UAE Cabinet approves trial of facial recognition for private sector services
The Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has endorsed a move to introduce face biometrics for some sectors in…
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EyeLock secures biometric access control distribution deal with IrisScanners
EyeLock has announced a new distribution agreement with physical security and biometric solutions distributor IrisScanners to bring iris recognition for…
Aware appoints new board member, BioRugged brings on biometrics project specialist
Aware has appointed Gery Evee to its Board of Directors as a Class I director and a member of its nominating…
LoginRadius extends native mobile device biometrics to app authentication
Cloud-based consumer identity solutions provider LoginRadius says it has found a way to make authentication to mobile apps with native…
Hodgepodge campaigns in US nipping at big biometric privacy questions
A number of federal and state officials are separately talking about biometric privacy. Rather than raising expectations for coherent guidance…
Nodeflux and BasisAI partner on face biometrics following explainable AI startup program
Artificial intelligence technology firm BasisAI has run a prototype program with 12 startups in Singapore to help them develop their…
Patent filings suggest dual biometrics from Apple, mask-agnostic facial recognition from GBT
Apple and startup GBT Technologies have each filed for patents on biometric capabilities for mobile devices. Apple files to extend…
Use of BIO-key’s biometric MFA expands across US state to secure voter database access
A U.S. West Coast State election office is expanding its deployment of BIO-key’s biometric multi-factor authentication (MFA) technology to provide…
Biometrics partnerships and regional symbiosis driving election opportunities: Laxton
The green field opportunities for election systems in Africa allow the development of technologies more advanced than those used in…
Next steps for government digital ID systems considered in UK, Australia, Netherlands
The UK government is planning to set up a single sign-on (SSO) and uniform digital ID system across all government…
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