"facial-recognition"

Godrej Enterprises Group unveiled NX Pro Ncrypt, India’s first facial recognition-enabled home locker, at Smart Home Expo 2026 in Hyderabad. Alongside, the company announced a Rs 100 crore investment over three years to boost consumer-centric digital security solutions and launched a connected home app powered by Advantis IoT 9.

Telangana will implement facial recognition-based attendance in all private degree colleges from 2026–27 to ensure accurate tracking. Colleges must comply with DOST admission rules, adopt AI-enabled learning support, and may face action for non-compliance.

After failing to deliver the promised Rs 4,000 pension hike, the Congress government is planning to make facial recognition mandatory for pensioners and welfare beneficiaries, citing the need to identify genuine recipients and curb irregularities

Osmania University and other Telangana universities will introduce facial recognition-based attendance this academic year, ending the decades-old “food and bed” culture. Students must secure 75% attendance for tuition fee reimbursement and exams, with the new system also covering affiliated colleges and staff.

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed education officials in Telangana to implement facial recognition systems across all schools and colleges to monitor attendance and enhance institutional accountability. Meanwhile, the Deputy CM has urged the Centre to exempt education loans from FRBM limits.

The new facial recognition attendance system (FRS), introduced for Telangana teachers on August 1, faced server issues and GPS errors, causing delays in marking attendance. The system aims to prevent proxy attendance and improve monitoring in real time.

The recording of attendance of all regular Secretariat officers and employees, including the staff working on outsourcing basis of all departments, for whom payments are being made from the Secretariat Heads of accounts, will be through the facial recognition system with effect from December 12.

A student will be permitted for the examination if the captured photograph matches the one in the registration form.

With just a scan on a smartphone or using a tablet’s camera, the new app recognises faces using cognitive AI functions and marks attendance in government schools at Telangana

Meta is already exploring ways to incorporate biometrics into its emerging metaverse business, which aims to build a virtual, internet-based simulation where people can interact as avatars, reports Recode.

Facebook said more than a third of its daily active users had previously opted into the use of face recognition technology, that's more than 600 million accounts.

"I came home from work and was arrested in my driveway in front of my wife and daughters, who watched in tears, because a computer made an error," Williams said in a statement.

According to an Engadget report, the company, which was the first manufacturer to include an under-display selfie camera in a mass-produced smartphone, may have found a balance between allowing enough data

With an easy enrollment process and no network setup needed, Intel ‘RealSense ID' brings a highly accurate, natural solution that simplifies secure entry.

Dubai, which sees itself as a leading "smart city" in the Middle East, has ambitions to become a hub for technology and artificial intelligence.

Once the feature rolls out, the "fingerprint lock" settings will be renamed to the more general "biometric lock".