Red Cross Norway tender seeks digital ID help for humanitarian aid
The Norwegian Red Cross has issued a tender for digital ID for remote and low-connectivity environments to improve humanitarian aid…
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Fujitsu launches new line of biometric palm vein solutions
Fujitsu has launched a new range of biometric security solutions based on its PalmSecure product line, which features technology from…
Businesses implementing biometrics and zero-trust to respond to shadow IT
Organizations are increasingly adopting biometrics to respond to the changing threat landscape and an increase in requests to access protected…
Oakland moves closer to banning local agency use of facial recognition
Oakland City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance to ban local police from using biometric facial recognition in the first…
Fiji plans biometric national ID system
Fiji’s government is planning a new national identification system secured by facial recognition and other biometrics, replacing the several ID…
Iraq extends biometric voter registration for IDPs
The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq has extended the biometric voter card registration period for internally displaced persons (IDPs)…
MobileIron launches new zero sign-on technology for cloud service authentication
New zero sign-on technology from MobileIron is now available to provide secure authentication to enterprise cloud services without passwords, leveraging…
Australia pauses biometric boarding trial as pilots in India and Russia begin
The only operational trial of biometric facial recognition smartgates at Australia’s international airports’ arrival gates has been put on hold…
Facial recognition debate flares up in Israel and continues in UK and Australia
Cameras deep inside the Palestinian West Bank with facial recognition from Israeli biometrics company AnyVision allow authorities in Israel to…
Goodix sues Egis Technology for alleged in-display fingerprint sensor patent infringement
Goodix has filed a patent infringement complaint against Egis Technology with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, alleging EgisTec has used…
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