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Here's how the latest camera attacks are fooling facial recognition systems
The emergence of the camera injection technique has been a legitimate threat to facial recognition tools.
December 12, 2023
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Tech news in less than 5 minutes – May 2022
Bite-sized news on sustainability, data literacy, facial recognition and passwords.
April 28, 2022
Disruption and Digitalisation
Singapore hotels to use facial recognition to speed up check-ins
(Nov 7): Hotels in Singapore are trialling the use of facial-recognition technology to speed up guests’ check-in times and boost worker productivity in an initiative that’s linked up with the city-state’s immigration authorities.
November 07, 2019
IPO
China AI startup to file for Hong Kong IPO soon despite ongoing protests
(Aug 23): Chinese artificial intelligence startup Megvii is filing documents soon for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as US$1 billion, people familiar with the matter said, proceeding despite a market downturn spurred by pro-d
August 23, 2019
Singapore to test facial recognition on lampposts, stoking privacy fears
SINGAPORE (Apr 13) In the not too distant future, surveillance cameras sitting atop over 100,000 lampposts in Singapore could help authorities pick out and recognise faces in crowds across the island-state.
April 13, 2018
Fintech
Are biometrics becoming the new norm for making payments in Singapore?
SINGAPORE (Mar 20): Making everyday purchases with the touch of a thumb, or a quick glance at a camera, are fast becoming the preferred mode of payment among Singaporeans, according to a recent Visa survey on biometric authentication for payments.
March 20, 2018