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Foundling Recognition and Protection Act pirmado na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 08:19 PM

Pirmado na ni Pangulong Duterte ang Foundling Recognition and Protection Act. Read more »

Face recognition tech joins Ukraine war

Joshua Melvin, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 12:22 PM

Ukraine is employing face recognition technology to identify invading Russian troops killed on its soil. Read more »

Panukalang 'Foundling Recognition and Protection Act' pasado sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 10:20 PM

Ayon kay Sen. Grace Poe, na isang foundling, sentimental siya sa pagkaka-aprub ng panukala. Read more »

Israeli firm develops body cams with facial recognition

Daniella Cheslow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 05:04 AM

Ex-Israeli army colonel says his company aims to produce a body-worn camera enabling police to scan crowds and detect suspects in real time. Read more »

Palace OKs P10,000 service incentive for gov't workers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 27 08:51 PM

Malacañang approved a service recognition incentive of up to P10,000 for government workers in the executive department. Read more »

China farm making facial recognition tech for goats

Phoebe Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 12 01:47 PM

A farm in eastern China is developing a new facial recognition system — not for its staff, but for its goats. Read more »

Facebook halting facial recognition system

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 03 05:32 AM

Facebook notes that more than a third of its daily users have opted in to using the facial recognition system. Read more »

Arci Munoz receives special recognition from Philippine Air Force

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 01:14 PM

Arci Munoz proudly showed off the special recognition bestowed upon her by the Philippine Air Force. Read more »

PAL files petition for Chapter 11 recognition in Pasay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 12:15 PM

Philippine Airlines said Wednesday it filed a petition in a Pasay City Court for the recognition of its Chapter 11 filing in the US. Read more »

Facial recognition for gamers, app store bans for Didi: what's behind China's recent crackdown on big tech?

The Conversation/Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 02:56 PM

Over the past few weeks, the Chinese government’s crackdown on big tech companies has intensified. The giants have all felt the brunt of heightened regulatory scrutiny. Read more »

China's Tencent turns to facial recognition to snag late-night child gamers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 08 02:41 PM

Chinese tech giant Tencent has rolled out a facial recognition "midnight patrol" function to root out children masquerading as adults to get around a government curfew on underage gamers.   Read more »

Amazon to extend ban on police use of face recognition tech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 19 10:36 AM

Amazon said Tuesday it is extending its ban on the use of its facial recognition tools for law enforcement, amid persistent concerns of bias in the technology. Read more »

Gov't, health workers file complaint vs NTF-ELCAC over red tagging

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 07:09 PM

Three groups each representing health workers, government workers, and teachers on Friday trooped to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) office to file a complaint against alleged red tagging by the controversial anti-insurgency task force's official.  Read more »

Facebook to pay $650 million settlement over US privacy dispute

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 08:33 AM

A US federal judge has given final approval to Facebook's $650 million payment to settle a privacy dispute between the social media giant and 1.6 million users in the state of Illinois.    Read more »

Duterte OKs up to P10,000 'service recognition' perk for state workers

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 03:13 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a one-time incentive of up to P10,000 to recognize the performance of government employees this year, according to a document released on Monday.    Read more »

Morocco recognizes Israel and wins Trump nod on Western Sahara

Shaun Tandon and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 05:02 AM

WASHINGTON - Morocco has become the fourth Arab nation this year to recognize Israel, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, as he in turn fulfilled a decades-old goal of Morocco by backing its sovereignty in disputed Western Sahara. Read more »

5 soldiers wounded in Abu Sayyaf blasts given medals, aid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 05 04:38 AM

MANILA - Five soldiers wounded in the Sulu bombings last August were recognized and given financial aid in Camp Navaro, Calarian, Zamboanga City on Wednesday. Read more »

Singapore's world-first face scan plan sparks privacy fears

Martin Abbugao, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 18 01:21 PM

Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse. Read more »

Amazon unveils payment by hand-waving

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 30 08:11 AM

Amazon on Tuesday unveiled a new biometric payment system using palm recognition, to be made available to rival retailers and also promoted as a replacement for badge entry at stadiums or workplaces. Read more »

This tool could protect your photos from facial recognition

Kashmir Hill, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 04 03:49 AM

In recent years, companies have been prowling the web for public photos associated with people’s names that they can use to build enormous databases of faces and improve their facial-recognition systems, adding to a growing sense that personal privacy is being lost, bit by digital bit.   Read more »