Darwin is a 2-year-old python who takes part in the library's "Read to a Reptile" program.

Senators Edward J. Markey, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley sent a letter Thursday to Acting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons urging the agency to stop using “Mobile Fortify, ...

Senator Edward J. Markey teamed up with fellow US Senator Ron Wyden, of Oregon, to demand answers from immigration officials about their use of facial recognition and fingerprint scanning technology ...

As ICE ramps up its attempts to locate and deport undocumented immigrants, it’s faced a massive backlash in some parts of the U.S., including protests and, on occasion, attacks of ICE agents. Now, to ...

Angela Rayner on the brink: Pressure piles on Deputy PM over flat tax error amid new revelation Instant karma as arsonist sets fire to himself whilst trying to torch ...

ROUND ROCK, Texas — More than 800 new laws take effect in Texas on Monday, with many aimed at public education. Among them is Senate Bill 13, which reshapes how school library books are selected, ...

The New York Police Department is one of the most heavily equipped police forces on the planet. With over 48,000 full-time staff and a budget nearing $6 billion, the NYPD’s access to immense resources ...

New York City’s largest group of public defenders is calling on the city to investigate the NYPD’s use of facial recognition technology, which it says has led to several false arrests. In a letter ...

States are increasingly clamping down on how tech companies digitally scan and analyze our most sensitive and potentially lucrative commodity: the faces, eyeballs and other "biometric" data of ...

A Brooklyn father said he was wrongfully arrested after facial recognition technology used by the New York City Police Department misidentified him. Advocates are now calling for a ban on that ...

A simple real-time attendance tracking system using Python, OpenCV, and the face_recognition library. It detects faces from a webcam feed, identifies registered individuals, and logs their attendance ...

Trevis Williams is eight inches taller than a man accused of flashing a woman in Union Square in February. The police arrested him anyway. Credit...Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times Supported by ...