New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggests face masks are hampering facial recognition systems. Because the protective coverings obscure the bottom half of ...

Facial masks are a great way to address almost any skin issue — plus they’re fun to do with friends or post to your social media following. No matter your skin type — dry, oily, mature — most everyone ...

A combination of photographs shows textile designer Corinne McManus, co-founder of the sewing collective "Masks for Extraordinary People", posing for portraits wearing masks in their design studio in ...

What are sleeping facial masks? To capture a true night of beauty rest, some people swear by overnight sleeping facial masks. These masks are essentially ramped-up moisturizers packed with active ...

DILLON — At the beginning of April, the Center for Disease Control added wearing facial coverings in public settings to their list of recommendations to slow the spread of COVID-19, a recommendation ...

A study of 65 face recognition algorithms on masked photos found they were as good as the top performers in 2017 with no masks. Alfred Ng Senior Reporter / CNET News Alfred Ng was a senior reporter ...

Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET News. He was raised in Brooklyn and previously worked on the New York Daily News's social media and breaking news teams. Many facial recognition companies have ...

Americans can't agree on whether face masks are a good way to reduce the threat of transmitting COVID-19. We've even turned mask-donning into a symbol of partisan affiliation; those who would make ...

Algorithms created before the pandemic are easily flummoxed by digital face masks. Facial-recognition technology is controversial at best. Add pandemic-era masks and the algorithms are easily ...

There is a growing belief that the ideas of the past don’t exist in the future. I believe that we are witnessing a transformation in fashion where the vast majority of people will be wearing facial ...

Face masks are already known to stop the spread of coronavirus. Apparently, they can also make it much harder for facial-recognition software to identify you, too. This is the key finding of a new ...