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Here comes the age check: BU Podcast talks age assurance with AVPA’s Iain Corby

By Joel R. McConvey

-  Like it or not, age assurance is going mainstream. As regulators in the UK and Europe begin enforcing new…

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QR-based digital ID drives transformation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

By Ghulam Shabir Arain

- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan is taking broader moves toward digital transformation with the launch of the Khyber Pass…

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Biometrics disrupting the future of movement, on and offline

By Chris Burt

- Biometrics are disrupting different areas of life, from how people interact with governments for basic services to the esoteric world…

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World pauses German operations for Orb update amid regulatory faceoff

By Joel R. McConvey

- World is facing a potential cease-and-desist order in the Philippines, and has put its iris scanning stations on hold in…

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Alexa, sue Amazon: tech giant faces class action over voice recordings

By Joel R. McConvey

- Users of Amazon’s Alexa are clear to pursue a class action over allegedly illegal recordings of private conversations. In Seattle,…

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eID potential goes far beyond ‘BritCard’ - here’s how the UK can move ahead

By Jarek Sygitowicz

- By Jarek Sygitowicz, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Authologic In April of this year, 42 Labour MPs published an…

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RealSense targets robotics, 3D facial recognition security with $50M in hand

By Chris Burt

- RealSense has cut the cord tying it to Intel Corp, where the 3D camera company was born, with $50 million…

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STMicroelectronics-Metalenz partnership expands to boost metasurface optics adoption

By Chris Burt

- A new license agreement between STMicroelectronics and Metalenz aims to ease the adoption of metasurface optics for a range of…

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An approach to developing digital identification in the context of DPI

By Juan Pablo García Cairello

- By Juan Pablo García Cairello, Digital Identity Manager at AGESIC In 2023, G20 leaders defined Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) as…

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Is the UK falling behind Europe on digital identity security?

By Eleanor Burns

- By Eleanor Burns, Director at IDnow As the UK accelerates its shift towards digital identity, a crucial question is coming…

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Epic Games provides Yoti facial age estimation to Bluesky for UK users

By Chris Burt

- Social media platform Bluesky has selected Epic Games’ software, including biometrics-based age estimation from Yoti, to ensure its compliance with…

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Will Congress reaffirm US cyber threat sharing framework before it’s too late?

By Anthony Kimery

- As the September 30 expiration date for the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) rapidly approaches, Congress faces…

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Here comes the age check: BU Podcast talks age assurance with AVPA’s Iain Corby
No Phone Home campaign waves red flag over server retrieval for digital ID
Humanity Protocol CEO talks Moongate acquisition, expansion into ticketing
Biometric Update Podcast races into the future with 1Password and agentic AI
Biometric Update Podcast looks at the road to a global standard for age assurance
Biometric Update Podcast digs into deepfakes with Pindrop CEO
Biometrics disrupting the future of movement, on and offline
Chris Burt |
Alexa, sue Amazon: tech giant faces class action over voice recordings
Joel R. McConvey |
Epic Games provides Yoti facial age estimation to Bluesky for UK users
Chris Burt |
RealSense targets robotics, 3D facial recognition security with $50M in hand
Chris Burt |
Will Congress reaffirm US cyber threat sharing framework before it’s too late?
Anthony Kimery |
World pauses German operations for Orb update amid regulatory faceoff
Joel R. McConvey |
QR-based digital ID drives transformation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Ghulam Shabir Arain |
STMicroelectronics-Metalenz partnership expands to boost metasurface optics adoption
Chris Burt |
OOTS can provide EU Digital Identity Wallets’ shortcut to secure data exchange
Chris Burt |
St. Kitts and Nevis to issue over 25k national digital ID cards in 2026
Ayang Macdonald |
Indonesia digital transformation gets boost from UNDP, National Economic Council
Joel R. McConvey |
US Air Force eyes wearable biometrics for in-flight safety monitoring
Anthony Kimery |
Facial authentication from Suprema to power Verkada cloud-based lock systems
Joel R. McConvey |
Keyless’ ‘Zero-Knowledge Biometrics’ enable crypto wallet to meet MFA requirements
Chris Burt |
CBP biometric expansion at US borders moves ahead with new global entry plans
Anthony Kimery |
New Oloid privacy architecture to protect enterprise biometrics unveiled
Chris Burt |
Biometrics top consumer choice to fend off AI fraud in finance
Lu-Hai Liang |
Taiwan gathers perspectives on digital wallet as national infrastructure
Lu-Hai Liang |

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Europe’s digital ID could inspire Global South’s next generation of DPI: TECH5

By Masha Borak

- Many countries have spent years building large-scale identity databases for issuing national documents, often based on biometric data. Governments are…

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Namibia weighs biometrics options for foundation of instant payment system
Chris Burt |
Internal struggle over US federal biometric data management intensifies
Anthony Kimery |
Virginia police dept. launches facial recognition program under strict oversight
Anthony Kimery |
Au10tix gets nod from Microsoft as ideal solution for AI agents built in MS Copilot
Joel R. McConvey |
No watchlist needed to secure public spaces: Corsight execs
Chris Burt |
Phygital IDs and PPPs: IN Groupe CEO Agnès Diallo on realizing identity’s promise
Chris Burt |
Ethiopia’s digital ID chief lays out roadmap for reaching 90M enrollments by 2027
Ayang Macdonald |
Somalia walking a thorny road to an inclusive national digital ID system
Ayang Macdonald |

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Is the UK falling behind Europe on digital identity security?

By EleanorBurns

- By Eleanor Burns, Director at IDnow As the UK accelerates its shift towards digital identity, a crucial question is coming…

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eID potential goes far beyond ‘BritCard’ – here’s how the UK can move ahead
Jarek Sygitowicz |
An approach to developing digital identification in the context of DPI
Juan Pablo García Cairello |
Growing identity fraud challenges put higher education at risk
Chris Borkenhagen |
Social media’s age verification crisis: Can platforms solve the technical and ethical puzzle?
Liudas Kanapienis |
You can’t reset your DNA. So why are you letting companies treat it like a password?
Aras Nazarovas |
Building trust in the age of digital identity: why cyber resilience must come first
Nathalie Gosset |

Digital Identity in Developing Nations

With UN SDG 16.9 calling for legal identity for all by 2030, Biometric Update is taking a special in-depth focus on digital ID projects in developing countries.

World Bank highlights Pakistan’s progress on digital infrastructure, inclusive ID

By Ghulam Shabir Arain

- As Pakistan transitions to a more digital economy, access, infrastructure, and inclusion remain major challenges. The World Bank's Pakistan Development…

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Digital Identity in Developing Nations
Somalia’s biometric border overhaul signals deeper US engagement
Anthony Kimery |
Namibia weighs biometrics options for foundation of instant payment system
Chris Burt |
Benin shares its X-Road DPI interoperability experience in peer learning webinar
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Benin envisages mobile wallet launch in inclusive national digital ID push
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Tanzania launching infant biometric registration pilot with UNICEF support
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Understanding of what #SafeDPI is, how to achieve it creeps forward
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