Idex Biometrics, Fingerprint Cards and Nuance executives discuss contactless, passwordless future
The pandemic has accidentally opened the door for biometric companies to showcase their technologies more widely, and made them some…
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Phone data and biometrics combined by Nuance, Smartnumbers to fight UK contact center fraud
Nuance has partnered with Smartnumbers to enhance the Nuance Network Validation Service for contact centers in the U.K. with upgraded…
U.S. Homeland Security fears mask use reduces public biometric surveillance effectiveness
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is concerned that COVID-19 measures recommending masks or making them mandatory in public spaces…
SWiP selfie biometrics payment solution deployed by Russian medical center
The European Medical Center (EMC), a private clinic in Moscow, Russia, has introduced contactless biometric payments with Selfie2Pay services, the…
Dutch research center says new vein biometrics sensor cannot be spoofed
Netherlands-based independent R&D lab Holst Center has developed an organic near-infrared large-area image sensor for biometric vein pattern detection to…
Biometrics expert discusses facial recognition regulation as Massachusetts’ proposed ban moves forward
A bill has been passed by the State Senate of Massachusetts which could block biometric facial recognition from use by…
Delta reaches out to consumers about airport biometrics, Amadeus and Daon discuss changing travel processes
As biometrics use in airports continues to increase rapidly, Delta has taken the step of addressing consumers with an article…
Yoti publishes demographic data for Age Scan accuracy and touts biometric phishing protection partnership
Yoti Age Scan has an average mean absolute error (MAE) rate of below one and a half for sixteen and seventeen…
Samsung patent filing shows multi-finger under-display biometrics to improve smartphone authentication
Fingerprint biometrics on mobile devices have thus far mostly been offered as a convenience feature, with challenges related to device…
Research to improve facial biometrics-based gender classification LGBTQ inclusivity criticized
A research paper attempting to model gender as a continuum to reduce bias and increase inclusivity in facial recognition applications…
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