News & Reviews:   facial recognition

Today, AirAsia has officially announced the world's first facial recognition function for the airasia Super App. From the newsroom, it's not only fully digital for travelling but as well as for security and safety for all airasia passengers.

Sometimes once in a while, you would get tagged by Facebook from another person's photo because the system recognises your face. Whether you find it helpful or annoying, it seems that Meta will be shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook. The reason being is because the company is looking to limit the technology in their products. 

When it comes to gaming, we know how addicting it can be especially during this pandemic period. We also know how common (and sometimes annoying) is to have your parents nagging you to sleep and Tencent is taking this on another level. In China, the company launched a facial recognition software system that will lock selected mobile games from 10 PM until 8 AM.

Printing our boarding passes and other travel documents will be a thing of the past soon for Malaysians. According to the Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) Group CEO, Datuk Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh, he said the facial recognition technology will be rolling out soon at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) during the first half of 2021. It is part of the Single Token Journey Initiative.

Countries around the world might be going into restrictions, but the march of technology continues. Recently, new patent filings from Apple were found, detailing the possible implementation of the Face ID technology for devices other than the iPhone. Just like how Microsoft uses Windows Hello with Windows PCs, Apple will be using Face ID for its computers.

A few hours ago, MAS Airlines have posted on their Facebook page about a new way for passengers to check-in and boarding. Embarking on to being a smart airport, the new SITA Smart Path facility has just begun in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and it allows passengers to use 'Single Token' to pass through all touchpoints effortlessly.

It's the first day of school and while this may seem bizarre, SK Taman Perling, a school in Johor Bahru has just implemented a new way to record class attendance via facial recognition. Not only this is for students, but even the teachers and school staff are counted as well.

Facial recognition is considered one of the secure ways to identify a person’s identity. With some of the flagships ditching fingerprint unlock like the Apple's later generation iPhones and Google Pixel 4, the technology that used to be far away from us is becoming more common right now. By using the technology, China has implemented a new law that requires citizens to go through facial recognition scans to get a new SIM card.

With a population of about 1.37 billion people, it is no surprise that India is looking to build the largest facial recognition system in the world. The government hopes that with this technology, they would be able to find missing people, stop child trafficking, crimes and more.