Support vector machines improve classification by mapping inseparable signals into higher-dimensional spaces. Random forest models, through ensemble decision trees, increase robustness against ...

Tiny particles bounce light around in a unique way, a property that researchers are using to detect pollutants in water and soil samples.

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling ...

A face biometrics algorithm submitted by Entrust to the NIST FRTE 1:1 Verification has made significant gains in accuracy over the previous versions.

HART biometrics falsely flags 35% of travelers as fugitives, with Latino passengers facing 50% error rates despite DHS claims of 99% accuracy.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quietly turned facial recognition into a roaming checkpoint that can follow people from sidewalks to protests to traffic stops. What began as a back office tool ...

ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy ...

The National Portrait Gallery is Jared Soares’s favorite museum. It’s just a few Metro stops away from the photographer’s home in Northeast DC, and he says he’s visited dozens of times to admire the ...

Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have developed two innovative deep-learning algorithms, ClairS-TO and Clair3-RNA, that significantly advance genetic ...

Google’s plans to level up your smart home experience aren’t limited to bringing Gemini to your devices. The company is also upgrading its Google Home app to make your Nest camera footage far more ...

Face recognition is a dragnet surveillance technology and its expansion within law enforcement over the last 20 years has been marred by systematic invasions of privacy, inaccuracies, unreliable ...