Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting ...

For years, Google Photos was the easiest part of my online life. But the convenience came with a steep hidden cost.

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

Aging-related declines in face recognition are linked to reduced eye movement consistency, emphasizing the role of cognitive ...

Some people are so good with faces that there’s a name for them – super-recognisers. And a new study using eye-tracking technology has given us some insights into how they do it. Although most of us ...

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We often hear about government misuse of face recognition technology (FRT) and how it can derail a person’s life through wrongful arrests and other harms. Despite mounting evidence, government ...

Are you one of those people who are always mistaking others for someone else? Or, worse yet, do you have trouble recognizing faces altogether? You are certainly not alone. In fact, the average person ...

Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for over a dozen years, explaining the latest features, privacy tricks, and top recommendations. With degrees ...

Psychologists at UNSW Sydney and University of Wollongong have challenged the prevailing view that people with exceptional face recognition abilities rely on processing faces holistically. Instead, ...