Emails surface detailing Microsoft's facial recognition pitch to DEA shortly before new stance
It remains unclear if the company is now using legalese to skirt around its own definition of law enforcement involvement
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Microsoft urges shift in national law before selling facial recognition technology to police
Microsoft has decided to not sell its facial recognition technology to local law enforcement until new "grounded in human right's" policies are formally adopted by the police.
Washington State passes landmark facial recognition safeguards law pushed by Microsoft
Washington State has officially adopted a Microsoft supported law that includes the most detailed regulations of facial recognition in the United States, and represents a model for other states to use as the use of facial recognition grows. The law ... Read more
Microsoft dataset of 10 million faces removed after commercial use revealed
Microsoft has quietly deleted MS Celeb, a training dataset of 10 million images used for recognizing face images.
Add Windows Hello facial recognition to your desktop for $139 with the Tobii EyeX eyetracker
Windows Hello is Microsoft's newest way to make logging in to Windows 10 easier, using just your face to get you past the login screen. It's been available on Surface devices, or a Windows phone like the Lumia 950 or ... Read more
Microsoft Cognitive Services at the heart of Uber's Real-Time ID Check
The transportation app Uber is stepping up with a new way to keep drivers and riders safe with the use of facial recognition.
Windows Hello gets support from Tobii eye-tracking platform
Microsoft’s Windows Hello has yet to take the world by storm, and early hardware roll out indications seem to posit that it will be a Windows feature that may grow slowly over the years. Aside from a few nascent quirks, ... Read more
How to set up Windows Hello on the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book (video)
One of the most touted features of Windows 10 and the new Surface flagship devices is Windows Hello, a biometric authentication system. One of the available security mechanisms is facial recognition, which uses specialized hardware to examine your face and ... Read more
TwinsOrNot.net tells you how identical two people are
A new website that compares how much two people look identical is out. The site is called Twinsornot.net and is made by a Microsoft employee named Mat Velloso. Mat used the same tools as the HowOld.net website that Microsoft recently released which ... Read more
Microsoft adds facial recognition log-in to Windows 10 with Windows Hello
Users will be able to use biometric authentication to access their Windows 10 devices using a new service called ‘Windows Hello.’ Windows Hello will be able to use your fingerprint, face, or iris to authenticate you and allow access to ... Read more