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Increasing the usage of facial recognition on social media sites must be bound by proper laws to maintain user data and privacy

Privacy advocates have expressed concerns that the tagged images of users have provided Facebook with a voluminous database of faces and personal data.

Most extensive face transplant ever: Burned firefighter gets new face, scalp

A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck.

Odisha sand artist's sculpture to mark German win

Bhubaneswar, July 14 (IANS) Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Monday created a sand sculpture on the beach of Odisha's Puri town to congratulate the German team on winning the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Patnaik, with the help of his students, created a five-feet-tall image of a stadium with the face of German captain Philipp Lahm. The 37-year-old Pattnaik, a native of Puri, about 55 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, is a recipient of the Padma Shri award and has participated in over 50 international sand sculpture championships and festivals

Kangana Ranaut is Myntra's newest brand ambassador for DressBerry

Iraq's Maliki rejects pressure to give up premiership

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki refused on Friday to give up his quest for a third term in power, defying a chorus of critics demanding his replacement as the country faces an existential threat from Islamist insurgents. Maliki has come under mounting pressure since militants of the group now calling itself the Islamic State rampaged through swathes of the country last month and declared a mediaeval-style caliphate on land they have captured in Iraq and neighbouring Syria. "I will never give up my candidacy for the post of prime minister," Maliki said in a statement read out on state television by an announcer

Firm develops Android app to control Bluetooth-equipped toilet

A Japanese firm's latest toilet tech is such that it can be controlled using a smartphone. The Daily Mail reports that Lixil, a Japan-based firm, has readied a toilet...

Meet FACE, the most 'humane' robot ever

Scientists have edged closer to their goal of creating a human-like robot as they have designed one that can display dozens of human emotions ranging from happiness to fear.

Meet FACE, the most 'humane' robot ever

Scientists have edged closer to their goal of creating a human-like robot as they have designed one that can display dozens of human emotions ranging from happiness to fear.

Researchers develop FACE, a robot with emotions

With science progressing blazingly fast, no technology can be written off for the far future with conviction anymore. Roboticists at the University of