Facial recognition to replace passport checkup at Thailand’s most crowded airports
Thailand’s Transport Ministry wants to roll out its biometric-enabled smart airport initiative across five top airports to improve passenger experience,…
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Neurotechnology claims top spot on NIST biometric fingerprint interoperability leaderboard
Neurotechnology has achieved the top position on the leaderboard of the latest National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) MINEX…
UNHCR using biometric iris scanning to register Syrian refugees coming into Iraq
United Nations’ refugee agency the UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has been using biometric iris scans to register refugees,…
UK academics introduce improved neural network for highly precise facial recognition
Researchers from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Vision, Speech, and Signal Processing have been working on a more precise…
Voice biometrics startup V2verify joins Dreamit accelerator Fall 2019 lineup
Dreamit Ventures is kicking off its startup accelerator programs for Fall 2019, with 17 startups from across America participating in…
Digital rights groups call for moratorium on biometrics in digital ID systems
Digital rights organization Access Now has posted an open letter to its website, co-signed by numerous other organizations in the…
Evident ID upgrades AI-solution portfolio to verify over 3,000 licenses in minutes
Identity and credential verification platform Evident ID can now verify within minutes more than 3,000 types of professional licenses such…
New approaches and technologies to fulfill the online security promise of biometrics
Biometrics are often associated with strong security both in the public consciousness and within the industry. Part of the reason…
SIA warns Congress against facial recognition moratorium as Huawei warns industry to listen to concerns
U.S. Congress should not place a moratorium on facial recognition technology, but instead collaborate with all stakeholders to address concerns…
UN commission exec calls for African nations to focus on civil registration for development gains
The importance of civil registration systems to economic and social development in African nations was emphasized in a speech by…
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