Jean-Paul Thorbjornsen is a leader of THORChain, a blockchain that is not supposed to have any leaders—and is reeling from a series of expensive controversies.

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 and activists.

An email detailed Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman paused the department's pursuit and use of facial recognition technology. Months of public concerns prompted Norman's change. Now, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (SHNS) – Sweeping data privacy and immigration reforms are percolating on Beacon Hill, and U.S. Sen. Ed Markey targeted ...

AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- Illinois state lawmakers and privacy advocates are raising concerns over technology used by federal agents for immigration enforcement that they say violates the privacy and ...

From Chicago to Minneapolis, federal immigration agents deployed on Trump administration crackdowns have relied on an unlikely tool in the heat of tense operations — cellphone cameras. That practice ...

With residents this month debating use of facial recognition systems at some Connecticut grocery stores, state lawmakers from both parties plan to look into stopping that technology from being used in ...

OMG! Wegman’s supermarkets are using artificial intelligence and facial recognition? Outrageous! Alert the authorities! Cancel dinner! Never mind the fact that on your way to shop you passed by dozens ...

TSA is expanding its PreCheck Touchless ID program to six major Florida airports this year. The service uses facial recognition to allow PreCheck members to pass through security without showing an ID ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Grocery stores across Connecticut are using facial recognition technology to combat theft, but some customers and lawmakers are raising privacy concerns about the practice.

The biggest chains in America are using facial recognition technology to try to stop shoplifting. But most customers are unaware their faces are being scanned while they shop. Facial recognition isn’t ...

If you're worried that advanced AI-powered facial recognition systems will allow third parties to easily identify you by using publicly accessible photos of yourself, you can use a free app called ...