Retailers and foreign agencies revealed among Clearview facial biometrics users as Apple blocks app
The client list of controversial facial recognition provider Clearview AI includes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department…
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Tech giants pressured to follow Google in removing gender labels from computer vision services
Google’s move to eliminate gender labels from its artificial intelligence-powered computer vision services has put pressure on Microsoft, Amazon, and…
Liveness detection, FIDO2 and RSA grab headlines but Idex Biometrics tops this week’s news
RSA Conference managed to go ahead this week, and grabbed a fair share of headlines, as did FIDO2 and passwordless…
Trial of ITS biometric kiosks for new EU EES at Iceland airport successful, Clear launches at Lambert
A pilot of BorderXpress biometric kiosks from Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS) at Keflavik International Airport in Iceland has been successfully…
UAE, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Western Balkans in passport and border biometrics news
The Federal Customs Authority (FCA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is launching a Smart Mobile Passenger Inspection Unit which…
Priorities of identity for development in Africa to be debated at ID4Africa 2020
Details on the agenda for the upcoming ID4Africa 2020 annual meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco are being shared in a series…
Mozilla white paper urges open approach to national biometric ID
The Mozilla Foundation has some strong opinions and recommendations for national biometric ID projects. The 36-page white paper, “From Openness…
Biometrics market reports: digital identity, smart tickets, computer vision and China
The market for digital identity solutions around the world will grow from $13.7 billion dollars in 2019 to $30.5 billion…
Smart-ID registration with remote biometrics launches with SK ID, iProov partnership
SK ID Solutions has announced facial biometric registration for Smart-ID accounts, combining smartphones’ NFC capabilities with biometric passports and identity…
Zwipe and Thales earnings plus Goodix and Amazon in biometrics stocks news
Zwipe has reported revenues of NOK 1.5 million (US$160,000 ) in full-year 2019, as it switches to a focus on…
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