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Campaigners have branded facial recognition technology as invasive and inaccurate. They say it is a tool for mass surveillance and disastrous policing and are calling for an overhaul of the technology. However, police say it is an invaluable tool for criminal investigations.
It comes after a man was filmed being stopped and fined for covering his face as he passed a facial recognition van.
"If someone wants to get in touch, they have other ways to do so."
In The Big Nine, futurist Amy Webb lays out a provocative case for why we need to further empower, rather than regulate, the world’s biggest and most powerful corporations.
5G, or fifth generation wireless technology, is considered the next game-changing innovation. Increasing internet speeds up to 100 times faster than 4G, and with close to zero latency, this new wireless network would transform the way we use media, driverless cars, communications, and much more. Internationally, large telecoms companies are in a race to develop the technology and build the infrastructure needed to carry the 5G signal. The UK government announced it would use some of the technology developed by China’s Huawei, a move which has caused national security concern over exposure to the Chinese government on the communication systems.