The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is piloting facial recognition technologies that can see through face masks with a "promising" level of accuracy, meaning that travelers could end up ...

Face masks are one of the best defenses against the spread of COVID-19, but their growing adoption is having a second, unintended effect: breaking facial recognition algorithms.

Facial recognition systems can be considered a controversial technology. On the one hand, this technology affects people’s privacy. On the other hand, it assists in preventing or detecting violence.

The study looked at how the facial recognition algorithms performed with “one-to-one” matching, or when a photo is compared to a different photo of the same person. Advertisement.

In an update Tuesday, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology looked at 41 facial recognition algorithms submitted after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in mid-March.

In 2020, it’s worth assuming that every status update and selfie you upload online can eventually make its way into the hands of an obscure data-mining ...

A federal study has found that bias continues to exist in facial recognition algorithms. The NIST found “empirical evidence” that characteristics such as age, gender, and race can impact the ...

A new study from the National Institute of Standards and Technology confirmed what other research has previously shown: Many facial recognition algorithms perform better on white people than on ...

Facial-recognition technology is already being used for applications ranging from unlocking phones to identifying potential criminals. Despite advances, it has still come under fire for racial ...

Human memory is notoriously unreliable. Even people with the sharpest facial-recognition skills can only remember so much. It’s tough to quantify how good a person is at remembering.