Salto brings biometric smart locks to North America
The U.S. and Canada are about to receive a new European competitor in the access control space. Spain-based Salto Systems…
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Investment in identity security on the rise
Identity security is rising fast, with companies now managing a plethora of identity and access management (IAM) tools, privilege access…
Veratad, Trinsic partnership expands IDMax reusable digital ID network
A partnership between biometrics and identity provider Veratad Technologies and identity network aggregator Trinsic will drive a “significant expansion” of…
Lawsuit casts new light on ICE, CBP’s expanding biometric, visual surveillance dragnet
A sweeping 103-page federal lawsuit filed by the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago against the Trump administration…
UK to reverse course on mandatory use of national digital ID for RTW checks: reports
People in the UK are still getting a national digital ID in 2029, but it will not be mandatory for…
Face biometrics heavily featured at Intersec Dubai 2026
Intersec Dubai 2026 kicked off with Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum opening the twenty-seventh edition of the…
ROC expects $17M from IPO for American-made biometrics and computer vision
ROC has amended its plan to list an initial public offering on the Nasdaq, and is now expecting to raise…
TSA Touchless ID biometric entry lanes coming to 50 additional US airports
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is expanding its PreCheck Touchless ID program, promising deployments in a total of 65 airports…
With Gemini integration, Walmart joins effort to ‘infuse AI into every bit of shopping’
It was a matter of time before the large language model (LLM) chatbots we have come to call “AI” became…
Okta begins beta test of digital identity verification for US mDLs
A new capability launched to limited availability by Okta enables organizations to carry out identity verification with government-issued verifiable digital…
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