The Latest: Analysts notes potential for iPhone X features
The Latest on the Apple event at its headquarters in California (all times local):
View ArticleiPhone X puts exclamation point on Apple's pricing strategy
Apple has made a luxury iPhone that punctuates its technological swagger with a high-priced exclamation point. And that exclamation point appears to be a sign of things to come.
View ArticleMachine gaydar—AI is reinforcing stereotypes that liberal societies are...
Following the old saying that "knowledge is power", companies are seeking to infer increasingly intimate properties about their customers as a way to gain an edge over their competitors. The growth of...
View ArticleAre you OK with using your face to unlock your iPhone?
Your passcode can be hacked, but your face is yours and yours alone. That's the thinking behind Apple's latest security measure, which is more high-tech and a bit more intimate than anything else on...
View ArticleBlack, white or multicultural: Constructing race in two countries
A new study demonstrates the strong influence ancestry plays in Americans' interpretation of whether someone is black, white or multiracial, highlighting differences in the way race is socially...
View ArticleResearch sparks new way to predict movie-goers' facial expressions
Researchers in SFU's School of Computing Science have been working with Disney Research to develop a new way to assess and predict the facial expressions of movie goers. This method could help to make...
View ArticleNest Labs adds doorbell that can recognize familiar faces
Home device maker Nest Labs is adding Google's facial recognition technology to a camera-equipped doorbell and rolling out a security system in an attempt to end its history of losses.
View ArticleQ&A: How Apple's Face ID facial recognition works
In mid-September, Apple unveiled its new Face ID facial recognition system , which is due to debut with the iPhone X on Nov. 3. The system lets users unlock their phones just by glancing at them, but...
View ArticleToyota to highlight reading of driver emotions at Tokyo show
Driving sleepy? Hungry? Toyota will be highlighting an array of experimental technologies aimed at improving safety and anticipating drivers' desires at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month.
View ArticleIs facial recognition the stuff of sci-fi? Not in China
From toilet-paper dispensers to fast-food restaurants, travel and crime-fighting, China is taking the lead in rolling out facial-recognition technology.
View ArticleNew developments enabling blind people to see again
Enabling blind people to see again is the dream of many neuroscientists. We still have a long way to go to make this happen, but we have also made a lot of progress over the last twenty years, says...
View ArticleDogs are more expressive when someone is looking
Dogs produce more facial expressions when humans are looking at them, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth.
View ArticleNew iPhone brings face recognition (and fears) to the masses
Apple will let you unlock the iPhone X with your face—a move likely to bring facial recognition to the masses, along with concerns over how the technology may be used for nefarious purposes.
View ArticleSingapore opens new, high-tech airport terminal
Singapore's Changi Airport opened a cutting-edge terminal Tuesday with a fully automated check-in system including facial scanning and computerised baggage drop points, but some passengers struggled...
View ArticleSMART: Facial recognition for molecular structures
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed a method to identify the molecular structures of natural products that is significantly faster and more...
View ArticleApple aims to work its magic with iPhone X
With its new iPhone X, Apple is setting the ambitious goal for itself of reinventing the smartphone, again.
View ArticleApple's iPhone X hits Asia stores as profits soar
Apple's flagship iPhone X hit stores in Asia Friday, as the world's most valuable company predicted bumper sales despite the handset's eye-watering price tag and celebrated a surge in profits.
View ArticleLong queues, protests as Apple's iPhone X hits stores
Apple's iPhone X hit stores around the world Friday, drawing crowds in many locations and protests in others as the new flagship device hit stores in some 50 markets worldwide.
View ArticleYou may be sick of worrying about online privacy, but 'surveillance apathy'...
We all seem worried about privacy. Though it's not only privacy itself we should be concerned about: it's also our attitudes towards privacy that are important.
View ArticleThe challenge of authenticating real humans in a digital world
Proving identity is a routine part of modern daily life. Many people must show a driver's license to buy alcohol at a store, flash an ID card to security guards at work, enter passwords and passcodes...
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