Chinese facial recognition unicorn Megvii reportedly considering IPO on New York Stock Exchange
Megvii is considering its options for an initial public offering which could bring in up to $800 million to support…
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NEC partners to launch retail insight services powered by biometrics and AI
NEC Corporation and Macromill, Inc. have announced the joint development of a set of consumer insight marketing services that leverage…
Panasonic to demo One ID platform for full-airport biometrics at PTE 2019
Panasonic is demonstrating its One ID solution for fully automated curb-to-gate airport services powered by facial biometrics, which include check-in…
Payment provider FSS launches adaptive authentication solution supporting step-up biometrics
Payment technology company FSS (Financial Software and Systems) has launched a new adaptive authentication solution based on the EMVCo 3DS…
Samsung Pay brings contactless biometric payments to PFS cardholders in UK
Samsung will launch Samsung Pay for PFS payment cards to allow UK cardholders to make contactless payments with a PFS…
New Firefox version supports FIDO2 passwordless biometric authentication with Windows Hello
The new version of Mozilla Firefox features support for WebAuthN with Windows Hello on Windows 10, enabling users to authenticate…
UK consumers and businesses agree biometric payment coming but split on modality
More than half of British consumers believe biometrics will be used for payments in the future, compared to only 8…
Chinese government defends biometric surveillance in Xinjiang saying 13,000 terrorism arrests made
Chinese authorities say in a new white paper they have arrested 13,000 terrorists in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in…
Startup Vaak offers AI surveillance software to predict shoplifting before it happens
Japanese startup Vaak has developed artificial intelligence software it says can analyze behavior in footage from retail surveillance cameras to…
Facial recognition mostly used by Washington County police to investigate minor crimes
Police with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) have cracked a $12 shoplifting case using state-of-the-art biometric facial recognition, CNET…
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