Face recognition technology follows earlier biometric surveillance techniques, including fingerprints, passport photos and iris scans. It’s the first that can be done without the subject’s knowledge.
January 19, 2024
Business and political elites descended on the Swiss Alpine snows of Davos to suss out “rebuilding trust” in a splintering world
January 19, 2024
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week
January 19, 2024
On the surface, the platform beneath a new generation of automobiles has little to do with politics and elections
January 19, 2024
Japan is one of several countries that weren’t part of the space race of the 1950s and 1960s looking toward the Moon. They’ve now become the 5th country to have landed on its surface.
January 21, 2024
Although you get your fatty acid levels routinely checked at the doctor’s, rarely do clinicians and researchers consider the effects of their potentially harmful byproducts.
January 22, 2024
Lots of factors can influence your music taste, from your age and where you’re from to the personality traits you have.
January 22, 2024
Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of addiction can change how researchers and clinicians approach treatments.
January 22, 2024
A little-known federal agency, The National Institute of Standards and Technology, was tapped by the Biden administration to set testing parameters for ensuring generative AI systems are safe, secure, trustworthy and socially responsible
January 22, 2024
Microplastic pollution is a growing problem − one lab is looking at tiny insects as inspiration for how these pollutants might move through water.
January 22, 2024
A federal appeals court has ordered the appointment of an independent examiner in the bankruptcy case of FTX
January 22, 2024
A Russian national has been sanctioned by the U.S., U.K. and Australian governments for his role in a cyber attack that compromised the personal details of more than 10 million Australians
January 23, 2024
Riot Games, the developer of the popular “League of Legends” multiplayer battle game is joining other tech companies that have been cutting back with a layoff of 11% of its staff
January 23, 2024
Airbnb has donated a total of $10 million to more than 120 nonprofits in 44 countries on six continents
January 23, 2024
Even in a moment of extreme partisanship, ‘we’ still exist if ‘we’ can witness something together. Researchers are exploring how shared attention can build connection.
January 23, 2024
The influx of generative artificial intelligence software is transforming small businesses
January 23, 2024
France’s privacy watchdog has fined Amazon’s French warehouse business $35 million for using an “excessively intrusive system” to monitor worker performance and activity
January 23, 2024
After a bruising year for the film industry, Christopher Nolan's atomic hit “Oppenheimer” emerged the winner of the Academy Awards nomination race Tuesday
January 23, 2024
TikTok is laying off dozens of workers in its advertising and sales unit, becoming the latest tech company to trim jobs in the new year
January 23, 2024
Netflix has registered its third-consecutive quarter of accelerating subscriber growth in the final three months of 2023
January 23, 2024
Online retailer eBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs, or an estimated 9% of its full-time workforce
January 24, 2024
Two forms of the same boron nitride molecules couldn’t look and act more different – but combining them could lead to applications that have the best of both worlds.
January 24, 2024
Online retailer eBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs, or an estimated 9% of its full-time workforce
January 24, 2024
Rather than a juvenile of a known species, several fossilized bones represent a new species – and shed light on the question of whether dinosaurs were already in decline before disaster struck.
January 24, 2024
Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users
January 24, 2024
Citigroup's China expansion plan put on hold by US regulators, Bloomberg News reports
Oil edges up following US rate cut move, geopolitical concerns
Four aides to embattled North Carolina Republican quit gubernatorial campaign
Asia stocks hold steady as more rate cuts loom
As UN meets, Haitians express hopelessness at finding an international solution to gang crisis
Bitcoin jumps while Japan holiday dulls most currencies
White Sox left to ponder the magnitude of their record-tying 120 losses
The Rams rally from a double-digit deficit to stun the 49ers 27-24 on a late field goal
Henry rushes for 151 yards, 2 TDs as Ravens hang on to beat Cowboys 28-25