Ever AI under fire for using photo app images to train facial biometrics without adequate transparency
Photo storage app Ever used images uploaded by customers to create albums in the cloud were used to develop Ever…
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A group of shareholders are planning to challenge Northrop Grumman leadership over the human rights implications of its lucrative new…
Fraud accusations at UN refugee agency highlight importance of biometric systems
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Gemalto to provide AFIS for Canadian Department of National Defense
Gemalto has been tapped by the Canadian government to provide its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for biometric criminal and…
IDEX reports Q1 revenues amid wait for biometric smart card market to take off
IDEX Biometrics recorded revenues of NOK 1.4 million (US$160,000) in the first quarter of 2019, as it progresses towards the…
Smartwatches expected to pass fitness trackers in fast growing connected wearables market
Shipments of connected wearables will grow by a CAGR of 15.4 percent from 116.8 million in 2018 to 238.5 million…
Oakland considers banning public facial recognition use as San Francisco police amendments accepted
Oakland may not be far behind San Francisco in banning facial biometrics use by city departments, GovTech reports. The Oakland…
Nuance reports Q2 revenue and EPS strong against expectations on medical, auto and enterprise sales
Nuance Communications has reported revenue at the high end of expectations and EPS (earnings per share) above expectations for its…
Megvii raises $750M to expand facial biometrics business ahead of reported Hong Kong IPO
Megvii has raised $750 million, giving the Face++ biometric facial recognition-maker a valuation of just over $4 billion ahead of…
IDEMIA ban by Kenyan National Assembly appealed as biometric national ID drive passes 15M
Kenya’s drive to register citizens for its biometric Huduma Namba national ID system will not be affected by the recent…
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