UK unveils enhanced border control plans with digital ID for visas
The UK has unveiled new plans to fully digitalize the country’s visa system, including digital ID integration. The move was…
Articles By Alessandro Mascellino
Alessandro Mascellino is a freelance multimedia journalist focusing on emerging technologies. His work has been featured on The Independent, The Mirror Online, and The Sun, among others. Alessandro is also the author of TÉKUNI, a newsletter about technology in Japan.
Benefits of facial recognition kiosks for hospitality, travel highlighted by NEC, BizVibe
Kiosks with face biometrics could be deployed to various areas in the travel and hospitality industries to secure and improve…
Innovatrics’ SmartFace biometrics updated with passive liveness detection on live video
Innovatrics SmartFace passive liveness detection on live video Innovatrics has released a new upgrade of its SmartFace biometric system to…
Jumio’s face biometrics platform tops 1M verifications per day
Jumio’s biometric facial authentication platform is now verifying over one million individuals per day. According to the company, the exponential…
PhilSys digital ID enables 2.4M new financial inclusion accounts
More than 2.4 million unbanked registrants to the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) national digital ID have signed up for LandBank…
Biometrics in retail: Yoti, PayByFace, and Heslo close new partnerships
A number of companies have unveiled updates to their biometric and digital identity authentication platforms for ecommerce applications. Eftpos announced…
Boréas launches innovative finger-sensing technology for smartphones
Fabless semiconductor company Boréas Technologies has unveiled a new piezo sensor that combines gesture detection with HD haptic feedback. Dubbed…
Nomidio partners with Microsoft to bring biometric sign-in to Azure users
Nomidio has announced a new integration of its web-based system with Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), to allow the…
BBC addresses facial recognition bias issues in new Click episode
A new episode of BBC Click recently discussed the issues caused by facial recognition biases, and how they affect people…
Veridium, Veriff and SAFR each announce biometrics integration partnerships
It is an eventful week for biometric partnerships, with passwordless authentication solutions provider Veridium joining the IGEL Ready ecosystem. In…
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