Israel intelligence officials are reportedly using cameras with facial recognition technology to surveil Palestinians and identify suspected militants. However, while the technology was initially used to search for kidnapped Israelis in Gaza, it is reportedly now being used, to mixed results, to flag members of Hamas.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the city will trial a new artificial intelligence tool that detects guns.
For residents and tourists alike, Google Maps Street View is an exceptionally useful navigational tool. However, not every country has welcomed Google's iconic Street View cars to their streets. One of these longtime holdouts, Germany, has only recently begun to change its tune after more than a decade of resistance. But why?
In a development that sounds straight out of a science fiction movie, China may bring its national surveillance system to its planned lunar base.
Even alleged criminals, including those caught on camera, have presumed innocence and in Canada -- well, at least a right to privacy. Police in Quebec have warned residents against posting surveillance footage from home security cameras, like Ring doorbell cameras, on social media.
A photographer captured the huge aerial surveillance operation above the APEC summit in San Francisco last week with an awesome image that combines 150 long exposure photos.
In collaboration with Quantum Systems and Trimble, Phase One announced a state-of-the-art 128-megapixel camera purpose-built for survey-grade applications.
Michigan Supreme Court has heard a remarkable case in which a man has complained that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated after the township he lives in hired a drone photographer to spy on his property.
Customers who order food delivered by robots in Los Angeles may be inadvertently helping police perform surveillance on the city's residents.
The world’s first ultra-high-sensitivity interchangeable-lens camera equipped with a Type 1 Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) image sensor is finally coming to market, and the ultra low light vision capabilities it brings don't come cheap.
A customer claims that he was dropped by his longtime home insurance company -- based on photos taken by a "drone" over his property.
In-van surveillance videos of Amazon delivery drivers are being leaked online, raising privacy concerns.
As part of a broader justice reform bill, French lawmakers have given French police the legal authority to spy on suspects by remotely activating cameras, microphones, and GPS location functionality on a person's smartphone and other connected devices.
A Chinese video surveillance system is publicly shaming people who jaywalk in the street.
Here on PetaPixel, the focus is often how people use cameras to create beautiful art, capture incredible moments, and document important events. However, sometimes there's an intersection between camera technology and ethics that is just as important, if less visually interesting.
Canon Inc. has announced the development of the MS-500, the world's first ultra-high-sensitivity interchangeable-lens camera (ILC) featuring a Type 1 Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) image sensor.
New documents reveal that the FBI has been testing artificially intelligent (AI) facial recognition software on Americans for almost a decade.
Artificially intelligent (AI) surveillance camera technology that can find out who a person's friends are and is used in China to track citizens is now available in the U.S.
A DIY hoodie that thwarts surveillance cameras by blinding them with infrared light has been made available.
Scientists are turning dead birds into drones that could be used to spy on wildlife and people.
Students in China have invented a $71 “invisibility cloak” that hides wearers from artificial intelligence (AI) security cameras.
Raspberry Pi, makers of single-board computers and tiny cameras, has come under fire from members of its user base that are upset the company hired a former police officer who used the products to covertly surveil targets.
Midwest Photo has been burglarized in a big way for a second time in five years. Surveillance video caught a truck crashing into the store as the opening act to the crime.
Driverless vehicles have been tested on public San Francisco streets for several years, but a newly revealed training document shows the cameras that allow them to avoid obstacles are also being used by the police to surveil the public.
DJI has denied accusations that it is limiting the capabilities of drone technology used by the Ukrainian army after rumors spread on social media that the Chinese consumer drone manufacturer was throttling its AeroScope technology.
Ukrainian drone enthusiasts who normally photograph landscapes or weddings are signing up to use their piloting skills to assist in the war effort by providing real-time data on Russian troop movement in their country.
As part of its 2021 hardware announcements, Amazon unveiled both a camera drone that flies around your house as well as Astro, a robot that looks cute but is designed to observe and track you around your home, a new report alleges.
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has directed its officers to collect the social media information of every person they stop and interview, which could be used to surveil targetted groups en masse according to a new report.
This may sound like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but Canon has rolled out new AI cameras that use "smile recognition" technology to ensure that only happy employees are allowed into its offices.
Researchers have designed a new, dual camera platform with the aim of making up for the poor resolution output that comes with most 360-degree cameras.