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Privacy fears halt Facebook Moments in Europe
Facebook Moments' smart people-spotting AI won't fly in Europe, with the smartphone app not being released until users can opt-out of facial recognition. The software, launched earlier this month for...
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Netatmo Welcome Review – Nest Cam’s face-recognizing rival
If a smart home is truly smart, it should know who’s inside it. That’s the argument Netatmo makes with its new Welcome camera, promising Dropcam-style streaming video but combined with...
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Forget selfie sticks, have a ROAM-e selfie drone instead
Just like selifes, selfie sticks have become a fact of life, despite being ridiculed, banned, or even branded as very lethal contraptions. Since selfies are probably never going away now, we might as...
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Hubble Hugo mood-tracking smart camera has Alexa onboard
Amazon’s Alexa continues its march across the smart home, showing up next in Hubble’s Hugo, an eyeball-like motorized camera that can also figure out your mood. Part-security camera and part-robot,...
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Galaxy S8 to use face recognition for payment, 1000fps slo-mo
Usually, at this point in time, rumors and leaks about the Galaxy S8 should have, more or less, settled down and have been whittled down to a few consistent points. And yet there are now last minute...
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An iPhone 8 3D face-scanner could replace Touch ID
Tips and talk of the possibility of removing the Touch ID sensor from iPhone 8 has turned over a new rumor – one about faces. In place of a Touch ID scanner, says the rumor, Apple might employ a 3D...
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iPhone 8 face unlock confirmation found in HomePod firmware
Sometimes you find the biggest clues in the strangest of places. In this case, one of the iPhone 8’s most debated feature has been more or less confirmed in a device far removed from an iPhone: a smart...
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iPhone 8 face unlock won’t work with Apple Pay
The HomePod firmware, which Apple itself “accidentally” leaked, has been a treasure trove of clues ironically for the iPhone 8 rather than the speaker. Because of that, we’ve gotten whiff of what is...
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iPhone 8 face unlock will work even when flat on table
And the HomePod firmware leak just keeps on flowing. It’s not yet clear when that well will run dry, so while there’s still something to be squeezed, developers will continue to squeeze harder than an...
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iPhone 8 face recognition might be more powerful than expected
Microsoft and its fans may boast that it was using face recognition, via the still young Windows Hello, long before Apple, but the iPhone 8 might have a few things over Microsoft’s and Intel’s...
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This is how the iPhone 8 Face ID could work
We’re just counting down the hours, OK more than 24 hours, to the unveiling of the iPhone 8, or iPhone X if you may. But there’s no stopping the flow of leaks, sometimes almost official, regarding some...
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iPhone X release nears: all the details that leaked this weekend
Apple’s big iPhone 8 / iPhone X event announcements are set to take place tomorrow – but leaks over the past two days have all but spilled the beans entirely. The next iPhone release is set for this...
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Huawei promotes Mate 10 “real AI phone” by mocking Face ID
Face ID is perhaps the most contentious iPhone X feature next to the notch and amojis. The public demo’s seeming failure, which Apple has tried to explain away, seems to only add to the skepticism of...
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Android OEMs now looking into Face ID tech
Like it or not, and many definitely won’t, Apple has a tendency to set trends and even, sometimes, rewrite history. There has been no small amount of speculation and debate regarding Apple’s use of 3D...
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iPhone X Face ID could be trained to recognize similar looking faces
Apple is naturally no stranger to controversy, especially when it comes to iPhones and its biometric security systems. There were some raised questions and eyebrows when it first introduced Touch ID...
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Nintendo needs to make Pokemon Animoji for iPhone X like, yesterday
I’ve seen the Animoji in Apple’s iPhone X and I cannot understand how Nintendo is not already a partner. How on earth is Nintendo not already working with The Pokemon Company, for example, to bring...
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iPhone X Face ID beaten with 3D-printed mask
With its new flagship iPhone X, Apple has touted just secure the device’s Face ID technology is, and for the most part it’s been a hit, with relatively few reports of the system not working properly or...
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Galaxy S9 announcement to happen early, face recognition tipped
Samsung has so far pushed its product announcements and launches earlier and earlier after the strategy seemed to work wonders for the Galaxy S7. But when is early really too early? When it happens...
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iPhone X Face ID fooled by mom’s 10 year old son
The iPhone X’s new all-screen display and even its contentious notch have been sidelined by one new feature that may make its way into future iPhones and iPads. The attention, not to mention criticism,...
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iPhone X just broke the 3D floodgates
The next age in smartphone sensory abilities began with the iPhone X – but the biggest waves might not come from Apple. While Apple’s first moves with 3D sensing technology were to unlock the iPhone...
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OnePlus explains how it plans to fight Face Unlock spoofing
One of the new features of the OnePlus 5T is Face Unlock. Unlike other manufacturers, however, the company isn’t making such a big deal out of it, and for good reason. OnePlus itself doesn’t believe...
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iPhone X Face ID again reportedly tricked by new “artificial twin” mask
If the Google Pixel 2 has bugs as its main pain point, the iPhone X possibly has Face ID as its counterpart. Drowning out almost all other discussions about the iPhone X’s strengths and flaws, the...
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Android peek feature just out-cammed iPhone X
Android over-the-shoulder peeking alert technology is just about to be presented by Google for Pixel devices. The feature wont be implemented on Google Pixel Android smartphones for some unknown period...
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Honor V10 unveiled, claims better Face ID than Apple
Rumors and leaks of the Honor V10 have been floating around for a few weeks now, but it has finally been made real. As expected, the smartphone boasts of top of the line specs and an 18:9 screen that...
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Apple might be sharing Face ID data with apps too freely
Most security researchers are stumbling to find a way to definitively prove, or disprove, the security and reliability of the iPhone X’s Face ID feature. Almost all of those, however, require a second...
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Facebook face recognition finds you in untagged photos: How to turn it off
Facebook will use facial recognition to spot you in photos you haven’t already been tagged in, as the social network attempts to fend off concerns about user privacy being overlooked. However, to get...
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OnePlus 5 Face Unlock update confirmed
The OnePlus 5T may be top of the popular Android smartphone-maker’s tree right now, but that doesn’t mean owners of the OnePlus 5 should forget about feature updates. The handset is less than a year...
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Samsung Exynos 9810 processor highlights AI for face recognition
If there were any still any lingering doubt that Samsung would be going the Face ID route sooner rather than later, its newest product announcement should clear all those away. No, it hasn’t yet...
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Galaxy S9 Intelligent Scan to combine face, iris recognition
There is still an ongoing debate on what comes next after the traditional fingerprint scanner. Some would rather still have the same kind of biometric authentication, except under or even inside the...
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2018 iPad to borrow iPhone X’s smartest features
Apple’s new 2018 iPad will likely adopt the company’s first Artificial Intelligence chip, part of the Cupertino firm’s attempt to better distinguish its tablet in the face of rivals. The so-called...
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The Google Glass paranoia is coming true in China
Chinese police are using a Google Glass-like wearable computer to spot criminals, with the notoriously intrusive authorities outfitting security teams with facial recognition tech. The headsets are...
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Fingerprint sensors on phones: we still need them
Thanks to sticking to a more conservative iteration, the Galaxy S9 barely dodged being compared to its biggest rival. Yes, there’s the AR Emoji vs. Animoji debate, that was pretty much the...
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Android phones to ape Apple TrueDepth 3D sensors next year
The market has long been aware of what Apple might launch with the iPhone X and yet it seems that it has caught Android manufacturers unprepared to fight back. From the notch to 3D face recognition,...
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Police face recognition mistakes 2,000 as potential criminals
If you thought police surveillance using face scanning glasses was a nightmare that could only happen in China, better start reaching for your security blanket. Last year in South Wales, the police...
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OnePlus 6 Face Unlock fooled by photo, no surprise there
Not all smartphone face unlock features are created equal. Android has long had such a basic feature and so did Windows 10. Apple’s Face ID, however, introduced a new level of sophistication, not to...
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Orlando drops Amazon Rekognition amid privacy outcry
It might be a small and probably temporary win for privacy advocates, but it’s a significant win nonetheless. The City of Orlando, Florida has announced that they will be ending the use of Amazon’s...
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Vivo Time-of-Flight 3D sensing tech challenges Apple Face ID
Vivo has some crazy ideas and it’s not afraid to use them. It wasn’t content to put an in-display fingerprint scanner on the Vivo X20 UD, it had to turn half the screen into one as well. Plus, it moved...
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Huawei commits to bi-monthly updates to Android smartphones
One of the biggest complaints users have with their Android phones is the slow rollout of updates, even critical security ones. But while Samsung may be the scapegoat among OEMs, it is hardly the only...
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iPad with Face ID confirmed by iOS 12 AvatarKit
Some might still find the idea either too good to be true or too ridiculous, but an iPad with no home button or Touch ID might very well be due soon. And Apple itself has provided that evidence. No,...
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Galaxy Tab S4 Intelligent Scan to compete with new iPad Pro
There are only a few remaining notable Android tablets left in the market, which gives Apple a huge advantage in that market. It might widen the gap even further if rumors of the upcoming Face ID...
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