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Alphabet features self-driving garbage cans, apartment noise monitors in Toronto smart city project
NBN Co is skipping "thousands" of premises a month
New Zealand to get 10 Gbps fibre to premises in 2020
Negative interest rates threaten to choke bank IT systems
Twitter tightens bans on political ads and causes
facial recognition
Microsoft to probe work of Israeli facial recognition startup it funded
Possible unethical use in West Bank.
Nov 18 2019 1:20PM
Home Affairs extends Vision-Box airport departures smartgates deal
But no word on status of arrivals deal.
Sep 27 2019 10:55AM
Amazon CEO says company working on facial recognition regulations
Following rebuke of its previous strategies.
Sep 26 2019 1:22PM
Qld deploys new Unisys biometrics system for licence applications
Continues fight against identity fraud.
Sep 11 2019 11:25AM
Future of facial recognition at Australian airports now uncertain
Home Affairs moves to remediate old stock amid replacement project.
Aug 23 2019 7:02AM
Sydney Airport is continuing its facial recognition trials
But says system isn’t capturing images without passengers' consent.
Jul 25 2019 12:29PM
Australia's airport smartgate upgrade stalls
Only operational trial paused.
Jul 15 2019 7:25AM
NSW looks to facial recognition as Opal card alternative
Proposes “frictionless transport payments”.
Jul 10 2019 4:59PM
Murdoch Children's Research Institute to test pain analysis app
Using AI to measure and manage pain.
Jul 2 2019 12:22PM
Amazon shareholders reject facial recognition ban as concern grows in US Congress
Struggled to identify the gender of individuals with darker skin.
May 23 2019 7:07AM
San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology
Aimed at protecting marginalised groups.
May 15 2019 12:39PM
Libs pledge $5m to AI-powered pain diagnosis app
National trial for ASX-listed tech play.
Apr 30 2019 11:55AM
US blocks Amazon efforts to stop shareholder votes on facial recognition
Stakeholders want assurances around civil liberties.
Apr 5 2019 12:47PM
Google launches global council to advise on AI, tech ethics
Sets its sights on facial recognition.
Mar 27 2019 6:45AM
Microsoft adopts ethical principles aiming to bar misuse of face recognition technology
Bans use for unlawful discrimination.
Dec 7 2018 12:01PM
Amazon's face ID tool mismatched members of Congress to mugshots
Rekognition fail.
Jul 27 2018 7:11AM
Microsoft wants facial recognition technology regulated
Calls for government legal intervention.
Jul 16 2018 6:40AM
Sydney Airport begins 'couch-to-gate' biometrics trial
For select Qantas passengers.
Jul 5 2018 5:09PM
NSW RMS replaces facial recognition system
Dumps Morpho for NEC.
Jul 2 2018 11:45AM
Sydney Airport to run face recognition throughout terminals
For passenger pre-boarding and arrivals.
May 31 2018 6:02AM
