Biometrics funding and contracts bringing opportunity also mean more scrutiny
The public announcement of a French digital ID app supplied by Idemia and partners which avoids biometrics, and a tender…
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Nigeria government, telecom bodies collaborate on rapid digital ID issuance to unblock SIMs
Nigeria’s National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) will work with the country’s telecom authority and main industry body to unblock SIMs…
SecureAuth unveils 4 patent wins for biometric, behavioral fraud controls
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted SecureAuth a series of patents for technologies to prevent fraud in access control…
Integrated Biometrics completes compliance testing to MOSIP security standard
Integrated Biometrics is the latest vendor in the digital ID space to join MOSIP as a partner by performing self-testing for…
Ethiopia issues second tender for biometric registration hardware for digital ID enrollment
Ethiopia is accepting bids to supply and install biometric registration kits for use in the establishment of the country’s national…
Clearview CEO argues for facial recognition regulation and education in live interview
Any tool as powerful as facial recognition needs to be regulated by the government, Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That told an…
US seeks input for biometrics equity study to determine course of remote government access
The U.S. government is asking for contributions to a study into equity in remote identity proofing for Login.gov, attempting to…
AI improving at sentiment recognition, already good at rash judgement, studies show
When a person demonstrates a low emotional quotient (EQ), they are sometimes described as having robotic reactions. Normal human reactions…
Touch Biometrix unveils fingerprint sensors launch plans with Series B funding round
Touch Biometrix has announced a successful Series B funding round, and plans to launch a FAP60 fingerprint biometric sensor as the…
Data centers stand out for biometric access control adoption amid flagging demand
Biometrics deployments for physical access control are on the decline post COVID-19, according to an IPVM report (subscription required and recommended),…
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