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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.

 

SuperCom receives biometric offender monitoring contract and share price warning

SuperCom has received notice from Nasdaq warning the share price for the biometric offender monitoring provider has spent 30 consecutive…

 

Facial recognition payments not a hit yet in China, but new services launching

Biometric payments with facial recognition seem not to have been embraced enthusiastically in China, but new services leveraging the technology…

 

New Nok Nok Labs SDK brings FIDO biometrics and token-based authentication to smart watches

Nok Nok Labs has announced the launch of an SDK to bring FIDO-based authentication with biometrics and secure tokens to…

 

Nuance and Microsoft partner for automated health records with voice biometrics

Voice biometrics and processing provider Nuance Communications has formed a partnership with Microsoft to transform healthcare delivery with ambient clinical…

 

Neurotechnology claims top spot on NIST biometric fingerprint interoperability leaderboard

Neurotechnology has achieved the top position on the leaderboard of the latest National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) MINEX…

 

Voice biometrics startup V2verify joins Dreamit accelerator Fall 2019 lineup

Dreamit Ventures is kicking off its startup accelerator programs for Fall 2019, with 17 startups from across America participating in…

 

Digital rights groups call for moratorium on biometrics in digital ID systems

Digital rights organization Access Now has posted an open letter to its website, co-signed by numerous other organizations in the…

 

New approaches and technologies to fulfill the online security promise of biometrics

Biometrics are often associated with strong security both in the public consciousness and within the industry. Part of the reason…

 

SIA warns Congress against facial recognition moratorium as Huawei warns industry to listen to concerns

U.S. Congress should not place a moratorium on facial recognition technology, but instead collaborate with all stakeholders to address concerns…

 

UN commission exec calls for African nations to focus on civil registration for development gains

The importance of civil registration systems to economic and social development in African nations was emphasized in a speech by…

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