Megvii expanding facial recognition technology market reach into Southeast Asia
Beijing-based facial recognition startup Megvii has appointed a distributor in Thailand and is negotiating with commercial banks and building management…
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Goodix integrates electromagnetic signal tools from Helic to improve solution design flow
Electromagnetic-aware (EM-aware) synthesis, modelling, analysis, and signoff tools from Helic have been integrated with Goodix Design Flow to enable designers…
BBVA continuing development of facial recognition payment system
Spain-based bank BBVA has announced the launch of a facial recognition payment system using the technology provided by its joint…
VoiceAI providing voice recognition for Indonesia pension distribution scheme
Voice recognition technology from Shenzhen-based startup VoiceAI is being used by Taspen, which manages retirement funds for Indonesian civil servants,…
UK tax agency said to have collected 5.1 million biometric voiceprints without explicit consent
The UK tax agency has collected 5.1 million biometric voice records through its Voice ID authentication service since January 2017,…
AnyVision facial recognition to provide ticketless entry at London stadium this summer
Facial recognition technology from AnyVision will be deployed at a London stadium for ticketless event entry this summer, the Evening…
Trust Stamp develops human trafficking victim identification system with facial recognition
Artificial intelligence startup Trust Stamp has developed a system to find victims of human trafficking using facial recognition to match…
Kairos refuses contract to provide Axon with facial recognition system
AI and facial recognition company Kairos has declined to provide police body camera maker Axon with its software, according to…
Samsung S10 slated for 3D facial recognition and in-display fingerprint sensor, maybe no iris recognition
Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S10 and S10 Plus flagship smartphones may trade the iris recognition technology of current models for 3D…
Android P to require 7 percent FAR standard for authentication with BiometricPrompt API
Android P’s BiometricPrompt API will use a 7 percent combined spoof accept rate (SAR) and imposter accept rate (IAR) as…
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