IPO and $2B funding round could be coming for Chinese AI biometrics unicorns
Megvii is considering making an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange to raise up to $1 billion…
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.
China appoints ethics committee amid artificial intelligence push
Artificial intelligence researcher Chen Xiaoping is leading a new AI ethics committee established in China to develop guidelines which address…
Japan to fund airport biometrics with new travel tax
Japan’s government is planning to apply a tax of 1,000 yen (roughly US$9.25) to air travel and boat tickets to…
Megvii demos facial biometrics for Android devices at CES debut
Megvii is demonstrating its AI Face Unlocking technology for secure mobile device unlocking and payments with facial biometrics in its…
OneVisage and globaliD partner for onboarding with 3D facial biometrics
3D authentication company OneVisage has formed a partnership with digital identity service provider globaliD to integrate its facial biometric technology…
Ambarella launches camera processor for real-time facial recognition on edge devices
Computer vision semiconductor company Ambarella has introduced a new camera system-on-chip (SoC) which powers real-time facial recognition on edge devices….
CyberLink pitches facial recognition technology for diverse IoT use cases
CyberLink is demonstrating its FaceMe facial recognition technology in smart devices for retail, access control, and office systems at CES,…
One in four Americans support strict government limits on facial recognition
Roughly one in four Americans (26 percent) are in favor of strict government-imposed limits on the use of facial recognition,…
Startup PopCom to provide biometric vending machines for regulated products
Smart vending machine company PopCom has launched a Security Token Offering (STO) to raise up to $943,000 in funding to…
Japanese bank introducing biometric ATMs to open accounts
Japan’s Seven Bank will begin to incorporate facial recognition technology in its ATMs as soon as this fall to enable…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection