Amazon trialing biometric hand geometry payment, Ring may be developing facial recognition
Ring Ukraine is developing facial recognition technology, although the Amazon-owned Ring does not currently use it, BuzzFeed News reports. The…
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South Wales police win facial recognition legal challenge as King’s Cross plans halted
The use of biometric facial recognition by South Wales police interferes with the privacy rights of those scanned, but is…
NICE Actimize integrates BehavioSec behavioral biometrics to fight fraud
BehavioSec has added its behavioral biometric technology to the NICE Actimize X-Sight Marketplace, enabling customers of the platform-as-a-service to use…
Facebook eliminates one biometric facial recognition feature and expands another
The facial recognition-based tag suggestion feature has been discontinued by Facebook, while the face recognition feature which alerts users when…
India launches crowd-sourced election roll update
The Indian Election Commission’s crowd-sourced electoral roll update, the Electors Verification Programme (EVP), has launched across the country, with the…
Biometrics stocks update: Zwipe explores new listing, Ambarella earnings, Megvii IPO
Biometrics companies which are publicly traded or planning to soon be are experiencing the uncertainty of the developing smart cards…
Biometric options expanding as KYC compliance cost reaches €50M a year
Digitizing identity verification with biometrics and other technologies could save a typical bank €10 million (US$11 million) a year according…
Yoti announces digital identity Fellowship winners as researchers warn of discrimination risks
The winners of the Yoti Fellowship Programme have been selected, and will spend a year working on digital identity and…
Forced biometric unlock of suspect device blocked by another California judge
Using a biometric such as fingerprint recognition to unlock an electronic device is “inherently testimonial,” and as such is protected…
Afghanistan electoral commission reports progress updating biometric devices
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan says that the process of installing new software for biometric elections-control devices has…
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