eMarketer principal analyst Victoria Petrock explains attitudes toward facial recognition tech in the US and UK. How aware is the general population of the tech’s every day use? What are the major concerns surrounding facial recognition? Where is it being used, and how? She then talks about the most important characteristics of a chatbot, the frequency and times of day we check work and personal email and a new app that automatically cancels subscriptions at the end of the free trial period.

eMarketer principal analyst Debra Aho Williamson and junior analyst Blake Droesch explain whether Americans want a social app geared toward close friends. Then, forecasting analyst Eric Haggstrom discusses whether the Disney+ bundle can lure sports viewers from cable, breaks down whether Waymo’s robot taxi improvements outweigh rider complaints and more.

eMarketer principal analysts Nicole Perrin and Mark Dolliver join vice president of content studio Paul Verna to chat about YouTube’s announcement that it will stop targeting ads toward kids, whether podcasts are the future of radio, the significance of Facebook’s new ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ feature and more.

Half of US internet users have concerns about facial recognition, according to data from The Brookings Institution.

In China, consumers can “smile to pay” in some stores, but in the US, facial recognition systems for shopping are more theory than fact. Will that change? In today’s episode of “Behind the Numbers,” we sit down with Peter Trepp, CEO of facial recognition software firm FaceFirst.

This report provides an overview of the most important technology at CES 2019 and what it means for marketers, now and in the future.

China’s tech-driven retail revolution is turning stores into laboratories for retail experiments and introducing consumers to completely new shopping experiences.

Every week on eMarketer’s “Behind the Numbers” podcast, we take a few minutes to discuss some of the most intriguing headlines of the past seven days. This week, we're chatting about Google's appearance on Capitol Hill, Verizon's decision to write down the value of some high profile assets, and rising concern about facial recognition software.