Facebook argues against class action certification in BIPA lawsuits
Facebook has told a federal judge in California that plaintiffs attempting to certify a pair of related class action suits…
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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.
Nuance voice biometrics solution hits milestone
Nuance Communications has announced that its voice biometrics solution sees 300 million consumers perform more than five billion authentications annually,…
TSA trials new facial recognition system at LAX to leverage digital travel documents
The Transportation Security Administration has begun a three-week trial of almost real-time facial recognition technology at Los Angeles International Airport,…
IAMIA touts Aadhaar potential, calls on UIDAI to initiate multi-stakeholder consultation
The Aadhaar system could transform India’s financial services industry, including banking, insurance, lending, and payments, by enabling paperless identification, according…
Brainchip reports quarterly cash flow and partnership with Gaming Partners International
Brainchip Holdings has signed a development and licensing agreement with Gaming Partners International to provide its vision recognition technology in…
IDEX focuses business on bringing biometric smartcards to mass market
IDEX is on track to deliver volume rollouts for biometric smartcards in 2018 as the market reaches a critical inflection…
Startup aims to improve efficiency of deep neural networks for image analysis and facial recognition
Purdue University-affiliated startup FWDNXT has developed a low-power mobile coprocessor for accelerating image recognition and classification by deep neural networks,…
Report blasts overbudget and delayed Australian biometric database replacement project
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) is AU$35 million (US$28 million) over budget and has “little to show” for a…
Millennials ready for biometrics, lax on passwords: IBM study
Two-thirds of all adults are comfortable using biometric authentication today, and 87 percent would consider using it in the future,…
Samsung may combine facial recognition and iris scanning for Galaxy S9 unlock
Samsung may combine facial and iris recognition into a single scan for unlocking its Galaxy S9 lineup of mobile devices,…
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