‘Grammy said I could stay up late!’ Amazon hints at deepfake voices as family bonding
Amazon executives say they want to give their Alexa voice assistant the ability to mimic any voice it is trained…
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Russia uses its facial recognition system to show reporters who’s the boss
In a nation where journalists who refuse to take the Kremlin’s line are sometimes murdered, news of reporters being surveilled…
Flash a QR and your face biometrics and American will put you in a jet seat
Mobile IDs are coming to American Airlines customers. The company is using facial recognition to verify U.S. passenger information, enabling…
School security summit pushes object and facial recognition tech, leans on humans
On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier to carry a concealed firearm, a panel including…
The US wants access to EU biometric police files — report
A report out of Germany says the United States wants direct access to the police biometrics databases of European Union…
Two new funds – one for digital ID access management, one for trust tech
Fifty million is the biometrics funding number of the day. In the United States, Ping Ventures, a new corporate venture…
U of Nebraska prepares to do whole-body biometric recognition from far-off sensors
Researchers in the U.S. state of Nebraska are preparing for biometric experiments to test facial and whole-body recognition. The Defense…
Scot committee likes Biometrics Commissioner’s data ideas; suggests he expand vision
Having drafted a code of practice for biometric use by three Scottish law enforcement agencies earlier this month, that nation’s…
Big little investment: $3M in seed for digital ID startup Allthenticate
As seed financing goes, the just-completed round for passwordless digital ID authentication startup Allthenticate is notable. The company took brought…
Russia tries to revive twice-bumped biometric surveillance net, put it near Ukraine
A biometric surveillance system that was only partially built across Russia before being shut down might get a new life…
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