Digitalization of air travel ramps up, driven by biometrics, amid continuing airport chaos
Pent-up demand for both business and leisure travel emerging from the pandemic is seeing passengers embracing mobile and touchless technologies…
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.
Giesecke+Devrient acquires Valid USA to increase payment, digital ID security
Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security (G+D) has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) for the acquisition of Brazil-based firm Valid’s payment and…
Trinsic takes $8.5M in Seed round to add headcount, speed decentralized digital ID expansion
Digital identity vendor Trinsic has closed an $8.5 million Seed round led by venture fund Georgian with participation from Kickstart…
Engineer writes biometric code to ID anonymous faces in Holocaust photos
Google engineer Daniel Patt claims to have created facial recognition software that can identify unidentified faces in photos from prewar…
Sovrin wants feedback on third version of its framework for digital identity systems
The Sovrin Foundation has released a draft of its third ecosystem governance framework. Sovrin Ecosystem Governance Framework V3 comes a…
Facial recognition use increasing at US federal agencies faster than oversight, GAO reports
The use of facial recognition has become increasingly common across the government, a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability…
iBeta report compares ISO and FIDO standards for biometric presentation attack testing
Biometrics test lab iBeta published a new report comparing the effectiveness of the ISO 30107 and FIDO protocols in relation…
Kick TikTok out of app stores to stop biometric, other sensitive data harvesting says FCC head
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr said he has asked Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app…
Mantra’s dual iris biometric scanner certified for use with India’s Aadhaar
Mantra Softech announced its iris scanner MATISX has received the Standardization Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) from the Indian government….
Mastercard secures Australian Trusted Digital Identity Framework accreditation
Mastercard has successfully secured the first of three accreditation roles under the Trusted Digital Identity Framework (TDIF) in Australia. Matt…
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