Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Sunday. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images) To care for the dying poor: That was the mission Rose Hawthorne Lathrop had in mind when she established a congregation of ...

Humanoid robots competed in a live penalty shootout at MWC Shanghai 2026. Organizers scored AI perception, balance, and real-time decision-making under pressure. The event coincides with the FIFA ...

Automakers and workers are teed up for what each side views as a fight for existence — with cobots in the middle and already operating inside General Motors Co's Factory ZERO in Detroit. Artificial ...

The UK government will ban under-16s from social media, with regulations due before Christmas and the rules taking effect in spring 2027. To enforce it, platforms must age-check their users. In ...

The US Secret Service has begun using a face-scanning mobile phone application similar to a tool that federal immigration agents have for months wielded to identify people as part of a mass ...

Gay men cruising the Castro are encountering a terrifying problem. In several popular gay bars, it’s not enough to have a photo ID. You also have to get a face scan. The question is: Why? San ...

Robotic patrol dogs from Boston Dynamics that are being deployed during the FIFA World Cup 2026 do not have facial scanning or recognition capability, according to the robot maker and FIFA, contrary ...

Amazon and its subsidiary brand, Ring, are now facing a lawsuit in Virginia, with a plaintiff from the state alleging that the smart home devices of their friends and family collected and stored their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hyundai Boston Dynamics robot dog Image by Wall Street ApesX Robot dogs deployed around World Cup venues in North Texas are being ...

DALLAS — File this one under: "They're doing what?!" A video went viral claiming FIFA had deployed "face-scanning robots" to verify ticket holders in Dallas for the World Cup. Yes, you read that right ...