Pen testing beats iris biometric USB data storage device via backup password
Iris biometrics-secured USB flash drive eyeDisk is not “unhackable” as it is claimed to be, as UK cybersecurity firm Pen…
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California Assembly moves to ban facial recognition in police body cameras
The California State Assembly has approved a proposal to ban the use of facial recognition and biometric scanners in body…
UK government considering options for regulating biometrics use
UK Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes says the government is considering options for regulating the use of facial recognition and other…
Simprints wins World Bank ID4D Mission Billion Challenge with toolkit for registration consent
Simprints has won the World Bank’s ‘Mission Billion Challenge’ with an open source toolkit for enabling meaningful informed consent with…
German facial biometrics startup Saffe touts overall top-15 NIST testing result
Saffe Ltd. has placed 14th in the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), based…
ImageWare reports 30 percent earnings growth and interest in cloud and mobile biometric products
ImageWare Systems revenues increased by 30 percent to $931,000 in the first quarter of 2019, from $716,000 a year earlier,…
Unikeys launches presale of flagship crypto wallet powered by IDEMIA biometrics
Fintech startup Unikeys is launching the global presale of its flagship UKey card, which is a hardware wallet for crypto…
Synaptics just misses revenue guidance for Q3 as biometrics demand in China softens
Synaptics has reported net revenue of $334 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2019, down 15.2 percent from the…
Remark announces sale of Vegas.com in pivot to pure-play AI and facial biometrics company
Remark Holdings will divest Vegas.com from its assets and transition to a pure-play artificial intelligence enterprise to deliver biometric facial…
Evident ID raises $20 million to develop facial biometrics and expand to meet onboarding demand
Identity and credential verification platform provider Evident ID has raised $20 million in Series B financing. The funds will be…
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