New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggests face masks are hampering facial recognition systems. Because the protective coverings obscure the bottom half of ...

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Face masks are already known to stop the spread of coronavirus. Apparently, they can also make it much harder for facial-recognition software to identify you, too. This is the key finding of a new ...

The future of facial recognition technology may depend on one very specific part of the face: the area around the eyes. Before the global pandemic, facial recognition systems typically worked by ...

In early June, civil liberties groups voiced alarm at a leaked memo showing the U.S. Justice Department had authorized the Drug Enforcement Administration to conduct covert surveillance and other ...

Anyone with a smartphone that uses facial recognition will know it does not really work with a mask on. That can be frustrating - but although masks have undoubtedly thwarted the facial-recognition ...

As tech firms scramble to keep up with reality of coronavirus, some experts say users must change It is an increasingly common modern annoyance: arriving at the front of the queue to pay in a shop, ...

Like many people who began to wear a face mask during the pandemic, Hassan Ugail quickly noticed one or two technical niggles. His iPhone started having trouble recognising his face, which is how he ...

The coronavirus pandemic has seen the majority of people start wearing face masks when they are out in public. Due to the fact these masks cover up half of our face, they pose a problem for existing ...