Trio of Apple patent filings describe biometrics innovations for various devices
Apple has had a trio of patent applications published which describe biometrics applications on a variety of iDevices. Each patent…
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Face biometrics deployments and solutions unveiled on four continents
Developments in face biometrics from standards work to product launches made headlines over the past week. Deployments of border control…
UK plans next round of biometrics self-enrollment trials for apps and kiosks
The UK’s Biometrics Self-Enrolment Feasibility Trials have reached Phase 2, with a request for expression of interest from developers of…
Ideal Innovations wins $63M DoD multimodal biometrics collection contract
Ideal Innovations has won a $63 million contract with the Project Management Office for Department of Defense Biometrics within the…
ThreatFabric develops behavioral analytics to stop social engineering attacks
Amsterdam-based ThreatFabric has rolled out a behavioral analytics capability for its fraud prevention software suite to help banks fend off…
Liberian agencies spar over alleged irregularities of biometric voter card contract decision
The review of Ekemp’s contract to provide biometric voter registry cards for Liberians continues, with back-and-forth communications between the government’s…
Workshop on face image quality added to IFPC event as biometrics standard progresses
A second edition of the Face Image Quality Workshop hosted last November by the European Association for Biometrics will be…
Thales-backed startup incubator accepts new crop to fight driver drowsiness, upgrade vehicle tech
Software République, a technology incubator founded by Thales and partners, has announced the second batch of startups accepted into the…
Biometric access control options grow with new partnership, launches and integrations
Biometrics are being built into an ever-increasing range of access control solutions, with the latest crop covering fingerprint, face and…
India turns to fingerprint biometric liveness to stem spoof attacks on Aadhaar payments
A new liveness detection feature for fingerprint authentications is being introduced as part of the Aadhaar-enabled payment system to prevent…
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