Removing facial features associated with race and gender can make face biometric algorithms less likely to confuse people with others…
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SIA promotes digital ID document verification techniques amid expanded issuance
The Secure Identity Alliance has issued guidance on new techniques in digital ID document verification and authenticity checks. Optical Machine…
UL develops compliance program for mobile driver’s license tools
UL has developed a certification program for electronic identification (eID) products for compliance to ISO/IEC 18013-5:2021, the protocol standard for…
Research partnership to use iPhone biometrics to detect depression, cognitive decline
Apple is collaborating with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Biogen on new biometric capabilities for iPhones aimed…
Tessi scales up with Smart Engines’ digital ID document processing
Smart Engines’ AI-based document scanning and authentication technology enables business process services provider Tessi to perform large-scale digital processing of…
Edge voice dev kit, funding revealed as market for NLP-focused hardware grows
The market for Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ambient sound solutions seems to be growing steadily, as new companies announce…
Selfie biometrics deployments from public agency to popular video game
Selfie biometrics have been adopted by public and private organizations in several sectors, while authentication technology providers continue to expand…
Digital ID infrastructure broadens economies, worth the effort — panel
In an interesting twist, a bureaucrat from a tiny West African nation has advice about fielding digital IDs in developed…
Patients and patience – Identity Week Day 1
The Identity Week 2021 conference in London is bringing together digital identity and biometrics technology vendors and buyers, government officials…
Threat of AI taking over hasn’t gone anywhere
In case anyone forgot, the AI singularity remains a threat to everyone. The singularity is one of many technology-driven worries…
