New research suggests face masks are hampering facial recognition systems. The algorithms never accounted for a pandemic.

Because of face coverings prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, companies are trying to ID people based on just their eyes and cheekbones.

Face-mask recognition has arrived—for better or worse New algorithms can police whether people are complying with public health guidance. The practice raises familiar questions about data privacy.

Mask detection tech is less in demand than it once was, as mask mandates lift. But its adoption might lead to less ethical applications of the tech.

Facial recognition for smartphones like Google's Pixel 4 can be rendered useless by face masks, but companies are working on ways to recognize masked faces.

The future of facial recognition technology may depend on one very specific part of the face: the area around the eyes.

Even though face masks have become highly politicized, science shows that wearing a mask does in fact reduce virus transmission. Still, the data varies on the degree that it helps, so one research ...

MIT and Harvard University engineers say they've designed a new kind of mask that can actually detect COVID and other viruses. Small disposable sensors can diagnose the wearer of the mask within ...

Alternatively, says Saptharishi, an airline might set the face mask detection technology to send an alert to key staff members whenever a traveler did not comply with the face-mask guideline so ...