Yves Jeanrenaud is a scholar and amateur software developer behind Nearby Glasses, an open-source smart glasses detection app ...

The Android app, Nearby Glasses, comes from Swiss sociologist and hobbyist coder Yves Jeanrenaud. It scans for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) activity associated with manufacturers such ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are now widely used by millions of people worldwide, as tools to source information or ...

Abstract: We present BlockVote, a blockchain-based electronic voting system that integrates multimodal biometric authentication to enhance voter verification, transparency, and end-to-end auditability ...

In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release. By Kashmir Hill Kalley Huang and Mike Isaac Kashmir Hill reported ...

Editor’s note: The above video is from a related story that KXAN reported in April 2025. AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department has released its latest report of instances in which it used ...

WHEN WE GET BACK ABOVE FREEZING AGAIN. COMING UP IN WEATHERWATCH 12. >> THANKS, MARK. TONIGHT AN ABOUT-FACE FOR THE MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT MPD NOW PAUSING THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit whose increasing use on observers and bystanders is alarming civil liberties advocates, lawmakers ...

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman will issue a ban on the use of facial recognition technology effective immediately, according to an email to city leaders obtained by TMJ4 News.

Civil liberty advocates and some lawmakers are sounding the alarm on the privacy risks of federal agents using surveillance toolkits during immigration enforcement operations. Using facial recognition ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley is co-leading new federal legislation aimed at banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection from using facial ...

Northern Ireland may soon follow England and Wales in allowing police to use facial recognition to generate investigative leads based on biometric matches. “At this stage, we are engaging with these ...