mobile Fortify, the face recognition app that federal immigration agents use to identify people in the field, undocumented ...

Facial recognition at security and immigration checkpoints and gates could ease airport hassles, even as the technology raises privacy concerns. By Christine Chung Travelers can expect biometric ...

In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time. In those days, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk had only recently acquired the platform, and he claimed ...

The grocery store chain Wegmans, among other retailers, is using face recognition on its customers — and scanning their faces for resemblance not only to accused shoplifters but also to people whose ...

On Monday, Anthropic announced a new tool called Cowork, designed as a more accessible version of Claude Code. Built into the Claude Desktop app, the new tool lets users designate a specific folder ...

Face recognition is a dragnet surveillance technology and its expansion within law enforcement over the last 20 years has been marred by systematic invasions of privacy, inaccuracies, unreliable ...

Researchers at Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of large language models (LLMs) to rewrite itself on the fly. An ...