U.S. Senator calls on regulators to consider bias in facial recognition and AI
American Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) has sent letters to the FBI, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Equal Employment…
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HID fingerprint technology certified with perfect score in iBeta presentation attack detection test
HID Global’s Lumidigm multispectral imaging fingerprint technology has been certified compliant with the ISO/IEC 30107-3 Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) standard,…
Voice fraud spike driven by breaches and increasing use
Incidents of voice fraud climbed by 350 percent from 2013 to 2017, and increased 47 percent in 2017 to reach…
Osram launches VCSEL product to power 3D facial recognition in mobile devices
Optical technology maker Osram Opto Semiconductors is targeting the 3D facial recognition market, particularly for mobile devices, with the launch…
Artificial intelligence community seeks international collaboration at industry conference
As China and the U.S. add new tariffs in their ongoing trade dispute, Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He told an audience…
Beijing leverages face and voice recognition to launch internet court
Beijing is using facial and speech recognition to operate an “internet court,” which allows plaintiffs and defendants to participate through…
Details emerge about centralized monitoring system used during World Cup 2018
In preparation for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, AxxonSoft customized settings on more than 1,350 video channels, including 9…
Bahrain bank partners with Eazy Financial Services for biometric payment network
Bahrain-based Ithmaar Bank and Eazy Financial Services have partnered to launch a biometric payments network which the MENA Herald reports…
CallVu enables major credit card company to authenticate service calls with smartphone biometrics
A large international credit card company has chosen CallVu to enable its customers to use the biometric authentication capabilities of…
Gemalto and R3 to launch self-sovereign digital identity network
Gemalto has announced plans to pilot blockchain technology in collaboration with R3 to provide consumers with a mobile application providing…
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