More Airports Are Scanning Faces. A New Bill Would Limit the Practice.
(The Washington Post, May 08, 2025)
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and John Neely Kennedy (R-Louisiana) plan to introduce a bipartisan bill that would make human ID checks the default, among other restrictions on how the Transportation Security Administration can use facial recognition technology.
He's Still Waiting for FOI Records Toronto Police Said He Could Have Last Summer, Requested In 2020
(CBC, May 08, 2025)
Jelinski filed a freedom of information (FOI) request to Toronto police in June 2020 for records concerning the facial recognition technology Clearview AI after the police service admitted to using the controversial tool beginning in October 2019 and committed to stop using it in February of the following year.
NSW Police Stop Using Ineffective and Racially Biased Facial Recognition Identification System
(Sydney Criminal Lawyers, May 08, 2025)
Facial recognition technology has long been known to produce racially biased outcomes, as it’s more likely to misidentify people of colour as suspects, and these false results disproportionately apply to women as well.
Billionaire OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Opens Wynwood Tech Shop (Photos)
(South Florida Business Journal, May 08, 2025)
World, a biometric ID project by Sam Altman, opens its first U.S. retail in Miami's Wynwood, offering iris scans for digital identity.
Face ID and Fingerprint Unlock Seamless and Secure Transactions in Bkash App
(The Business Standard, May 08, 2025)
The bKash app introduces biometric 'Face ID' and 'Fingerprint' authentication for payments and mobile recharges, building upon the existing biometric login.
