Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other topics for outlets including CNET, NPR, WIRED, Texas Monthly, MSNBC, Consumer Reports, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The ...

Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app. Meta is testing ...

A Florida man was wrongfully arrested for attempting to illegally lure a child after police relied on a face-recognition match that was inaccurate, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, even ...

A view of a cellphone with which Colombia's presidential candidate Paloma Valencia, of the Centro Democratico party, takes a selfie during a campaign rally in Villavicencio, Meta department, Colombia ...

Meta is facing renewed scrutiny after a report revealed that the company quietly embedded face-recognition technology into software linked to its smart glasses ecosystem, potentially laying the ...

If you are fortunate enough to have a ticket to an event at Madison Square Garden in New York – say, an NBA Finals game – one aspect of your visit will be having your face scanned by a facial ...

Millions of AI agents and tools around the world have been imperiled by a critical vulnerability that can allow hackers to breach the servers running them and make off with sensitive data and ...

Apple has been trying to bring Face ID under-display with no success, and Android brands avoided it due to security risks. Metalenz’s Polar ID Under Display works flawlessly under an active OLED ...

A troubling New Orleans face recognition program revealed by a Washington Post investigation last year continues to operate despite violating a city law and a claim that it has been paused, and is ...

Some years in the making, the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) finally came into effect on Friday, April 10, after several delays and issues with the technology. The new system applies to all non-EU ...

At RSAC 2026, a live demo showed how easily AI tools can bypass facial recognition systems once considered secure. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, focusing on privacy. With companies ...