Mixed progress for digital IDs linked to payments in Japan, Australia and India
In a wave of digital transformations across multiple nations, Japan has faced challenges with its My Number digital ID system,…
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Coughers identified in algorithm study
It is a development that begs the question, what bodily function will not be turned into a biometric identifier. Researchers…
Everyone has an opinion about AI policies and regulations
The European Union’s plenary vote on the AI Act is June 14, but a political skirmish around remote biometric surveillance…
EU rights agency says impact of large biometric systems ‘partly unknown’
Europe has had a difficult 2022: The war in Ukraine has brought a flood of refugees to the European Union…
Judges decide cops can’t use black-box biometrics systems in criminal case
In an enforceable blow for transparency in facial recognition, an appeals court in the U.S. state of New Jersey has…
Lawsuit alleges facial recognition contract breach, amid questions about litigant
Motorola-owned brand Vigilant may be anything but, says a legal challenge filed by a mysterious company called Likeness Data LLC….
ID platform from Vouched, Zenoo helping Ukrainian refugees access vital services
Displaced persons from Ukraine are able to enjoy safe passage and settlement anywhere in the world thanks to an identity…
Trust Stamp forced to sell shares again; cuts value of a previous share sale
Six months after reporting a fiscal 2022 jump in revenue and losses, digital identity services firm Trust Stamp is seeking…
Pilot phase of biometric vaccination system for Kenyan newborns goes live
The rollout of a biometric system to manage the vaccination journey of children below the age of five years in…
Google Photos now suggesting names when no face visible
It may not exactly be back-of-the-head recognition, or male-pattern-baldness biometrics, but Google Photos appears to have developed a way to…
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