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Articles By Masha Borak

Masha Borak is a technology journalist. Her work has appeared in Wired, Business Insider, Rest of World, and other media outlets. Previously she reported for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Reach out to her at masha@biometricupdate.com.

 

Corsight lands safe city deal in Philippines

Corsight AI has landed a deal to supply another city with facial recognition surveillance technology, this time in the Philippines….

 

UN’s 50-in-5 DPI campaign welcomes new members

The UN’s 50-in-5 campaign has signed up 6 new countries to its goal to speed up digital public infrastructure (DPI)…

 

Norwegian BankID parent targets European expansion with acquisition

BankAxept AS, the operator of Norway’s largest digital identity BankID, is expanding its footprint in Europe. The company has acquired…

 

UK productivity, fraud prevention goals motivate digital ID rethink: David Birch

Digital identity is going back on the agenda in the UK. British lawmakers are arguing that some ID is “inevitable”…

 

Worry over identity fraud rises

Anxiety about identity fraud has seen a sharp rise among consumers in developed countries, fueled by worries over the development…

 

ASIS proposes school security standard

As school violence and shootings continue shaking the United States, security is becoming a hot topic with investment pouring into…

 

Digital public infrastructure a pillar of UN’s ambitious Global Digital Compact

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) has made it into the United Nation’s ambitious Pact for the Future, designed to boost cooperation…

 

Civil society warns Europe’s digital borders making life harder for migrants

Poor planning, technical issues and concerns over human rights and data protection are plaguing the rollout of the UK’s upcoming…

 

AI Act could inform biometrics standards for European identity regulation

The European Union’s AI Act may not achieve the “Brussels effect” – incentivizing non-EU countries to accept changes in AI…

 

The Quad should take up digital public infrastructure as one of its goals: Carnegie

As the U.S. prepares to host the fourth Quad Leaders’ Summit, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is calling on…

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