Analyst boosts Nvidia share price target as AI facial recognition market booms
The market for mass facial recognition and traffic monitoring could be worth up to $5 billion in additional sales for…
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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.
Australian government cancels NEC biometrics services contract
Australia’s Federal Government has terminated a contract for Biometric Identification Services (BIS) with NEC Australia due to project delays, ARN…
Alibaba and TAS partner to bring facial and voice recognition to Australian financial sector
Alibaba Cloud and Australian technology provider TAS have formed a partnership to bring Alibaba’s facial recognition, artificial intelligence, and data…
Apple patent application describes gaze tracking system with facial recognition
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published a patent application by Apple for a gaze tracking system which could…
iQIYI launches multimodal biometric celebrity recognition competition
Chinese online entertainment service iQIYI is accepting applications for AI programming competition “Celebrity Video Identification Challenge.” Hundreds of teams from…
Valencell raises $10.5 million to expand sales growth
Wearable biometric sensor maker Valencell has raised $10.5 million in Series E funding led by Sonion a/s to invest in…
ID4Africa survey shows identity authorities want physical credentials for biometric systems
Every year ID4Africa conducts an extensive survey of professionals at African identity authorities about topics such as their priorities and…
Zimbabwe to use Hikvision facial recognition technology for border control
Zimbabwe’s government has confirmed that facial recognition AI technology donated by Chinese company Hikvision will be used for international border…
NEC facial recognition technology implemented by Algerian smartphone maker Bomare
Algerian smartphone manufacturer and vendor Bomare will integrate facial recognition software from NEC in its “Stream System” Android devices to…
Huawei upgrades Smart Airport platform with more intelligent video and IoT interactivity
Huawei has launched its Smart Airport 2.0 Solution, which provides facial recognition technology to advance passengers quickly from security check…
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