Amazon files patent for delivery drone customer verification and gesture recognition
Amazon has filed a patent for technology enabling its delivery drones to verify the identity of the person receiving the…
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Continued focus on privacy critical to foster growing public support for facial recognition: FaceFirst CEO
With the rapid increase in deployments of facial recognition technology across the U.S., social dialogue about its implications for public…
Chinese entities file 900 facial recognition patents in 2017
Chinese entities filed for over 900 facial recognition patents last year, including both government-backed institutions and the private sector, compared…
autonomous_ID partners with AKI to serve U.S. federal customers
U.S. federal contractor Akhiok-Kaguyak Inc. (AKI) and autonomous_ID have announced a partnership to provide the BIO_SOLE self-contained biometric credentialing system…
Pindrop to provide Phoneprinting for online retailer Shop Direct
Pindrop will provide its Phoneprinting technology to digital department store operator Shop Direct, Britain’s second largest pureplay online retailer, to…
Aadhaar facial recognition on track for July 1 as fresh breach allegation leveled and denied
Facial recognition will be available as a means of authentication for Aadhaar users beginning on July 1, 2018, Unique Identification…
U.S. law enforcement pushes for backdoor device access, Apple pushes back
The U.S. Department of Justice and FBI have been meeting with security researchers in a push to establish backdoor access…
FaceTec selected to secure Evrotrust app with face authentication
FaceTec’s ZoOm 3D Face Login has been selected by trust services provider Evrotrust to secure its remote identity verification app…
Biometrics top technologies travelers want to improve experience
More than six out of ten travelers are hoping for wider and faster deployment of biometric technologies to speed up…
Scottish Independent Advisory Group recommends oversight measures for police biometrics system
A Scottish Independent Advisory Group on Biometric Data has made a series of recommendations regarding the use of biometrics by…
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