Fiji plans biometric national ID system
Fiji’s government is planning a new national identification system secured by facial recognition and other biometrics, replacing the several ID…
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Iraq extends biometric voter registration for IDPs
The Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq has extended the biometric voter card registration period for internally displaced persons (IDPs)…
I3 to provide latent fingerprint support services to FBI bomb analysis center
Ideal Innovations announced today that it was recently awarded a contract supporting the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Explosive Device…
MobileIron launches new zero sign-on technology for cloud service authentication
New zero sign-on technology from MobileIron is now available to provide secure authentication to enterprise cloud services without passwords, leveraging…
Australia pauses biometric boarding trial as pilots in India and Russia begin
The only operational trial of biometric facial recognition smartgates at Australia’s international airports’ arrival gates has been put on hold…
Facial recognition debate flares up in Israel and continues in UK and Australia
Cameras deep inside the Palestinian West Bank with facial recognition from Israeli biometrics company AnyVision allow authorities in Israel to…
Goodix sues Egis Technology for alleged in-display fingerprint sensor patent infringement
Goodix has filed a patent infringement complaint against Egis Technology with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, alleging EgisTec has used…
Disagreement and consensus building among African digital ID authorities at ID4Africa 2019
African government representatives and select other identity ecosystem stakeholders discussed the importance of building incentives by delivering high-priority services at…
City Football Group to pilot Blink Identity facial biometrics to enhance fan experience
Blink Identity has won the City Startup Challenge, a five-day startup competition in Manchester, England hosted by City Football Group…
Neurotechnology’s SkyBiometry improves biometric cloud face detection algorithm
Neurotechnology subsidiary SkyBiometry has launched a new version of its biometric face detection and recognition algorithm with significant accuracy enhancements…
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