facial recognition

In Focus

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.

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Tech news in less than 5 minutes – May 2022

Bite-sized news on sustainability, data literacy, facial recognition and passwords.

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.

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

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.

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.
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