Facial recognition systems for police advance in Dubai, Macau, but not Birmingham, AL
Dubai is planning to implement facial recognition on its public transport system to improve security, the Deccan Herald reports. The emirate…
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Biometrics experts discuss facial recognition research on demographic effects and bias
Many if not all commercial facial recognition algorithms seem to share common roots that make them susceptible to demographic performance…
ID4Africa ‘Marathon of Innovations’ to highlight biometrics and digital ID developments
ID4Africa has announced an upcoming ‘Marathon of Innovations’ in digital identity and biometrics, which will be presented December 8 to 10…
Biometrics stocks update: NEC positioning, SuperCom warning and a wild ride for BrainChip
Three NEC divisions have made announcements related to biometrics and digital identity, while SuperCom has issued notification about a stock-price…
Biometric privacy suit against Clearview AI remanded to state court in blow to defense
A biometric privacy lawsuit against Clearview AI has been remanded to Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois by a federal judge,…
Secret Double Octopus to pitch biometrics over passwords in UAE with Israeli high-tech delegation
Secret Double Octopus has travelled to the United Arab Emirates to bring its biometric solution for eliminating passwords in the enterprise…
Biometric payment cards’ market-readiness explored in Fingerprint Cards white paper
Fingerprint Cards has published a white paper on the superior security biometrics provide fingerprint-enabled payment cards, compared to legacy user authentication…
Facial recognition unlocking for WhatsApp reaches beta test on Android
WhatsApp is beta testing facial recognition as a secure unlocking method for Android, Somag News reports, for smartphones with native…
Biometrics and document verification solutions make fraud gains as fake ID problem persists
The threat of identity fraud is forcing companies to consider the ID document authentication capabilities of their fraud prevention solutions,…
Vision-Box forms airport biometrics partnership, expands Dubai implementation
Vision-Box has formed a strategic partnership with AirAsia Group to bring biometric identity management technology to all 152 airports in AirAsia’s…
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