Biometric registration programs announced, commenced, disrupted and debated across Africa
Nationwide biometric voter registration is underway in Ghana where the head of the electoral commission shares the rate of voters…
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Identification from a safe distance trends this week in biometrics news
Biometrics solutions for safe work and financial transactions continue to be launched, and increasingly rolled out, as the world plans…
Biometrics, touch controls and AI for self-driving training enter growing automotive technology market
Gesture recognition is expected to blossom as a method of interaction between vehicles and the people traveling in them, with…
National Cybersecurity Center joins ID2020 Alliance to support digital ID privacy and security at crucial point
The National Cybersecurity Center (NCC) has joined ID2020 as an Alliance partner to advance the common goals of securing individual and…
Biometrics and digital ID providers launch health credential, detection and temperature screening for COVID-19 recovery
The newest wave of products and initiatives for COVID-19 safety from biometrics and digital ID innovators includes a health credential…
UK government looking into another new digital identity scheme
A new digital identity scheme for business is being proposed by the UK government, nearly ten years since the government…
Onfido reports massive growth in facial biometrics sales driven by U.S. demand
Onfido has reported a 40 percent quarter-over-quarter rise in global sales ending June 30, 2020, and a 264 percent year-over-year…
SuperCom starts biometric location tracking pilots in new regions, gets Nasdaq letter on late filing
SuperCom’s people location tracking technology will be implemented in three pilots in the Caribbean, Central America and South America, with equipment on its…
Facial recognition needs auditing and ethics standards to be safe, AI Now bias critic argues
The artificial intelligence community needs to begin developing the vocabulary to define and clearly explain the harms the technology can…
China goes beyond face recognition to take DNA swabs of Hong Kong protesters
The Chinese government seems intent on demonstrating the darkest fears people have about biometric surveillance. Bloomberg is reporting on DNA confiscation…
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