A video explainer on the technology that’s changing the meaning of the human face.

Following hours of contentious public comment Tuesday, much of it from people calling facial recognition intrusive and dangerous, the Port of Seattle Commission unanimously approved a moratorium on some uses...

How the world’s biggest companies got millions of people to let temps analyze some very sensitive recordings.

We were offered personalized medicine. Instead, we got Facebook for our DNA.

Facebook maintains that it doesn’t need to make changes to its web-tracking services in order to comply with California’s new privacy law, setting up a potential early clash over the measure set to take effect Jan. 1.

Flying in and out of Beijing may soon be a Minority Report-like experience.

Reports about the toy store using cameras to track shoppers caused an uproar, but the companies behind the tech insist their systems are trained to ignore kids.

In the NulledCast hackers livestream the harassment of Ring camera owners after accessing their devices. Hundreds of people can listen.

Prof Noel Sharkey says systems so infected with biases they cannot be trusted

When should data be shared? Now seems as good a time as any to reflect, as we approach the season of giving, on such a question. The EU first adopted data protection rules to facilitate the free flow of personal data across the internal market and to safeguard…

Feds tell Google to search four areas for suspected arsonists' phones. Google gives it 1,500 device IDs.

Companies such as Megvii thrived on government contracts for facial recognition, but they face challenges from US sanctions to cheaper tech.

Personal banking information for tens of thousands of Facebook Inc. workers in the U.S. was compromised last month when a thief stole several corporate hard drives from an employee’s car.

Nel 2019 ben 174 Comuni presenti in diverse aree del mondo sono stati oggetto di attacchi ransomware andati a buon fine. Il dato si deve a un’attenta analisi della società di sicurezza Kaspersky, che come ogni anno in questo periodo redige il suo “Security…

Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems' seven-year battle against Facebook reaches a crucial point on Dec. 17 when an adviser to Europe's top court will issue his view on whether tools used by companies to transfer data abroad are legal or not.

An experiment by Kneron shows facial recognition is less secure than many think.