Philippines urges voters to complete biometric registration by deadline
The Philippines’ Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson, George Garcia, has called on people eligible to vote in the October 2023…
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Cognitec upgrades biometric capture hardware with PAD and on-device facial recognition
A rendering of the FaceVACS-Entry device. Credit: Cognitec. Germany-based firm Cognitec has upgraded its biometric FaceVACS-Entry photo capture device with…
US gov’t task force publishes guidelines for AI innovation framework
The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) task force has published new guidelines to strengthen and democratize AI innovation in…
Porn back as political hurdle for age verification in UK, Australia takes next step
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been prompted by his Conservative Party members to increase the strictness of age security…
Colombian civil registry adopting face biometric authentication for remote processes
The National Registry of Civil Status and the Collegiate Union of the Colombian Notary have agreed to allow civil registration…
Identomat passes level 2 biometric PAD compliance test from iBeta
Biometric onboarding and KYC solution provider Identomat has announced it has received confirmation of ISO/IEC 30107-03 compliance after passing a…
Worldcoin shares details of open-source, iris biometrics-scanning ‘Orb’
Cryptocurrency company Worldcoin has published a new blog post describing the “Orb,” the company’s iris biometric imaging device. “After three…
Explainer: What is ‘body odor’ biometrics and how can it be measured?
There are different types of biometrics and different ways to measure them. The concept of ‘body odor’ biometrics is still…
No facial recognition at 2024 Olympics, French privacy watchdog tells parliament
The French parliament has been urged not to consider deploying facial recognition at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics event by…
NIST pushes framework to foster trusted AI
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published new guidance to aid organizations in…
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