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Accops Systems adds vendor-neutral biometrics to identity and access management

Accops Systems has upgraded HyID, its multi-factor identity and access management solution with biometric authentication based on fingerprint and facial…

 

Tech giants pressured to follow Google in removing gender labels from computer vision services

Google’s move to eliminate gender labels from its artificial intelligence-powered computer vision services has put pressure on Microsoft, Amazon, and…

 

Biometrics and digital ID across Africa this week: savings and costs in Nigeria, divisions in Tanzania, Ghana

Once again, Nigeria dominates the biometrics news agenda in Africa and this week; even a university has resorted to biometric…

 

Liveness detection, FIDO2 and RSA grab headlines but Idex Biometrics tops this week’s news

RSA Conference managed to go ahead this week, and grabbed a fair share of headlines, as did FIDO2 and passwordless…

 

Trial of ITS biometric kiosks for new EU EES at Iceland airport successful, Clear launches at Lambert

A pilot of BorderXpress biometric kiosks from Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS) at Keflavik International Airport in Iceland has been successfully…

 

UAE, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Western Balkans in passport and border biometrics news

The Federal Customs Authority (FCA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is launching a Smart Mobile Passenger Inspection Unit which…

 

French high court rules against biometric facial recognition use in high schools

A lawsuit seeking to block biometric facial recognition technology pilots in two high schools in French cities of Nice and…

 

Priorities of identity for development in Africa to be debated at ID4Africa 2020

Details on the agenda for the upcoming ID4Africa 2020 annual meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco are being shared in a series…

 

DOJ asks: How should biometrics be added to Con Air?

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering the addition of biometric verification to two mobile apps used by the government…

 

Acuant adds passive liveness to face biometrics system for omnichannel identity verification

Acuant has added advanced passive liveness testing to the biometric facial recognition capabilities of its FaceID and WebID offerings for…

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