The NYPD has used a variation of facial recognition technology for almost a decade, but there has been increasing opposition in the last few years, especially recently after a report was published linking Clearview AI, a controversial, startup facial recognition company, with members of the NYPD.
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A team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered that a large number of cell phone applications contain hardcoded secrets allowing others to access private data or block content provided by users.
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Authorities say they've identified two women who were found dead in separate cases in central Ohio more than two decades ago.
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A few weeks ago, Mallett called McKinley’s now-adult son, Tim—who he has never met—to let him know they arrested a man for the alleged murder of his mother 35 years ago.
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His murder conviction rested largely on bloodstain-pattern analysis, a technique still in use throughout the criminal justice system, despite concerns about its reliability.
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Using a smartphone to shoot a continuous video of the front and sides of the face generates a dense cloud of data.
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Serious felonies dropped 17 percent in New York City from March 16 to March 22 compared to last year. Chicago homicides dropped 29 percent the week of March 21, the day an Illinois stay-at-home order went into effect.
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The accused, David Kahl, has been a suspect from the very beginning but lab tests have been inconclusive, until now. Cybergenetics and TrueAllele have finally matched DNA from the victim's jeans to Kahl.
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday named former Dallas police Chief David Brown to head the police force in the nation's third largest city, touting his humility and calling him “a leader who commands respect.”
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The Marshall University Forensic Science Center has entered into a collaborative partnership with the ANDE Corporation, which is placing a Rapid DNA instrument at the MUFSC for DNA analysts to evaluate for future validation and testing.
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