To help consumers remember their favorite moments, eCommerce innovators are making it possible for them to order framed prints from pictures they have taken on their phones. Most consumers have a large number of pictures on their phones and may find it challenging to bring...
Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool Apple’s Face ID systems, according to reports. Kneron, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, did an experiment at different stores and airports that used...
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has revealed that photos of travelers coming into and out of the country were stolen in a cyberattack in May. “In violation of CBP policies and without CBP’s authorization or knowledge, [a subcontractor] transferred copies of license plate...
Before Benji Lanyado founded photography marketplace Picfair, he was a journalist covering the travel beat for a “publication whose name you would know” facing an ongoing problem. The images he had to choose from for supporting his stories weren’t very good. Not in a technical sense — they...
October 03, 2018
Before Benji Lanyado founded photography marketplace Picfair, he was a journalist covering the travel beat for a “publication whose name you would know” facing an ongoing problem. The images he had to choose from for supporting his stories weren’t very good. Not in a technical sense — they were well-composed, well-shot images. However, in Lanyado’s view, they lacked […]
February 26, 2020
Facial recognition outfit Clearview AI — which collects billions of photos off the internet, and uses them for facial recognition technology — has been hacked, and its entire client list was exposed to malicious actors, according to CNN. The company said it fixed the problem that caused the data breach, and that safety was its top priority. […]
December 16, 2019
Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool Apple’s Face ID systems, according to reports. Kneron,...
June 11, 2019
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has revealed that photos of travelers coming into and out of the country were stolen in a cyberattack in May. “In violation of...
April 17, 2018
A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit against Facebook focused on facial recognition can proceed. The suit is based on a unique Illinois law — the...
