Clearview AI facial recognition being used to deliver news of Russian war dead to families
The use facial recognition is being put to in the Ukrainian warzone has been clarified, with the country’s vice prime…
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Avast makes another major decentralized digital ID acquisition with SecureKey deal
Avast has followed up its acquisition of Evernym by picking up Canada-based digital identity and authentication provider SecureKey Technologies. SecureKey…
Mitek adds HooYu biometric identity orchestration in £98M acquisition
Mitek has acquired remote customer onboarding platform HooYu in a £98 million (approximately US$129.2 million) deal to upgrade its digital identity orchestration…
CBP’s new biometric kiosks processing travelers in 3.5 seconds
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is nearing completion on an upgrade of the software for its biometric ‘facial comparison’ kiosks,…
Opportunities in defense AI, biometrics announced by Paravision, Biometric Signature ID
Paravision has been awarded a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to provide the artificial intelligence expertise it has acquired in developing facial…
Biometric solutions for physical access control launched by four technology providers
The market for face biometric or multi-modal physical access control is a little more crowded, with new solutions launched this…
New Oosto appliance brings facial recognition, video AI to edge for lower TCO
Oosto has launched a new appliance for edge-based video analytics and facial recognition to transform the total cost of ownership for…
Aware CTO on the cloud’s role in biometrics and Fortress Identity fit
As a cutting-edge technology closely associated with machine learning, big data and artificial intelligence, biometrics may not seem like a…
Standard for measuring face biometrics bias coming, AI bias mitigation needs wider scope
A working draft of a standard for measuring bias in face biometrics has been published by the International Standards Organization…
authID.ai gets $22M fundraising bridge to projected positive cashflow in 2024
A pair of AI security companies have announced successful fundraises, with authID.ai bringing in $22.5 million to sustain the growth of…
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