EU considers banning facial biometrics for public surveillance, Moscow touts gains, Detroit delays
The European Union will consider restricting or even banning biometric facial recognition use in public surveillance systems, after an independent…
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Defense ministry access of police biometrics database among UK Commissioner’s many concerns
The UK should pass new legislation to allow police to develop new biometric capabilities, and the Ministry of Defense should…
ECG biometrics explored for high-tech military and low-cost home applications
A new device has been developed for the Pentagon to enable U.S. Special Forces to identify people with heartbeat biometrics…
VSBLTY to provide facial biometrics for Smart City partnership in Latin America
VSBLTY Groupe has partnered with “intelligent lighting” provider Energetika to integrate biometric facial recognition and other security technologies with Smart…
Nuance praised by Forrester and nears exit of mobile subscription business
Nuance Communications has been identified as a leader in voice biometrics and “mission-critical, enterprise-grade, conversational AI” by Forrester, and has…
IOM and WFP share biometric data to improve efficiency of aid in South Sudan
An exchange of biometric information between the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)…
Collaborative Aculab and University of York voice biometrics research project receives funding
Aculab has announced the full WRoCAH PhD funding has been awarded for a collaborative voice biometric project with the University…
Megvii and ams partner to bring 3D facial biometrics to any smart device
Austria-based sensor specialist ams AG has formed a joint development partnership with Megvii to work on plug-and-play solutions for 3D…
Goode Intelligence releases White Paper on secure online identity
The question of how to effectively and securely identify people online and enable the safe performance of digital tasks is…
Axon pledges not to add facial biometrics to body cameras on Ethics Board recommendation
Police body camera maker Axon has decided not to commercialize biometric face matching products on its body cameras, on the…
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