Shareholders Call for Investigation into Amazon’s Rekognition System
A group of activist investors is trying to hold Amazon to account for some of the problems with its Rekognition facial recognition system. To that end, the…
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Amazon Still Refuses to Sell Facial Recognition to Law Enforcement
Amazon is doubling down on its decision to stop selling its Rekognition facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies. The company halted Rekognition…
Amazon Brings Palm Payments to Whole Foods in Seattle
The Amazon One naked payments system is officially on its way to select Whole Foods locations. The technology will first appear at the Whole Foods Market store…
Judge Rules BIPA Protections Extend to Products Built With Ill-gained Biometric Data
US District Judge James Robart has issued a pair of rulings that will likely set an important precedent for future lawsuits involving Illinois’ Biometric…
Amazon Demands Delivery Drivers Sign Biometric Consent Form
According to reports from multiple news outlets, retail giant Amazon plans on installing biometrically-enabled cameras in the vehicles of third-party delivery…
Amazon Unveils Naked Payments Terminal, with Biometric Access Ambitions
“…Amazon One won’t just be used to process payments, but will be used to gain access to the store.” Amazon has officially unveiled its palm-based biometric…
Trio of Tech Giants the Latest on Receiving End of BIPA Lawsuits
Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and Google are the subjects of the latest high-profile lawsuits for privacy violations under the Illinois Biometric Information…
Amazon Places One-Year Moratorium on Sale of Facial Recognition to Police
Amazon is following IBM’s lead and is no longer allowing law enforcement agencies to use its facial recognition technology. However, Amazon’s decision comes…
Voice Interoperability Initiative Welcomes Synaptics
Synaptics has become the latest member of Amazon’s Voice Interoperability Initiative, and will now be working with the tech giant to improve the utility of IoT…
Inference Announces Update to Inference Studio with Biometric Voice Recognition Capabilities
San Francisco-based Inference Solutions, maker of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA), has announced the newest version of its Inference Studio platform including…