BARROW-IN-FURNESS, England—Europe’s defense boom promised to revive struggling towns across the continent. Locals hoped a fresh injection of money would help rejuvenate communities that have withered ...

Police arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the ...

When police arrested Robert Dillon in 2023 for allegedly trying to "lure a child" away from a McDonald's in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, he told them he was more than 300 miles away at the time of the ...

Tom has been covering technology since 2019, having worked as part of the phones team at TechRadar and then as an editor at What to Watch. Since 2025 he’s been a freelance contributor for many more ...

The 2026 World Cup is rolling out two layers of technology that most of its 10 million visitors will actually touch: a consumer-AI layer led by Google, and a biometric-identity layer that turns a ...

Code for a facial recognition feature that can run on Meta smart glasses is buried in the company's Meta AI app, according to a new report from Wired. While not currently enabled, accessible to ...

Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and keystrokes and mouse movements in real time. Even ...

The Walt Disney Co. was hit by a new class action lawsuit — with park visitors alleging the company is illegally collecting their biometric information. Specifically, the suit cites Disneyland and ...

In 2024, a remarkable shift hit the music world: AI-generated songs exploded onto streaming platforms, making up nearly half of all newly uploaded tracks. But as the lines blur between human artistry ...

Face ID isn't just for your phone. SwitchBot's new smart lock line uses facial recognition to unlock your deadbolt. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, analyst, product ...

Preventing sensitive data loss has historically been treated as an endpoint or network problem. Deploy an agent, inspect files, monitor traffic, and you have coverage—or so you think. Our recent ...

Brave Origin drops ads and crypto features, but you can already debloat your browser in a few clicks for free. I've been writing about technology for more than 15 years and using it in earnest for ...