Deep-learning advance improves facial recognition for people wearing veils
A team of researchers spanning Asia, Europe and U.S. universities say they used a convolutional neural network to extract characteristics…
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Ayang Macdonald is a freelance journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. He boasts 10 years of professional experience in journalism in which he has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Buea in South western Cameroon. He is a versatile reporter with interest in ICTs, innovation, digital entrepreneurship, defense and military, politics, economy, health and environment, humanitarian issues and sports.
Telos seals six new deals for biometric background check service, renews 11 others
Telos ID has announced new partnership deals with six airlines operating at some of the United States’ major airports for…
Integrated Biometrics sees financial inclusion gains from Nigeria’s digital ID
A new case study from Integrated Biometrics (IB) explains the company’s engagement with the Nigerian government, including how its Kojak…
Lossy image compression negatively affects facial recognition algorithms, research shows
Experimental research by a team from the Department of Computer Science in the University of Durham, UK, demonstrates that image…
UIDAI to highlight strengths of Aadhaar biometric ID for the poor in new campaign
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is planning to undertake a new awareness raising campaign intended to underline for…
India’s high court requests UIDAI to use Aadhaar biometrics to ID accident victims
India’s High Court (HC) is asking the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as well as the Delhi city government…
TypingDNA integrates behavioral biometrics with WSO2 IAM for customer, employee authentication
Customers using a pair of WS02’s identity and access management (IAM) solutions are now able to deploy TypingDNA’s behavioral biometric…
Nigeria ID4D continues partnership spree to meet digital ID ambitions
The Nigeria Digital Identification for Development project (Nigeria ID4D) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have agreed to…
Guyana election official pushes for introduction of biometric voter verification
A member of the Guyana Electoral Commission (GECOM) has submitted a motion to the electoral body asking it to make…
Biometric audit finds thousands of ‘ghost workers’ on Ghana’s public service payroll
At least 148,000 public sector workers in Ghana cannot be biometrically identified in the database of the National Identification Authority…
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