New capabilities to compliment voice biometrics announced by Sensory, AWS, LumenVox
Sensory has announced support for multiple wake words among a set of new capabilities for its TrulyHandsfree offering, enabling custom…
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World Bank accused of unknowingly funding China’s biometric surveillance in Xinjiang
Was China’s surveillance state built with World Bank loans? According to official procurement documents, China tried to use the World…
Zwipe warms up for Nasdaq First North listing to capitalize on biometric card commercialization
Zwipe has applied to be considered for Nasdaq First North Growth Market Listing. The company previously said it would consider…
Rapid DNA technology piloted by Edmonton Police Service
Rapid DNA biometric technology funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and developed by Massachusetts-…
Senators make their case for proposed U.S. facial biometrics law at Brookings
A recent panel discussion was hosted by the Brookings Institute to discuss how the U.S. government and law enforcement officials…
Biometrics stocks news: AMS reaches Osram deal, RealNetworks, FPC, Google-Fitbit and OneConnect
AMS has emerged victorious from the bidding war over Osram, picking up 55 percent of the company’s shares with a…
Port of Seattle pushes back on facial recognition as TSA plans next steps for biometric pilots
The launch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) Biometric Exit at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has been halted, after the…
Birth registrations climb 20 percent in a decade, but progress needed to meet SDG 16.9, UNICEF says
Birth registrations have significantly improved, causing hope that the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 16.9, which includes universal free birth…
House unanimously passes deepfake bill; Senate version still in committee
The bipartisan House Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act (IOGAN Act), which supports critical research to accelerate the development…
Rapid DNA biometrics identify victims in 90 minutes in California boat fire case
Passengers and a crew member killed in a boat fire in September off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, California,…
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