Cameroon launches video surveillance with live facial recognition in largest city
An Annex facility of the National Command and Control Centre for Video Surveillance has gone operational in Douala in a…
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Bhutan’s digital ID bill scales through National Assembly amid accountability concerns
Members of the National Assembly of Bhutan on Monday June 19 overwhelmingly voted in favour the National Identity Bill which…
Philippines wants to add iris biometrics to tackle double voter registration
As part of efforts to reduce the rate of double registrations during voter enrollment, the Commission on Elections of the…
Paravision takes top spot in accuracy matching to NIST’s new high-angle dataset
An algorithm from Paravision has been found most accurate in the newest category added to the National Institute of Standards…
Texas preps for bids to upgrade its digital ID and IAM system
The U.S. state of Texas is planning to seek bids to update its digital ID system. As part of the…
Details of HID tech partner program for mobile solutions revealed
HID Global has named several of the first participants in its Origo Technology Partner Program, which is focused on developing…
A nice $14M seed for an AI company making model-monitoring software
Machine learning software maker Deepchecks has received a healthy $14 million seed round. Company executives have taken the opportunity to…
Are decentralized IDs a question of culture? Experts discuss Web3
As digital identities sweep the world, more technologists are looking at how to ensure identity privacy and security by building…
Theft of driver’s license data in Louisiana could be a big test for digital ID
There are reports that 6 million public records have been exposed in the U.S. state of Louisiana, part of a…
US state, Ireland curb police use of facial recognition
The push and pull of police policy governing biometric surveillance has been tugged hard by privacy advocates. Law enforcement in…
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