UK supermarket chain Iceland  has begun piloting facial-recognition technology in two stores as part of a wider crackdown on theft and violent incidents. The rollout, first reported in trade outlets, uses systems from British vendor Facewatch  to identify repeat offenders at the point of entry. The trial is underway at stores in Bradford  and Salford , with plans to expand to six locations by October 2025. Under the system, faces of shoppers are scanned and compared against a

Axon, once best known for introducing the Taser to police forces in the 1990s, has steadily rebranded itself as a broader public-safety technology company. The name change in 2017 signaled a pivot: moving away from being defined by a single controversial weapon and toward building what it calls a connected ecosystem of body cameras, evidence management systems, and now artificial intelligence. In its latest announcement, the company unveiled fixed automatic license plate reco

In Connecticut, a SIM-swap fraud case took a surprising turn—thanks to facial recognition tech. Victims often never see their stolen banking funds again, especially when fraudsters hit multiple states. But in this instance, technology helped close the loop. Late last year, a resident in Greenwich was locked out of her bank account after a SIM swap—a type of scam where the perpetrator hijacks your phone number to reset passwords and drain funds. Over $37,000 vanished in Housto

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Across airport checkpoints and municipal CCTV pilots, NEC, SAFR and Thales are pitching upgraded facial recognition to speed lines and...