The promise in palm biometrics: BU Podcast talks with Handwave CEO Janis Stirna
The digital wallet revolution assumes a credential on your phone is harder to lose. But if that’s the primary metric,…
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New funding for Descope brings total seed financing to $88 million
Identity and access management (IAM) platform Descope, which integrates biometrics and liveness detection from Incode, has announced an extension and…
FTC warns companies not to soften policy to accommodate UK, EU online safety laws
The U.S. government does not like Europe’s new digital safety laws. It does not like them on free speech, claiming…
Norway’s data privacy watchdog seeks ban on remote biometric identification
Norway is exploring stronger regulations on AI – and a potential ban on biometric recognition technology for surveillance. A translated…
Meta allows impersonation scams to run rampant as political deepfakes hawk phony benefits
By now, it is hardly a secret that social media, and Facebook in particular, has become a garbage dump for…
UN panel on digital ID and AI coasts on assumptions about role of AI agents
At an event held during the 80th UN General Assembly, a discussion addressed the question of “Trusted Digital Identity for…
In Bahrain and beyond, digital identity enters the post office
The postman’s motto says that neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the mail from being delivered….
World wants big retail partners to house more of its Orbs
When Worldcoin rebranded as World a year ago, it laid out a plan to scale operations that included more locations…
Hungary law permitting live facial recognition at outlawed Pride event challenged
The government of Hungary under Viktor Orbán does not like LGBTQ people, and has enacted policies to reflect that. This…
New Zealand could have mobile driver’s licenses by end of 2025
Neighboring Australia has hogged the digital headlines of late, largely through its incoming age restrictions on social media platforms. But…
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