Irish and US researchers improve biometric age estimation with facial embeddings
A team of scientists from University College Dublin, Intel Ireland, and The University of Texas at San Antonio has improved…
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Enhanced infrastructure to deliver Nigeria’s biometric digital ID planned for NIMC
Nigeria’s Communications and Digital Economy Minister Dr. Isa Pantami says plans are afoot to equip the National Identity Management Commission…
Homeland Security cheers its emerging digital ID privacy technology — an online portal
The mobile portal launched in February by the Department of Homeland Security for travelers will protect the privacy and digital…
Real-time facial recognition system deployment blocked by Italian data protection authority
The Italian data protection authority (Garante) has published a new document in which it declared the Sari Real Time facial…
Idemia takes over SA’s delayed biometric project amid allegations of contract irregularities
South Africa’s Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) project has finally been handed over to Idemia as the country’s Department of…
Is the US getting serious about the trade in biometrics?
Two bills have been introduced in the U.S. Congress to end what now is a free-for-all among police and intelligence…
Biometrics for retail payments rolled out by Amazon, Sberbank, FPC
Amazon is bringing its palm biometric payment system to Whole Foods stores, according to a report by CNBC. Amazon One was…
BIO-key PortalGuard IDaaS adopted by two more Colleges
Barstow Community College and Southeastern Illinois College are the latest customers to sign up for identity and access management (IAM)…
HID Global launches workforce multi-factor authentication solution
HID Global has launched its WorkforceID Authentication to general availability, giving enterprises a cloud solution for issuing, managing and using…
BixeLab becomes first NIST-approved biometrics testing lab in Southern Hemisphere
BixeLab is now fully accredited to perform independent third-party testing and reporting for biometric systems by the U.S. National Institute of…
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