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Neurotechnology, a provider of high-precision biometric identification technologies, today released the new VeriLook face recognition algorithm. Based on deep neural networks, the new algorithm provides five times higher accuracy in identifying full frontal faces and 10 to 15 times higher accuracy for unconstrained facial recognition. With VeriLook, Neurotechnology also introduces a new face verification component with a simpler, more intuitive …

The first US recipient of a penis transplant has left hospital, three-and-a-half weeks after the operation. Thomas Manning is leaving Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday, three weeks after the operation. The 64-year-old plans to travel with his mother and a family friend to his home in Halifax, where Manning is looking forward to enjoying his own bed and his …

“Quincy Jones: Burning the Light” (HBO 8pm) Quincy Jones (the comedian, not the record producer) performs his first one-hour stand-up show after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. On July 3, 2015, L.A.-based comedian Quincy Jones received the kind of phone call that many of us have nightmares about: he was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given about a year to …

This would be a good time to quit texting while driving: Increased fines for distracted driving kick in today. As the Saanich Police traffic unit tweeted: “Time for motorists to leave their phones etc alone. Put dog in back seat. Coffee cup rests in cup holder not hand.” Under the new rules, a distracted driving offence in the province will …

Khloe Kardashian is seemingly responding to rumors that she’s dating Odell Beckham Jr. The 31-year-old reality star took to Twitter after photos surfaced of her getting cozy with the 23-year-old New York Giants player at Drake‘s Memorial Day party.

Suprema, a global leader in biometrics and security will offer the BioConnect Identity Platform to its global sales network. BioConnect’s solution seamlessly integrates Suprema biometric terminals with over 20 of the leading access control solutions worldwide. With the BioConnect Identity Platform’s powerful integration features and BioConnect’s and Suprema’s partner eco-systems, enterprises benefit from the ability to take advantage of deploying …

New identification of a gene involved in the fracture healing process could lead to the development of new therapeutic treatments for difficult-to-heal injuries. Fracture healing involves communication between bone, muscle, vasculature and the thin membrane covering the outer surface of bones (periosteum) during the fracture repair. The periosteum contains stem cells that migrate to the fracture site and differentiate into …

Pokemon fans in Hong Kong are disgruntled by the recent news of Pikachu’s name change in the upcoming Pokemon titles Sun and Moon. Nintendo which is about to release a new Pokémon game titled “Sun and Moon,” has irked its fans in Hong Kong by renaming the iconic yellow pocket monster, Pikachu, to Pikaqiu in Cantonese. Translated previously as Bei-kaa-chyu, …

It’s been one week and there is still no sign of missing Vallejo 15-year-old Pearl Pinson. Investigators say they will continue following leads in the disappearance of 15-year-old Pearl Pinson, who was last seen being dragged off by a man who later died in a gun battle with police.

A humanitarian aid convoy on Wednesday entered the opposition-held Syrian town of Darayya, the Red Cross said, in the first such delivery since a regime siege began in 2012. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement that the trucks carried relief aid for some 8,000 people in the town, located southwest of the capital, Damascus. …

A JetBlue passenger was forced to change her dress after the crew deemed her shorts to be too short and could offend other families. According to Mashable, Maggie McMuffin, a Burlesque performer, was asked to change by a gate agent at Logan Airport prior to boarding her flight to Seattle. She told KIR07 in Seattle that “it was the pilot’s …