Don't take it personally if Gen Z struggles to remember your face, as science says it could just be your age. A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Exeter examined a phenomenon ...

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App age verification isn’t just a theoretical concept being debated in Congress. A number of laws have already passed that require platforms to verify age for users in select states. For example, the ...

Police use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology reconfigures suspicion in subtle yet important ways, undermining so-called human-in-the-loop safeguards. Despite the long-standing controversies ...

New facial-recognition tools being tested at Orlando International Airport could soon be keeping track of travelers at departure gates across the country. By Christine Chung Reporting from Orlando, ...

Teenagers suspected of gunning down a security guard at a CVS in downtown Dallas. A man who used a dating app to talk his way into a Lake Highlands apartment before robbing his match. A woman accused ...

A study proposes that aging may impact the genome of dogs and humans in similar ways. Researchers analyzed the genomes of 104 labrador retrievers between the ages of 4 weeks and 16 years old. Break ...

Spotify Wrapped is back with a new feature! The audio streaming service released its annual listening report that analyzes user data from the past year on Dec. 3, 2025. Spotify describes Wrapped, ...

“Age is just a number. So don’t take this personally,” the Spotify slide warns, before revealing each user’s calculated listening age. How exactly did Spotify land on that number, though? Marc Hazan, ...

Jim Smith just wanted to buy some flowers. He and his wife, Anita, walked into the ShopRite in Sussex expecting to pick up the thoughtful gift for their new neighbors and move on with their day. But ...

I traveled through airports and reported in sports stadiums this year. At each, I was asked to scan my face for security. An AI security camera demo at an event in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the fall, my ...