Biometrics and conversational AI power China’s Tencent-backed online-only bank
Virtual robots powered by facial recognition, speech recognition, natural language processing and other artificial intelligence technologies are providing VIP customer…
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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.
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The highly anticipated forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S10 flagship smartphone lineup will likely not include facial recognition in any of its…
Signicat chosen to provide digital signing technology to Nordic retail bank customers
Nordic financial institution Resurs Bank has chosen mobile signing technology from Signicat for credit agreements to enable its retail finance…
Panasonic launches tablet solution for passport and ID control
Panasonic has launched an integrated mobile identification and access control solution with its 7-inch enterprise tablet to serve border control,…
Qualcomm launches $100M AI fund and reveals investment in AnyVision
Qualcomm has launched a $100 million Qualcomm Ventures AI Fund to invest in startups making on-device AI more powerful and…
U.S. Rep. asks NIST to develop demographic standards for facial recognition tech
A member of the U.S. House of Congress has called on the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) to…
BioRugged shows off new handheld multi-biometric Ruggbo 20
BioRugged has revealed the production version of its newest handheld fingerprint data collector, the Ruggbo 20, to meet a wide…
Amazon executive defends facial recognition and says company advising government on regulations
Amazon is educating government officials about its Rekognition facial biometric service, and how the technology should be regulated, Amazon Web…
Brazilian telecom plans to register biometrics for full subscriber base in four years
Brazilian telecom company Vivo will register biometrics for its entire subscriber base within four years, a company executive told a…
Sensor suppliers for Apple and Samsung could provide in-display biometric tech for iPads
Prominent Samsung and Apple devices could soon have the same fingerprint sensor manufacturers, as details have emerged about the relationship…
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