Datatang adds 5,000 Traditional Chinese characters to OCR system
Beijing-based artificial intelligence (AI) company Datatang has updated its optical character recognition (OCR) database to include 5,000 handwritten characters in…
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.
Dignari selected to provide digital identity and access management services to US gov for $29M
Security firm Dignari will provide the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) with identity,…
UK’s mobile biometric equipment tender falls through, renewed by gov
A UK government contract for mobile biometric equipment (MBE) worth £450,000 (roughly $527,000) was not awarded as no compliant kit…
Why are biometrics better than passwords?
The adoption of biometrics for authentication has risen steadily over the past decade. This upward trend does not seem to…
mDL advances support digital government ecosystems in Kurdistan, Greece
New mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) have been launched in Kurdistan and surpassed 500,000 users in Greece. Each stands as an…
Digital transformation spurs new ID services provider in Thailand, development in Indonesia
Digital transformation ambitions are driving a series of digital identity developments in Asia, with Thai mobile network AIS announcing this…
Biometric payments win for convenience and security, privacy concerns remain: Mastercard
New research published by Mastercard on Thursday as part of its second annual New Payments Index (NPI) sheds light on…
A year on: UK Gov shares One Login digital identification program progress
A year after launching its program to develop One Login, a way to digitally identify oneself across government sites and…
Kardome expands speech recognition enhancement portfolio with voice biometrics
Israeli startup Kardome has added voice biometrics and wake-up word detection to its speech recognition product enhancement portfolio. The first…
Sovos buys TOC Biometrics to target fraud and compliance markets
Tax and regulatory software maker Sovos has acquired TOC Biometrics, a Chile-based company specializing in identity verification technology. The transaction…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
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