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A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify ~85% of the 221K daily travelers entering the US, replacing passport lines and self-serve kiosks (Heather Murphy/New York Times)

Heather Murphy / New York Times:
A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify ~85% of the 221K daily travelers entering the US, replacing passport lines and self-serve kiosks  —  More than 80 percent of all travelers entering the U.S. are now verified by facial recognition.  The loss of older, seemingly more convenient methods has many perplexed.

The Iranian government plans to use facial recognition on public transport to identify women who are not complying with its strict new hijab laws (Weronika Strzyżyńska/The Gua …)

Weronika Strzyżyńska / The Guardian:
The Iranian government plans to use facial recognition on public transport to identify women who are not complying with its strict new hijab laws  —  Government says it will use technology on public transport in crackdown on women’s dress  —  The Iranian government is planning …

Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features in Photos, Assistant, and Nest devices to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without proper consent (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal)

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal:
Texas AG sues Google for allegedly using features in Photos, Assistant, and Nest devices to collect facial- and voice-recognition data without proper consent  —  State alleges tech giant didn’t obtain user consent for biometric-data use  —  The Texas attorney general sued Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 2.32%▲ …

Paris-based Prophesee, a fabless semiconductor startup building neuromorphic vision systems, raised a €50M Series C, bringing its total funding to ~€130M (Megha Paul/Tech.eu)

Megha Paul / Tech.eu:
Paris-based Prophesee, a fabless semiconductor startup building neuromorphic vision systems, raised a €50M Series C, bringing its total funding to ~€130M  —  By utilising neuromorphic techniques to mimic the way that human brain and eye work, its event based Metavision technology …

Deepgram, which is building enterprise voice-recognition tech, raised a $47M Series B extension led by Madrona Venture Group, bringing its total funding to $86M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Deepgram, which is building enterprise voice-recognition tech, raised a $47M Series B extension led by Madrona Venture Group, bringing its total funding to $86M  —  Deepgram, a company developing voice-recognition tech for the enterprise, today raised $47 million in new funding led …