facial recognition technology

The tech was brought on to alert staff to guns as well as individuals who pose potential threats, including sex offenders or anyone flagged by law enforcement

Concert promoters in the U.S. are stepping back from plans to scan festivalgoers with facial recognition technology, after musicians and others gave it some serious side-eye. Although it remains entirely possible that music venues will eventually take a second look at the controversial technology.

One of three men wanted in connection with last month’s brazen $4 million armed robbery in the Diamond District has been arrested, federal prosecutors said Tuesday, but the alleged ringleader remains at large — and he’s thought to be armed and “extremely dangerous.”

Police have released the names of two of the three suspects wanted in connection with a $4 million armed robbery in the Diamond District last month.

Three men pretending to be customers in a diamond district jewelry store brandished guns and tied up employees in a brazen daytime robbery on Sunday, police said.

The Connecticut father accused of killing a hotel worker is speaking for first time since the April ordeal, calling the whole situation a “living nightmare.”

The night before the massive protests in Hing Kong against a law that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland China, Hong Kong police arrested the administrator of one of the largest group chats encrypted messaging app Telegram, NBC News reported. Internet-savvy young people, who once only saw the upsides of a technology that helped them organize protests, have...

The night before the massive protests in Hing Kong against a law that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland China, Hong Kong police arrested the administrator of one of the largest group chats encrypted messaging app Telegram, NBC News reported. Internet-savvy young people, who once only saw the upsides of a technology that helped them organize protests, have...

Despite pressure from civil rights groups, activist investors and its own employees, Amazon said Wednesday that shareholders at an annual meeting in Seattle voted against proposals related to two major social issues: climate change and facial recognition technology. The two proposals on facial recognition had asked Amazon to stop selling its technology to government agencies, saying that it could be...

San Francisco supervisors this week passed legislation that would ban the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies and other city departments. Mark Matthews reports.

San Francisco supervisors voted Tuesday to ban the use of facial recognition software by police and other city departments, becoming the first U.S. city to outlaw a rapidly developing technology that has alarmed privacy and civil liberties advocates.

The family of a Connecticut financial adviser charged with killing a hotel worker while his young daughters were in the room during a vacation in Anguilla released a new statement Thursday. It’s the most complete statement from Gavin Scott Hapgood, 44, who faces manslaughter charges in the British terrority but is currently in the U.S., a release that sparked outrage...

Tenants of more than 700 apartments in Brownsville are currently fighting the decision to replace the key FOB entry they use now with a biometric security system.

Residents of a Brooklyn building want their landlord to face facts and ditch plans to install facial recognition technology in their building. Rana Novini reports.

Facial recognition technology is rolling out at airport gates across the country, but some travelers say it’s an invasion of privacy.

Authorities in Anguilla released new details Tuesday in an investigation involving a Connecticut financial adviser charged with killing a hotel worker during a family vacation, a case that has caused racial tensions on a Caribbean island that caters to wealthy vacationers.

A Florida man who mailed crudely made pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump said he abused steroids for over 40 years, an issue his lawyers say they’ll cite at sentencing.

Several airlines are testing out facial recognition software — but some travelers say they’re not on board. Jummy Olabanji reports.

A Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump in a wave of attacks that harmed no one but spread fear of political violence across the U.S. Checkey Beckford reports.

Now there is one more place where cameras could start watching you — from 30,000 feet. Newer seat-back entertainment systems on some airplanes operated by American Airlines, United Airlines and Singapore Airlines have cameras, and it’s likely they are also on planes used by other carriers. American, United and Singapore all said Friday that they have never activated the cameras...