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Amazon Web Services’ facial recognition technology, Rekognition, can now detect fear. At least, that’s according to Amazon — but given that the tech has been proven inaccurate again and again, it’s ...

Most people familiar with face-scanning software suite Amazon Rekognition, its place in the surveillance state, and its questionable efficacy are apt to fear what the consequences of such a technology ...

Reported by the New York Times, new tests of facial recognition technology suggest that Amazon’s system has more difficulty identifying the gender of female and darker-skinned faces compared with ...

The SEC has blocked Amazon's request to stop shareholders from voting on proposals related to its controversial facial recognition technology, Rekognition. Credit: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Amazon ...

Orlando City Council has called off any further trials of Amazon's real-time facial recognition technology, called Rekognition, soon after the second phase of the pilot program ended last Thursday.