Facial recognition algorithms hit new accuracy highs in latest NIST test
Idemia correctly matched 99.88 percent of 12 million faces in the mugshot category of the latest 1:N test by the…
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Australia and state govts agree on digital ID, credential sharing deal
Ministers from Australia’s federal government have agreed to a deal with their state and territory counterparts to include digital credentials…
Fingerprint Cards partners on biometric wearables in Europe, residential doors
Biometric wearables startup Flywallet and Fingerprint Cards have formed a collaborative partnership to develop and launch biometric wearables in Europe….
Biometrics deployments and legal action set up more of each
Biometrics for airport use now and in the future made up two of the top stories on Biometric Update this…
Kenyan government seeks to differentiate new national digital ID from Huduma Namba
Digital identity will be provided to all Kenyans by February, 2024 so they can more easily access government services, the…
iProov and OIX leaders respond to Blair Institute report
A public call by the Tony Blair Institute for the UK government to issue decentralized digital IDs to all who…
Biometric recognition tests can’t be used for all use cases
Trust being essential to the algorithmic identification industry, it bears noting that having tests for, say, performance is not enough…
Netcetera picks up digital identity, SSI and payments talent in Kamino merger
Swiss payment and digital identity software developer Netcetera has acquired 100 percent of Slovenia-based mobile app and digital identity developer…
DHS Biometric Rally results show groups pose little challenge to effective matching
Biometric technology is very close to allowing people in airports to pass through identification areas for processing in small groups,…
Startup Omnigarde passes full set of NIST fingerprint interoperability tests
California-based Omnigarde has passed a U.S. government fingerprint template interoperability test, for both the generation and matching of biometric templates….
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