U.S. drops Entity List hammer on Chinese facial recognition unicorns and biometrics providers
The U.S. Government has added 28 organizations to its Entity List, banning major biometrics companies including Dahua, Hikvision, iFlytek, Megvii,…
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UNHCR update shows progress toward biometric refugee registration commitment
The UNHCR has expanded its use of biometrics for food distribution to over 100 sites across eight countries, and registered…
Moscow public facial recognition system challenged in court
A lawsuit brought by a Moscow resident Alyona Popova is seeking to ban the use of facial recognition in the…
WWT and Privoro to provide iOS “Assured Identity” solution to DISA
The U.S. Military’s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has selected World Wide Technology (WWT) and Privoro to develop an assured…
Sandia Labs and partner to develop access control wearables with B-Secur EKG biometrics
Sandia National Laboratories has reached a cooperative research and development partnership agreement with New Mexico-based small business Aquila Inc. to…
Password sprawl and reuse outstrip MFA and biometrics among LastPass users
Only one percent of LastPass multifactor authentication systems in use leverage biometrics, according to new research from LastPass, though the…
NEC facial recognition border tech for Kenya as airport biometrics rollouts continue
Airport biometrics use continues to expand rapidly all around the world, with a series of new deployments announced and detailed….
Gemalto fingerprint cards trialed in UK as biometrics for banking deployments continue worldwide
UK bank NatWest has begun a three-month trial of biometric fingerprint credit cards from Mastercard and Gemalto with 150 customers,…
Philippines’ central bank and statistics authority sign deal on biometric ID rollout
The Philippines is moving one step closer to the rollout of its new biometric national ID system, with the Bangko…
Governments urged to consider biometrics regulation, laws and oversight as some investigate
The use of facial recognition, along with other technologies related to weapons and security, are being investigated by the House…
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