This browser-based tool can fool facial age checks using 3D avatars

After Discord announced plans to require age verification for all users, a free, HTML-based tool emerged that aims to bypass facial scans on the platform and ...

CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’

US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the ...
IEEE

From Age Estimation to Age-Invariant Face Recognition: Generalized Age Feature Extraction Using Order-Enhanced Contrastive Learning

Abstract: Generalized age feature extraction is crucial for age-related facial analysis tasks, such as age estimation and age-invariant face recognition (AIFR). Despite the recent successes of models ...
Computer Weekly

Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears

There is virtually nothing in the Metropolitan Police policy to constrain where it deploys live facial recognition (LFR), the High Court has heard during a judicial review into whether the force is ...
Biometric Companies

Sainsbury’s rolls out Facewatch LFR, Tesco gets retrospective with Auror

Automated security cameras and facial recognition are growing presences in UK shops as a theft prevention measure, with Tesco announcing a trial of New Zealand-based Auror’s platform Tesco will use ...
identityweek

The face of the future: Why facial recognition demands a rethink of privacy and power

In December 2025, a new reality took effect at U.S. borders: every non-citizen entering or leaving the country may have their face photographed and processed through biometric systems. No age ...
Computer Weekly

Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon

The Met Police has announced that its deployment of permanent live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in Croydon has led to 103 arrests, with the force claiming it has reduced crime in the local area by ...
Hartford Courant

A CT grocery chain is using a facial recognition system. It triggered debate on AI security systems.

With residents this month debating use of facial recognition systems at some Connecticut grocery stores, state lawmakers from both parties plan to look into stopping that technology from being used in ...
IEEE

Toward Explainable Facial Expression Recognition Using Face Action Units: XFER-AU

Abstract: Face expression recognition (FER) has been extensively explored by the research community, with comparisons between different FER models typically relying on accuracy metrics. To make model ...
Biometric Companies

Lawmakers move to rein in ICE’s use of mobile facial recognition

U.S. Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced legislation aimed at sharply curbing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) use of mobile ...
Aviation Week

TSA Expanding Touchless Facial Recognition To 65 Airports

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to significantly expand its Pre-Check Touchless ID program, which allows passengers to move through checkpoints using biometric facial ...