You can"t always determine emotion from someone"s facial movements, neither can AI
If you saw a person with their brow furrowed, mouth turned down, and eyes squinted, would you guess they're angry? What if you found out they'd forgotten their reading glasses and were deciphering a restaurant menu?.....»»
Treasured trash: UK waste gets new lease of life
From facial scrubs using coffee grounds to clothes made from plastic bottles and furniture decorated with agave fibres, efforts to upcycle or repurpose waste products are gaining traction in Britain......»»
Clearview AI aims to put almost every human in facial recognition database
Investor pitch said 100 billion photos would make almost everyone "identifiable." Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | imaginima) The controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI reportedly told investors that it aims to c.....»»
SFPD Puts Rape Victims" DNA Into Database Used To Find Criminals, DA Alleges
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The San Francisco Police Department's crime lab has been checking DNA collected from sexual assault victims to determine whether any of the victims committed a crime, according to District Attorn.....»»
New Yorkers in High Stop-and-Frisk Areas Subject To More Facial Recognition Tech
New Yorkers who live in areas where controversial stop-and-frisk searches happen most frequently are also more likely to be surveilled by facial recognition technology, according to research by Amnesty International and other researchers. From a repo.....»»
Texas sues Meta for collecting facial recognition data
Texas is suing Facebook's parent company, Meta (FB), over allegations the social media giant illegally harvested the facial recognition data of tens of millions of state residents for a decade......»»
Texas Sues Meta Over Facebook"s Facial-Recognition Practices
The Texas attorney general filed a suit against Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Monday, charging that the social-media giant's longstanding and now discontinued use of facial-recognition technology violated that state's privacy protections for pers.....»»
Satellite imagery gives researchers timeline of when swine waste lagoons were built
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an automated technique that uses satellite imagery to determine when swine waste lagoons were constructed, allowing researchers to determine the extent to which these facilities may have a.....»»
The science behind jealousy
Jealousy can feel like a useless, silly and destructive emotion. But it actually serves an important protective purpose......»»
Will ID.Me Destroy the Data of the 7 Million Americans Already Directed to Its Face-Scanning Service?
America's Internal Revenue service abandoned plans to make face-scanning mandatory for access to your tax records. Unfortunately, before this change of heart the IRS had already directed 7 million Americans to facial recognition vendor ID.me, repor.....»»
Study Finds Link Between Alzheimer"s and Circadian Clock
People who develop Alzheimer's disease can experience sleep disturbances years before the condition takes hold, but whether one causes the other, or something more complex is afoot, has always proved hard for scientists to determine. From a report: N.....»»
Electronics makers hope more migrant workers will help
Taiwan's government will allow the entry of more migrant workers starting February 15, but more observation is needed to determine whether the policy will ease the labor shortages pressing local manufacturers......»»
Identifying the portable toilets of the ancient Roman world
New research published today in the Journal of Archeaological Science Reports reveals how archeologists can determine when a pot was used by Romans as a portable toilet, known as a chamber pot......»»
Every Employee Who Leaves Apple Becomes an "Associate"
Inside Apple, your job classification can mean a lot. The difference between a "level 4" engineer and a "level 5," for instance, could mean a difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation. And those titles help determine how much App.....»»
Two Simple Movements Can Reduce Dizziness When Standing Up, Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Researchers in Canada say they've come up with two simple physical techniques to help prevent a common cause of dizziness and fainting. In a small trial, they found that these maneuvers, which involve.....»»
Scientists determine comet delivery to Moon
Southwest Research Institute scientists joined a team that reanalyzed and modeled data from a planned lunar impact more than a decade ago. The findings suggest that volatiles present in a crater near the Moon's south pole were likely delivered by a c.....»»
IRS will transition away from facial recognition after wave of criticism
The Treasury Department recently announced it would reconsider the Internal Revenue Service’s use of ID.me for providing access to its website. The agency explained to Senator Ron Wyden that it plans to drop the use of facial recognition tech for v.....»»
Does job satisfaction correlate with subjective well-being for social workers?
A new study in the International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion investigates whether or not job satisfaction in US social workers correlates with subjective well-being. The quantitative correlational study examined whether motivating factor.....»»
Study sheds light on how climate has driven 7,000 years of dietary changes
What a person eats influences that person's health, longevity and experience in the world. Identifying the factors that determine people's diets is important to answer the bigger questions, such as how changing climates will influence unequal access.....»»
IRS drops use of facial recognition for ID verification
Controversial ID.me system dropped by the IRS following backlash......»»
IRS To End Use of Facial Recognition To Identify Taxpayers
New submitter Beerismydad writes: The IRS said Monday it will suspend the use of facial recognition technology to authenticate people who create online accounts after the practice was criticized by privacy advocates and lawmakers. The agency said it.....»»