Facial recognition identifies people wearing masks.

Japanese company NEC, which develops facial-recognition systems, has launched one that can identify people even when they are wearing masks. It hones in on parts of the face that are not covered up, such as the eyes, to verify their identity.Verification takes less than one second, with an accuracy rate of more than 99.9%, NEC says. The Met Police uses NEC's NeoFace Live Facial...