Baidu provides tools to make AI app development easy for non-coders
Baidu has updated its AI platform to make its tools, including facial recognition and natural language processing, more accessible to…
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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.
Canada opens new biometric collection locations for foreign visitors
Canada will expand the number of Visa Application Centers (VACs) it operates around the world from 137 in 95 countries…
London police expect to run more facial recognition trials this year
London Metropolitan Police are planning to run more trials of automated facial recognition technology this year, though are not expecting…
Samsung granted US patent for 3D camera system with iris recognition capability
Samsung has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a 3D sensing camera that can…
Megvii algorithms power 3D facial recognition in new OPPO smartphone
Megvii is providing facial recognition for fast unlocking and secure payments with the new Find X smartphone from OPPO, which…
Qantas announces trial of end-to-end facial recognition air travel system
Qantas Airways has announced it will trial an end-to-end facial recognition security system for passengers departing from Sydney Airport, beginning…
Google patents method of matching voices to speakers’ faces in video
A patent filed by Google for an automated method of matching faces to voices in videos has been published by…
Indian SIM vendor fraud busted by Aadhaar security as virtual ID support goes live
A vendor in Hyderabad has been arrested for fraudulently activating SIM cards through Aadhaar’s eKYC system after the activity was…
U.S. judge rules federal investigators can use suspect biometrics to unlock devices
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that federal investigators can use a suspect’s biometric features to unlock electronic devices,…
New California privacy law restricts sharing of biometrics and other personal data
California legislators have headed off tough proposed privacy legislation by unanimously passing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 9…
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