The Android app, Nearby Glasses, comes from Swiss sociologist and hobbyist coder Yves Jeanrenaud. It scans for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) activity associated with manufacturers such ...

The FBI has charged multiple people with crimes like vandalism after determining their identities using the controversial technology, according to court records. ICE protesters are being monitored by ...

Meta is reportedly preparing to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, and the timing may not be a total coincidence.

Man misidentified by London supermarket using Facewatch system says: ‘I shouldn’t have to prove I am not a criminal’ A man was ordered to leave a supermarket in London after staff misidentified him ...

Android's face unlock feature lacks advanced security and reliability in difficult lighting situation, but Google might be ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit whose increasing use on observers and bystanders is alarming civil liberties advocates, lawmakers ...

A new Android malware campaign is using the Hugging Face platform as a repository for thousands of variations of an APK payload that collects credentials for popular financial and payment services.

Xiomara Quinonez ’24 graduated from Santa Clara University with a major in Computer Science and Engineering and a minor in Technical Innovation, Design, & Entrepreneurship. Quinonez was a 2023-24 ...

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said. By Sheera ...

Biometric locks like face recognition are convenient to set up—but because of a legal loophole, law enforcement can bypass them more easily than a traditional passcode. I review privacy tools like ...

UPDATE (February 18, 2026): Parts of the article have been tweaked/changed. Summary: Android apps are software programs designed to run on the Android operating system, serving specific purposes like ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I've been using Android since version 1.5, so it's rare for a feature to catch me off guard. You can imagine that when I do come across an ...