UK government considering options for regulating biometrics use
UK Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes says the government is considering options for regulating the use of facial recognition and other…
Facial Recognition
A facial recognition system is a computer application for automatically identifying or verifying a person from a two- or three-dimensional digital image or a frame from a video source. It is typically used in security systems alone or in combination with other factors. Can also be used to perform liveness detection. Find facial recognition solutions here.
German facial biometrics startup Saffe touts overall top-15 NIST testing result
Saffe Ltd. has placed 14th in the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT), based…
Evident ID raises $20 million to develop facial biometrics and expand to meet onboarding demand
Identity and credential verification platform provider Evident ID has raised $20 million in Series B financing. The funds will be…
Ever AI under fire for using photo app images to train facial biometrics without adequate transparency
Photo storage app Ever used images uploaded by customers to create albums in the cloud were used to develop Ever…
Oakland considers banning public facial recognition use as San Francisco police amendments accepted
Oakland may not be far behind San Francisco in banning facial biometrics use by city departments, GovTech reports. The Oakland…
Megvii raises $750M to expand facial biometrics business ahead of reported Hong Kong IPO
Megvii has raised $750 million, giving the Face++ biometric facial recognition-maker a valuation of just over $4 billion ahead of…
NEC to deploy biometric cctv surveillance system in Gurugram City, India
NEC Technologies India (NECTI) has been awarded a contract as the master system integrator for installing CCTV surveillance and traffic…
Google announces edge face and voice biometrics at I/O Conference
Google has launched a new smart home hub with biometric facial recognition processed at the edge, and reduced its voice…
Shanghai deploys smart city system with biometric facial recognition from Alibaba
Shanghai has deployed Alibaba Group Holding’s City Brain public surveillance system with 1,100 biometric facial recognition cameras and drones to…
Drover deploys Onfido identity verfication technology to onboard new users
Mobility-as-a-service platform Drover has deployed Onfido identity verification technology to quickly onboard and get new users on the road. Drover…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection