Nigeria state election suffers biometric voter verification failures, polls declared inconclusive
The governorship election in Nigeria’s Anambra state on November 6 was seriously affected by failure of the biometric voter accreditation…
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Tourism industry deploys computer vision in Kazakhstan and Japan
Smart Engines is supplying its optical character recognition (OCR) technology to HT.KZ, a leading travel agency in Kazakhstan, to facilitate border…
Dutch festival promoters split on face biometrics for event entry
Dutch regulators and at least some event organizers feel biometric facial authentication is a “drastic” step to take for authenticating…
Failed institutions incite fear of Mexico’s biometric national ID plan
Centralized biometric databases held by untrusted governments that have not passed robust data protection laws continue to elicit criticism and…
1Kosmos achieves certification, supplies selfie biometrics for Outseer
Advanced biometrics solutions provider 1Kosmos has announced the company has received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)…
Apple patents: mask fix for face biometrics, gestures in video conferencing
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a total of 56 newly-granted patents for Apple, including one to…
Aussie state police considering broader biometrics platform
Calls to pause law enforcement use of facial recognition notwithstanding, state police officials in Australia are considering a very much…
Neuro-ID secures $35M for real-time behavior analysis expansion in Series B
Behavioral analytics specialist Neuro-ID has secured $35 million in Series B to acquire talent expand globally for its services for large-scale…
Sectoral digital ID cards requested in India, Ghana, advance in Ethiopia
Roadside and pushcart vendors in India have written a petition asking the Union government to issue them biometric ID cards…
Biometrics regulations and standards moving market
Push and pull on biometrics and related technologies from regulations and standards is one of the main through-lines of the…
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