Zimbabwe claims passport backlog is eliminated with 600K issued since January 2022
Zimbabwe has issued more than 600,000 passports holding the bearer’s biometrics on an electronic chip, Bulawyo24 reports, clearing a backlog…
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US, Kyrgyzstan, India hunt criminals with facial recognition watchlists
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reportedly used facial recognition and fingerprint biometric data to locate an alleged Bosnian…
Spies want to disguise voices while researchers work to detect voice spoofs
A U.S. intelligence project incubator has announced it is looking for help creating anonymous real-time speech algorithms that disguise a…
EU Parliament approves AI Act amid heated biometrics debates
The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act entered its final phase on Wednesday after the European Parliament adopted its position on…
Tech5 Co-founder Rahul Parthe joins PassiveBolt as strategic advisor
Co-founder and CTO of biometrics and digital ID company Tech5 Rahul Parthe has become a strategic advisor and investor for…
Mitek stands on the edge of delisting from Nasdaq yet again
Digital ID vendor Mitek Systems has yet file required quarterly reports with Nasdaq, the exchange on which it is traded,…
Cameroon partners with French Devt Agency to ramp up birth registration
Cameroon’s Minister of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Alamine Ousmane Mey, on Friday June 9, signed a partnership agreement…
Jenetric acquisition by Dermalog consolidates German biometrics market
Fingerprint biometrics developer Jenetric, best known for its optical scanners built with thin film technology (TFT), has been acquired by…
Fingerprint Cards joins World Economic Forum community
Nasdaq-listed Fingerprint Cards claims it is the first biometric company to become a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)…
Nigeria popularizes tokenization for ID verification, assures of data protection
The National Identity Management Commission of Nigeria (NIMC) has been explaining the ease with which Nigerians with a National Identification…
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