Facial recognition on laptops has come a long way in the last decade, and Windows Hello is more secure than you may think.

There's nothing quite as identifiable as a face. Retailers use facial recognition technology to more easily nab shoplifters. Casinos have deployed it to keep card counters away. Even a popular New ...

No one wants to talk to a bot, but how far are you willing to go to prove that you’re human? Sam Altman is banking on people being willing to surrender scans of their eyes in order to authenticate ...

Meta’s new smart specs are turning a walk down the street into an all-you-can-eat buffet for cops, pervs and sex pests. More than 70 civil liberties, domestic violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+, ...

The Dynamic Island had a good run. Introduced in 2022 as Apple’s elegant workaround for the Face ID sensor array on the iPhone 14 Pro, it became — depending on who you ask — either a genuinely clever ...

Ohio State Buckeyes safety Caleb Downs’ career was simply a video game’s high-score record, used to unlock the future — just like the Madden NFL 26 universe is doing now to unlock the next big star in ...

When the Suiteholder or Club member arrives at the Saddledome, they will enter the Quick Scan Lane at the Telus Club Entrance where the fan’s biometric face scan is validated. Once matched, the fan ...

When companies and governments expand data collection in the name of security, sometimes the only way you can object is to opt out. And with facial recognition, the time to object is now. I'm an ...

Onondaga County legislators are trying to craft a local law that would require most businesses to notify the public if they are collecting biometric data such as face scans from their customers. But ...

If you're interested in going paperless, you probably think you need a scanner. It's true that hardware scanners make turning multipage documents into PDFs very simple. But most of us don't have easy ...

Face was one of the first major-league hurlers to make the closer job a specialty. Not an overpowering pitcher, he finagled outs with a tricky forkball. By Richard Goldstein ElRoy Face, a durable ...

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