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BioID liveness detection added to Digidentity biometrics, identity proofing for Gov.uk Verify

BioID has partnered with Solera Holdings’ subsidiary Digidentity to provide biometric anti-spoofing liveness detection and automated identity proofing for the…

 

SOFTwarfare launches biometric MFA for passwordless for mobile, enterprise security

Cloud service integration business SOFTwarfare has released biometric multi-factor authentication technology dubbed BioThenticate, which adds an extra security layer for…

 

An old carny trick goes high tech — AI guesses ages better than we can

A facial recognition algorithm written by German researchers is pretty good at guessing both the age and ethnicity of faces…

 

Digital ID talk in Europe can’t get past centralization question

A roundtable discussion this week sponsored by the European Parliament about digital identities only deviated from boilerplate sentiment about the…

 

Apple patents potential new Face ID biometrics system, to launch face recognition to iMac

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Apple 43 new patents, one describing an advanced TrueDepth camera for 3D…

 

Germany bans passport photo morphing to prevent biometric spoofs at border checks

The German government is banning passport photo morphing, which can be used to assign multiple identities to a single passport…

 

Vuzix raises over $11M and Datasonic secures $1.7M contract as biometrics market sees growth ahead

Publicly traded biometrics companies and their partners have been updating investors and the media about their sales and prospects as…

 

UCCS facial recognition dataset creator says research succeeded and privacy concerns misplaced

A biometrics researcher at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is setting the record straight about a facial recognition…

 

Pangea and IDnow pitch biometric immunity credentials, Nomidio CEO calls for trusted identity guardian

Pangea has launched an end-to-end platform for issuing biometric smartcard-based COVID-19 immunity or travel credentials in an effort to support the…

 

Green Packet to pay $10M for biometrics provider Xendity as firms partner up for remote ID checks

Malaysian tech company Green Packet Berhad has acquired biometric eKYC specialist Xendity for $10 million to boost its identity verification capabilties,…

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