Multi-modal biometrics the next step in industry evolution argues FPC Principal Scientist
The next step in biometrics, as people become used to the technology and their rising expectations for convenient security run…
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Normee raises $2.5M to fund expansion of palm print and vein biometrics to overseas markets
Japanese startup Normee, which develops software for palm print and vein biometrics on mobile devices, has raised 270 million yen…
Microsoft joins the crowd in declining to sell facial biometrics to U.S. police until federal law in place
Microsoft has followed Amazon and IBM in declaring it does not sell facial recognition technology to police in the United States,…
Telpo and UnionCommunity launch contactless biometric temperature screening terminals as market heats up
Telpo has launched a new non-contact terminal combining biometric facial recognition and body temperature measurement with access control and time and…
Myanmar closes delayed biometrics tender amid funding confusion, data protection laws still absent
The government of Myanmar has carried out a tender process for a biometric database for mobile phone subscribers, alarming civil…
Amazon pauses sale of facial biometrics to police while advocates push Microsoft and Ring to follow
Amazon has put a one-year moratorium on direct sales of its biometric facial recognition service to law enforcement to allow for…
Abu Dhabi Airport deploys gesture recognition to elevators to prevent COVID-19 spread
Abu Dhabi International Airport has deployed touchless gesture recognition technology to 53 elevators to prevent the spread of the COVID-19…
Haryana reinstatement of biometric authentication for state aid upheld by state high court
A legal challenge of the use of biometrics for distribution of rations and other state aid in the Indian state…
Plans for digital identity provider participation in UK government system partially revealed
Indications of the UK Government Digital Service’s (GDS’s) plans for digital identity after the expected sunset of its Gov.uk Verify…
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