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Articles By Chris Burt

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.

 

NEXT Biometrics introduces standard-compliant smart card with flexible fingerprint sensor and new peripheral device

NEXT Biometrics has launched the Oyster II peripheral fingerprint reader, and along with smart card manufacturing partner Tactilis is demonstrating…

 

IDEX advances biometric smartcard deployment, develops remote enrollment process

IDEX has partnered with security solution provider Feitian to commercialize a dual interface biometric smart card, and also developed a…

 

Crossmatch adds BehavioSec behavioural biometrics to DigitalPersona enterprise security application

Crossmatch has partnered with BehavioSec to integrate behavioural biometrics into its DigitalPersona 2.3 composite authentication solution, the companies announced Monday….

 

Pindrop voice authentication solution certified by Amazon Connect

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has certified Pindrop’s fraud detection and authentication capabilities for use with Amazon Connect, enabling customers to…

 

Google and Stanford researchers developing voice recognition models for medical conversations

Google is working with researchers and physicians at Stanford University on Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models to transcribe medical conversations….

 

Amazon boosts Rekognition facial image capacity and performance

Amazon has announced the addition of real-time face recognition across tens of millions of faces, and the capability of detecting…

 

Hotel selfie check-in showcased at Singapore Tourism Board conference

A mobile app enabling hotel guests to check-in through an automated process including authentication with a selfie was among eight…

 

CLEAR research shows holiday travelers interested in extending biometrics beyond the airport

More than four out of five (81 percent) holiday travelers taking airplanes this season are interested in extending their use…

 

AI facial recognition firm CloudWalk Technology raises $75M in Series B funding

China-based CloudWalk Technology has raised 500 million yuan ($75 million) in Series B funding as it rapidly expands its operations,…

 

Synaptics closing in on mass production of in-display fingerprint sensor

Synaptics shares have risen on a report by Keybanc semiconductors market analyst John Vinh that the company is closer to…

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