AI dataset companies strike $300M deal as market booms
Appen, an Australian company that provides specialized datasets for training artificial intelligence and machine learning systems, has acquired San Francisco-based…
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Critics fear consumers will pay new government fees for Aadhaar authentication
India’s government will charge banks and other private companies up to Rs 20 (US$0.29) for each eKYC authentication using Aadhaar,…
Ipsidy revenue grows more than 60 percent with new biometric technologies and more markets
Ipsidy announced its full-year revenue for 2018 grew by nearly 61 percent to $3.8 million, from $2.3 million in 2017,…
Infinity Optics says new biometric cryptography technology is unhackable with no error rate
Infinity Optics has developed a platform for Biometric Cryptography, which uses iris, fingerprint, and 2D or 3D facial images to…
Web video, photos, or siblings can spoof Samsung Galaxy S10 facial recognition
The facial recognition capabilities of Android smartphones are being criticized as insufficiently secure, after a parade of tech commentators, journalists,…
Android and several U.S. states working towards digital driver’s licenses
Digital driver’s licenses may soon be introduced in many U.S. states, but not North Dakota. Oklahoma is expected to start…
Integrated Biometrics and Biometrics Institute encourage industry gender balance for International Women’s Day
Integrated Biometrics Management Consultant On Tim Tang is speaking at a United Nations event marking International Women’s Day as part…
Carnegie Mellon professor touts increasing emphasis on ethics and philosophy in AI community
Efforts by computer scientists to understand the impact of artificial intelligence on people and society and to build ethical AI…
Digital Barriers announces new partnership and successful facial recognition trials at major events
Facial recognition technology from Digital Barriers was used at the UK’s National Television Awards in January and The BRIT Awards…
Active military and overseas voters to vote in Denver elections with biometric Voatz app
The City of Denver will pilot mobile voting through the blockchain- and biometrics-based Voatz app for its municipal election in…
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