Breaking News
Lockdown 2.0: The IEA Has Released 10 Guidelines To Help The Public Prepare...
Quick Take…the "Social Media Addiction" Verdict
This $3,000 "Tin" Home Heats Itself Forever. Why Did the Energy Industry Hide It?
NSA intercepts from late 2022 captured Ukrainian government communications...
Top Tech News
We Build and Test Microwave Blocking Panels - Invisible to Radar
Man Successfully Designs mRNA Vaccine To Treat His Dog's Cancer
Watch: Humanoid robot gets surprisingly good at tennis
Low-cost hypersonic rocket engine takes flight for US Air Force
Your WiFi Can See You. Here's How.
Decentralizing Defense: A $96 Guided Rocket Just Put Precision Warfare into the Hands of the People
Israel's Iron Beam and the laser future of missile defense
Scientists at the Harbin University of Science and Technology have pioneered a sophisticated...
Researchers have developed a breakthrough "molecular jackhammer" technique...
Human trials are underway for a drug that regrows human teeth in just 4 days.
UCLA cancels on-campus facial recognition amid backlash over privacy...
UCLA cancelled a plan to use facial recognition technology on campus after students protested over privacy concerns, including one critique that likened use of the digital surveillance to George Orwell's book, '1984.'
The school issued a statement on Wednesday, saying that its plan for using facial recognition was scrapped due to the privacy concerns that were expressed.
'UCLA will not pursue the use of this technology,' wrote UCLA administrative vice chancellor Michael Beck in a statement released on Wednesday.
'We have determined that the potential benefits are limited and vastly outweighed by the concerns of our campus community,' he explained in the statement, obtained by MailOnline.com.'We have determined that the potential benefits are limited and vastly outweighed by the concerns of our campus community,' he explained in the statement, obtained by MailOnline.com.
The Los-Angeles-based public university wanted to use facial recognition to raise an alarm if someone who was banned from campus suddenly showed up at the school.
UCLA also had wanted to use the technology to recognize and authorize individuals seeking access into restricted areas.