Facebook is ending use of facial recognition software, the company said in a blog post Tuesday, a major move by a Silicon Valley giant to step away from the controversial tech.

NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick urged members of the New Orleans city council Monday to support expanding police use of ...

Editor’s Note: After this post was published, Facebook provided more specific details about how their face recognition system works. The following post has been updated to include the additional ...

Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition program and deleting more than 1 billion users' faceprints, a company official said Tuesday. The move means more than one-third of Facebook’s ...

Tinder is testing facial recognition for users as a new security feature - The dating app is unrolling the feature in ...

At the end of the day, Facebook’s facial recognition technology is downright creepy. Opting out of the service doesn’t mean Facebook will stop trying to recognize your face–it just means ...

Every time one of its 1.65 billion users uploads a photo to Facebook and tags someone, that person is helping the facial recognition algorithm. Its accuracy rate is said to be higher than the FBI's.

Facebook already uses facial-recognition technology to suggest tags on photos uploaded by users; Google has similar technology for its Google+ social network. But DeepFace represents a big step ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF) - There are several upgraded security features at Huntsville Hospital, aimed at keeping patients and ...

When the Milwaukee Brewers returned to American Family Field this spring, fans encountered something new at two stadium ...

The features will roll out to most Facebook users, except those where Facebook doesn't utilize face recognition technology, such as Canada and the EU. UPDATE: Dec. 19, 2017, ...