Internet

Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide, say critics

Years after Facebook quietly removed a slogan that declared the site was "free and always will be", parent company Meta announced on Sunday a paid-for subscription service that has already been widely criticized.

Consumer & Gadgets

How concerned should you be about AirTags?

I didn't even know what an AirTag was until I attended a cybersecurity talk by Nick Tripp, senior manager of Duke's IT Security Office, but according to Tripp, AirTag technology is "something that the entire Duke community ...

Engineering

For glass discovery, machine learning needs human help

Machine learning (ML) has been used with impressive success in numerous fields—facial recognition, speech recognition, consumer behavior, and drug discovery. One area where it's had only limited success, though, is as a ...

Computer Sciences

A face recognition framework based on vision transformers

Face recognition tools are computational models that can identify specific people in images, as well as CCTV or video footage. These tools are already being used in a wide range of real-world settings, for instance aiding ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

New facial recognition technology scans your ear

In the post-COVID world of face coverings and heightened hygiene awareness, the need for new authentication methods that don't require a person's full face to be visible has arisen.

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