Identos builds Verifiable Credentials into updated federated digital ID API
Identos has launched an upgraded version of its Federated Privacy Exchange API for digital identity and authorization with support for…
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Biometrics growth collides with overall market conditions in potential blockbuster deals
Biometrics M&A activity and rumor stole the top headlines of the week on Biometric Update, with Idemia’s prospective sale set…
Aadhaar critic joins ID16.9 podcast to discuss inclusion shortfalls
Allegations that India’s digital ID Aadhaar has entrenched, rather than alleviated exclusion from social services and government benefits, have dogged…
Idex Biometrics and European semiconductor leader partner to produce smart cards
Idex Biometrics has reached an agreement with what the company describes as one of the largest semiconductor providers in Europe…
Programmer builds a better lie detector with computer vision and facial analysis
A remote lie detector based on biometric signals has been developed by Fletcher Heisler, host of the ‘Everything is Hacked’…
US private equity considers $1.5B buyout of GBG as market presents buyer opportunities
An American private equity fund is looking at a £1.3 billion GBG purchase, according to a statement given to Tech…
Suprema joins ultra-wideband standards group to work on next-gen wireless applications
Suprema has joined the FiRa Consortium, a standards consultant body for ultra-wideband (UWB) technology used in next-generation wireless communication, to…
Smart Engines provides biometric passport scanning for Greek tourism apps
Smart Engines’ optical character recognition and data extraction from documents’ machine-readable zones has been integrated with apps from tourism industry…
TrinamiX partners to build biometric driver authentication capability into vehicle trim
BASF subsidiary trinamiX has formed a partnership with Spain-based Grupo Antolin to integrate face biometrics for driver authentication into the…
Winning.I accepted into South Korean government’s international expansion accelerator
Winning.I has been selected to participate in global business expansion accelerator Born2Global to support the growth of its mobile contactless…
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