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Articles By Chris Burt

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.

 

Remark algorithm takes top 20 spot in NIST biometric facial verification test

Remark Holdings has landed inside the top 20 on the NIST Facial Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 1:1 Verification overall leaderboard,…

 

Acceptto extends biometric and contextual continuous authentication to major cloud services

Acceptto has extended its Cognitive Continuous Authentication eGuardian platform with end-to-end continuous multi-factor authentication (MFA) integrations with a range of…

 

Chooch AI launches mobile SDK for training facial biometrics and other AI vision systems

AI training startup Chooch AI has launched a new mobile software development kit (SDK) to beta to enable developers to…

 

Adjust offers newly acquired Unbotify behavior authentication technology to combat fraud bots

With automated bots causing increasing problems for mobile apps, Adjust has acquired Unbotify to provide a bespoke solution tailored to…

 

Zwipe reports funding into 2020 as preparations ramp up for biometric payment card commercialization

Despite negligible revenues in Q1 2019 and a cash burn rate expected to increase going forward, Zwipe believes it will…

 

Falling parts prices drive in-display fingerprint biometrics to mid-range smartphones

A reduction in sensor prices and narrowing price gap between OLED and LTPS LCD panels are driving continued growth for…

 

Controversy grows over Huawei privacy protections and state connections

The Central Intelligence Agency has informed intelligence services for allied “Five Eyes” nations (Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand)…

 

Sony patent filing indicates possible biometric parental controls for PlayStation 5

Sony has filed a patent which may indicate plans to introduce biometric authentication to PlayStation 5 controllers as part of…

 

Asian casino operator to upgrade its facial recognition security systems this year

Real-time facial recognition at casinos in Macau and Manila operated by Melco Resorts and Entertainment will be upgraded to the…

 

Apple sued as teen blames facial biometrics for alleged false arrest

A student in New York is suing Apple after being arrested for theft, which he says is due to a…

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