Alipay upgrades facial recognition payment tech with demand spike expected
Alipay has announced a major upgrade to its facial recognition payment technology, replacing its “Smile-to-Pay” system with a new plug-and-play…
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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.
Hosting Israel’s National Biometric Database backup in commercial data center violates law: report
Israel’s National Biometric Database Authority has broken the law by hosting its backup in commercial database space owned and operated…
Android devices facial recognition fooled by 3D-printed head, but not Face ID
A 3D-printed head fooled the facial recognition systems of four smartphones running Android, but failed to unlock an iPhone with…
Apple patents describe dual biometric iPhones and numerous Face ID uses
A pair of patents applications filed by Apple have been published by the European Patent Office, describing numerous uses of…
SensiPass reinvents the knowledge factor to offer three-factor authentication
Knowledge-based authentication is blamed for many data breaches, and the weakness of traditional KBA systems has been one of the…
Google Cloud pauses facial recognition offering to work out responsible use challenges
Google appears to have come down closer to Microsoft than Amazon, as the cloud giants pick positions on the readiness…
Zwipe receives EUR 2.3M grant to scale and commercialize biometric payment technology
The European Commission has awarded Zwipe a €2.3 million (US$2.6 million) grant under the Horizon 2020 program to fund its…
IOM revealed as organization piloting biometric smart cards from Tactilis and NEXT Biometrics
Details have been announced for three trials of biometric smart cards provided by Tactilis and featuring NEXT Biometrics’ large-area fingerprint…
Hamad International Airport plans full biometric roll-out as traffic increases
Hamad International Airport (HIA) in Doha, Qatar plans to expand its deployment of biometrics to create a single system to…
Suspect Technologies raises $800K and plans launch of public surveillance facial recognition products
Facial recognition software startup Suspect Technologies has closed an $810,000 funding round, and plans to launch new suspect and watch…
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