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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Biometrics stocks update: RealNetworks, Nuance, Egis, Synaptics report earnings, Ping presents and Goodix impacted

Continued momentum from its SAFR facial recognition offering helped RealNetworks to $172.1 million in revenue for full-year 2019, the company…

 

Springfield, Massachusetts and Virginia delay decisions on new biometrics laws

The Virginia Privacy Act, a new law for employers using biometrics, and several other proposed bills related to privacy are…

 

Integrated Biometrics ramps up fingerprint research and manufacturing, adds new VP of Engineering

Integrated Biometrics is investing in its research and development footprint, global manufacturing capacity, and its management expertise to prepare for…

 

Idex Biometrics hires new investor relations head to engage global financial community

Idex Biometrics is strengthening its communication and investor outreach program by bringing Marianne Bøe onboard to head its Investor Relations…

 

Clearview AI CEO claims First Amendment protects scraping of public biometric data

Clearview AI CEO Hoan Ton-That appeared on CBS This Morning for an interview with correspondent Errol Barnett, after receiving a…

 

Veridium introduces facial recognition software to replace passwords with biometric layers

Veridium has launched vFace, its new biometric facial recognition technology, to bring high-end security to mobile apps and enable facial…

 

Siri users consent before enrolling voice biometrics, Apple argues seeking BIPA suit dismissal

Apple has asked a circuit court judge to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit filed against it under the Biometric…

 

Smart Africa to hire Project Manager for Digital Identity initiative

Regional initiative Smart Africa is seeking a Consultant-Project Manager (C-PM) to run its Digital Identity initiative. Smart Africa is a…

 

Afghanistan launches biometric register to improve business license issuing process

A biometric system for licensing businesses is being launched by the government of Afghanistan in order to improve the ease…

 

DFRobot launches AI camera with facial recognition for classroom STEM education

A new artificial intelligence-powered camera has been launched by DFRobot to bring facial biometrics, object recognition and tracking, and other…

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