Burger King Giving Discounts If Facial Recognition Thinks You’re Hungover

The Brazilian wing of Burger King announced a surveillance technology marketing stunt this week called the “Hangover Whopper,” celebrating the booze-filled days between Christmas and New Year’s with facial recognition. All you have to do is hold your bleary-eyed visage up to a camera, and the company says its face-scanning software will judge how hungover … Read more

Your iPhone Is About to Get a Lot Safer Against Theft

Apple’s strategy, if there was one at all, for protecting your phone’s data from theft has been pretty bad all along. If the thief can take a glance at your password before stealing your iPhone, you have handed him your entire digital life. With the iOS 17.3 beta that rolled out yesterday, the company finally … Read more

New Orleans’ Facial Recognition Led to No Arrests in 9 Months

Police in New Orleans have been utilizing facial recognition for the higher a part of a 12 months, however the tech hasn’t had a lot of an influence on town’s violent crime disaster. NOLA’s just lately printed quarterly public security overview, compiled by consulting agency Datalytics, reveals that between October 1, 2022, and July 1, … Read more