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- Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone https://gizmodo.com/stop-using-your-face-or-thumb-to-unlock-your-phone-1851438205 38 comments
- A Store in Thailand Was Caught Ironing and Reselling Used Face Masks https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/884kav/used-face-masks-ironed-recycled-sold-thailand 2 comments
- Twitter faces FTC probe, likely fine over use of phone numbers for ads https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/twitter-faces-ftc-probe-likely-fine-over-use-of-phone-numbers-for-ads/ 39 comments
- A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use Is Alarmingly Accurate https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/technology/pimeyes-facial-recognition-search.html 10 comments stallmanwasright
- I made an app that detects photoshopped faces using A.I https://apps.apple.com/us/app/photo-reality/id1488275318 8 comments apple
- The Movement to Ban Government Use of Face Recognition https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/movement-ban-government-use-face-recognition 57 comments privacy
- Police accused of using excessive force during arrest of 'face down, disarmed' African-Australian man http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-03/police-accused-of-using-excessive-force-during-arrest/9592542 29 comments worldnews
- Microsoft Quietly Pulls Its Database of 100,000 Faces Used By Chinese Surveillance Companies https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-quietly-pulls-its-database-of-100-000-faces-u-1835296212 4 comments technology
- Why do wind farms use the horizontal axis blades that have to face the wind instead of vertical ones that capture wind in all directions? (Examples in comment) https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/9uztb6/why_do_wind_farms_use_the_horizontal_axis_blades/ 40 comments askscience
- Scamsters using Narendra Modi's face to trick users on WhatsApp http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/scamsters-using-narendra-modis-face-to-trick-users-on-whatsapp-358942.html 7 comments india
- Why isn't SQLite more commonly used for save files or for other user-facing application file formats? https://sqlite.org/appfileformat.html 347 comments programming
- Bills fans who allegedly used fake vaccine cards to attend playoff game facing felony charges https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/591688-bills-fans-who-allegedly-used-fake-vaccine-cards-to-attend-playoff-game 8 comments sports
- Bills fans who allegedly used fake vaccine cards to attend playoff game facing felony charges https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/591688-bills-fans-who-allegedly-used-fake-vaccine-cards-to-attend-playoff-game 538 comments nfl
- Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru to use face recognition as boarding pass – Business Traveller https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2019/05/13/kempegowda-international-airport-bengaluru-to-use-face-recognition-as-boarding-pass/ 8 comments india
- FEMA administrator William ‘Brock’ Long, who faced questions over his use of his government vehicle, is resigning https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/13/brock-long-resigns-fema-administrator/ 22 comments politics
- India Under-19 skipper Vijay Zol face one match ban for using bad language http://en.cricnama.com/?p=2971 6 comments india
- Planning to use feedly for content curation. Felt good so far. Any body faced any issues? Any other suggestions? https://www.reddit.com/r/marketing/comments/94pz1r/planning_to_use_feedly_for_content_curation_felt/ 18 comments marketing
- Swedish artist uses ARKit face-tracking to create fun optical illusion on iPhone X [Video] https://9to5mac.com/2018/03/02/iphone-x-optical-illusion/ 13 comments apple
- Study finds smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face social interactions http://www.psypost.org/2017/11/study-finds-smartphone-use-undermines-enjoyment-face-face-social-interactions-50239 6 comments science
- Cristiano Ronaldo faces tax fraud lawsuit for using 'business structure' to hide earnings http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/13/cristiano-ronaldo-facestax-fraud-lawsuit-using-business-structure/ 27 comments soccer
- North Korea faces 'overwhelming' US response if it uses nuclear arms – Mattis https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/03/n-korea-faces-overwhelming-us-response-if-it-uses-nuclear-arms-mattis 3 comments politics
- Outrage in Denmark as 17yo girl faces fine for using pepper spray against sex attacker https://www.rt.com/news/330264-denmark-girl-rapist-fine/ 424 comments europe
- Jammu and Kashmir: Militants threaten to throw acid in faces of women who don't wear veil and shoot dead those who use cellphones http://www.deccanherald.com/content/271192/jampk-women-told-keep-veil.html 27 comments india
- Israel's apartheid road: Israeli army still banning Palestinians from using highway 443. It's bare-faced segregation http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/17/israel-palestine-highway-443-segregation/print 61 comments worldnews
- Trump Claims Near Limitless Power in D.C. Immunity Hearing | Trump's lawyers literally argued the president could use Seal Team Six to assassinate a political rival and not face criminal prosecution. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims-near-limitless-power-in-dc-immunity-hearing 563 comments politics
- High-quality studies have shown that use of face masks in the community is associated with reduced transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and is likely to be an important component of an effective response to a future respiratory threat. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2811136 179 comments science
- Six times Donald Trump used 'sarcasm' to gaslight America | Donald Trump dismissing his potentially lethal suggestion that coronavirus patients inject disinfectant as "sarcasm" isn't the first time he has downplayed dangerous or false claims after facing a backlash. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-sarcasm-twitter-jokes-gaslight-inject-disinfectant-a9486966.html 23 comments politics
- I helped develop earbuds that are custom-fitted to your ears using the Face ID camera on your iPhone. We wanted to make the first affordable full-custom earbud. Excited on how it turned out! They're called WAVS Custom Earbuds. http://wavscustom.com 12 comments apple
- Facebook says group used computer-generated faces to push pro-Trump message https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/facebook-says-group-used-computer-generated-faces-to-push-pro-trump-message-12202544 37 comments technology
- Speeding up First Contentful Paint while loading web fonts using @font-face https://medium.com/@santhoshsundar/speeding-up-first-contentful-paint-while-loading-web-fonts-using-font-face-d7106abe664a 4 comments web_design
- Bills OT Seantrel Henderson facing a 10 game suspension for use of doctor-prescribed medical marijuana in his ongoing battle against Crohn's disease http://buffalonews.com/2016/11/24/seantrel-henderson-misses-practice-sources-say-possibility-second-nfl-suspension-looms/ 1317 comments nfl
- Hundreds of thousands of children in Yemen face malnutrition & lack access to health care or clean water due to the year-old war there. UNICEF also reports all sides in the war have "exponentially increased" the use of child soldiers, including boys as young as 10 forced to fight. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-crisis-children-iduskcn0wv0u5 4 comments worldnews
- U.S. tech firms that don't adequately warn users in Europe how their information is going to be used could face fines in the billions of dollars under a new European privacy protection directive expected to be agreed upon on Tuesday. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/web-to-watch/tech-gaming/2015/12/14/eu-european-union-privacy-directive-google-facebook/77314554/ 32 comments worldnews
- Eggs of certain birds have visual signatures so parents can recognise their eggs, scientists reveal. The finding was made using face recognition technology. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/software-used-facial-recognition-teases-out-secret-messages-hidden-bird-eggs-180951809/?no-ist 4 comments science
- Russian Foreign Ministry: NATO tries to use Ukraine crisis for its own consolidation in face of imaginary military threat http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?pg=5&id=495960 47 comments worldnews
- Face of the future rears its head: a virtual “talking head” which can express a full range of human emotions and could be used as a digital personal assistant has been developed by researchers http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/face-of-the-future-rears-its-head 3 comments technology
- "During games, players used to hear Kevin Garnett screaming at Howard: 'Paint your face, clown!' up and down the floor." Awesome. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--dwight-howard-joins-lakers--needs-to-leave-clown-act-behind-in-orlando.html 54 comments nba
- Selling Views, Calling it News. " America's journalists are not "newshounds". They are nothing more than salesclerks, hocking the products their employers want to sell. The pretty faces that now function as most television news anchors are no different than the pretty models used to..." http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=22782 4 comments politics
- Have a driver's license? You may soon be included in a "virtual lineup" as the FBI uses facial recognition software to scan millions of faces to search for fugitives. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/12/national/a122535d87.dtl 3 comments reddit.com
- Boycott Wal-Mart for Pushing RFID: Sam's Club suppliers required to use tags or face $2 fee. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showarticle.jhtml;jsessionid=euwnds2dxa1scqsndloskhscjunn2jvn?articleid=205900561 13 comments politics