Africa’s digital public infrastructure drive to get $1B boost from UAE govt
The implementation of digital public infrastructure (DPI) and AI projects is set to get a nudge from the United Arab…
Year: 2025
Taiwan Technical Mission advances Digital ID rollout in St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Kitts and Nevis’ digital transformation is getting a helping hand as the Caribbean country advances digital ID. The Taiwan…
Idemia PS hails progress of fingerprint biometrics at scale in latest NIST result
Matching speeds for fingerprint biometrics have improved by multiple orders of magnitude since the last time the U.S. National Institute…
Snap selects ConnectID, k-ID for Australian age verification
In Australia, Snapchat users can now prove their age using ID document validation or biometrics from k-ID, or with ConnectID,…
Business digital ID for UK should launch in 2027, be mandatory within two years: TBI
The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has published a new paper, “Rebooting the UK’s Tech-Diffusion Ecosystem to Drive Growth,” which urges…
Malaysia plans social media age checks, pushes Meta to get proactive on online safety
Malaysia is following Australia’s lead, with a plan to implement age assurance requirements for social media platforms and a prohibition…
UK digital ID plan includes local councils, maybe private sector, no new funding
The UK’s government digital ID plan continues to take shape piecemeal, with an expansion to cover a new layer of…
Nepal strikes interim biometric passport supply agreement with IN Smart Identity
A stopgap agreement for IN Smart Identity (until recently known as Idemia Smart Identity) to supply Nepal with 700,000 biometric…
FBI issues RFI on drones with real-time facial recognition, license plate readers
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) seeking AI tools that are capable…
India unveils biometric chip passport, integrated AI-powered processing system
The Indian government has announced the rollout of a new integrated system for biometric passport processing with the aim of…
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