Indian facial recognition startups tackle retail and KYC markets
ParallelDots has won the $50,000 Tech4Future challenge from among 300 startups for its artificial intelligence platform with biometric facial recognition…
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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.
Facial biometrics applied to concert ticketing and bar bans – but 31 percent of people don’t trust the tech
Businesses are planning to use biometric facial recognition to enforce broad bans against certain individuals attending concerts or bars, but…
Callsign partners with Vonage API platform to deliver behavioral biometrics through different channels
Callsign and Vonage have partnered to secure communications with banking customers over various channels with Callsign’s behavioral biometrics and Vonage’s…
Scotland considers appointing Independent Biometrics Commissioner
Scottish Parliament is considering a bill to appoint an independent commissioner for biometrics to improve the handling of biometric data…
Tu Identidad raises $600K to grow KYC platform with fingerprint and voice biometrics
KYC platform Tu Identidad has raised $600,000 to continue the development of its portable, user-owned, standardized digital multi-biometric ID credential…
Weibo user claims to have matched 100K women from porn with facial recognition
A Germany-based user of Chinese social media network Weibo says he has used biometric facial recognition to match more than…
Researchers develop “digital watermarks” to detect deepfakes
Researchers from the Tandon School of Engineering at New York University are developing methods to identify when an image has…
Facial biometrics controversy reaches U.S. schools as district trials new security system
Lockport City School District in New York is set to become one of the first in America to pilot biometric…
European Commissioner calls for strict regulation of facial recognition to preserve freedom of assembly
European countries should strictly regulate the use of facial recognition and ensure legislative frameworks for AI systems processing biometric data,…
Fortress Identity to provide biometrics for Visa transactions under LATAM partnership
Fortress Identity and Visa have reached an agreement to collaborate on protecting Visa cardholders in Latin America and the Caribbean…
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