Samsung patents combined button and in-display fingerprint sensor
A patent for a combined home button and in-display fingerprint sensor filed by Samsung with WIPO has been published, LetsGoDigital…
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EFF sounds alarm over the DHS HART biometric database
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) database will likely become the largest repository of biometric…
Philippines’ military to acquire facial recognition software for terror intelligence
Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said during a television interview this week that the country’s military will acquire facial recognition…
Global next-generation biometrics market predicted to grow by over 22 percent through 2023
The global market for next-generation biometrics will grow by at a CAGR of higher than 22 percent to reach an…
Orbita and AARP to collaborate on voice solutions for health care
Orbita, a company providing conversational artificial intelligence systems for health-care applications, has announced a collaboration with AARP (formerly known as…
IOM installing 10-digit fingerprint readers at Somalian ports of entry
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has begun installing ten-digit fingerprint readers at the first two of eight Somalian ports of…
Banking group urges regulators to approve biometrics and other technologies to ease compliance burden
The Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association says regulators should approve more new technologies for KYC and anti money…
Scientists develop new “brain password” biometric using electrical response to images
Scientists at the University at Buffalo (UB) have developed a method of identifying an individual by reading their brainwaves as…
Bank of the West to use Pindrop voice biometrics for fraud detection
Bank of the West will use Pindrop’s proprietary machine learning-powered voice biometrics technology for fraud detection as part of its…
Nigeria mandates fingerprint authentication at all polling stations for 2019 election
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that card readers must be present at all polling stations to perform…
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