Facial Recognition
Chinese city uses facial recognition to shame people wearing pajamas in public
Jan 23, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Facial recognition and video surveillance can have different applications, both good and bad. But government officials in a Chinese city decided to use it for…
“Racist” Government passport system rejects black man’s photo despite meeting all criteria
Sep 19, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Although facial recognition technology uses artificial intelligence, it’s not always very intelligent. The Government’s facial detection system recently rejected a perfectly appropriate passport photo of…
Facebook will no longer use facial recognition in your photos by default
Sep 4, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you have ever uploaded a photo to Facebook, you know that its image recognition tech automatically suggests tags of people. This feature was set…
Taylor Swift used facial recognition tech to identify stalkers at her concert
Dec 14, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
On 18 May this year, Taylor Swift’s fans could watch rehearsal clips at her concert at Los Angeles venue Rose Bowl. The clips were played…
This drone lets you fly it using facial expressions
Feb 2, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There are several ways to control your drone. DJI lets you do it with hand gestures and by turning your head. But robotics scientists at…
Take a selfie, Google will find your look-alike in a work of art
Jan 15, 2018
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Google’s Art & Culture app has an amusing new feature. If you take a selfie within the app, it finds your look-alike in a work…
This man used iPhone X’s face-tracking to make his face invisible
Dec 27, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Japanese app developer Kazuya Noshiro has recently introduced an app he’s working on. It uses iPhone X’s face-tracking feature in the creepiest and the coolest…
New facial recognition features will detect photos of you across Facebook
Dec 20, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
We recently reported about Facebook’s captcha that requires your selfie if your account gets locked. Yesterday they announced a couple of new features, again focusing…
Facebook’s new captcha asks for selfies if your account gets locked
Nov 29, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If you happen to be locked out of your Facebook account, you may soon need to upload a selfie to prove your identity and be…
UK police make their first arrest using facial recognition technology
Jun 7, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The South Wales Police confirmed this Tuesday that they’ve arrested a man thanks to the automatic facial recognition technology (AFR). As they confirmed to Ars…