NY Police Chief argues facial recognition improves safety without infringing rights
Policing has changed a significantly over the past few decades, and biometric facial recognition has become a highly valuable tool…
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Innovatrics launches platform to intelligently link biometric technologies
Innovatrics has announced the launch of a new Biometric Ecosystem platform to intelligently link independent multimodal technologies and customer-based services…
More than 4 in 5 Americans support airport biometrics, Unisys survey shows
A large majority of Americans support the use of biometrics to verify their identities at airports, amid growing concern about…
Verato signs partner and wins top ranking among patient matching services
Cloud-based patient matching company Verato has signed up advance care planning company ADVault as the first partner in its Powered…
HID launches miniature device for privacy-preserving age checks with mobile ID
HID Global has launched a small device called the HID goID Simple Verifier to enable anyone to quickly perform an…
UK government launches plan to save its Verify digital identity service
The UK government has announced a series of steps to revive its flagging Gov.uk Verify digital identification service, including an…
The biometric trust
This is a guest post by Robert Capps, VP and authentication strategist at NuData Security, a Mastercard company. During the…
Suprema BioMini SDK now certified ‘Citrix-Ready’
Suprema announced that its BioMini software development kit (SDK) is now certified by Citrix as ‘Citrix Ready’. Citrix is used…
Investment in Chinese biometrics firms Megvii and SenseTime by U.S. institutions draws scrutiny
Several U.S. lawmakers from both parties have expressed concerns about investment in Chinese facial recognition unicorns Megvii and SenseTime by…
Civil society and industry tackle issues with biometrics and digital ID for social development
What do we mean by digital identity? Can institutions and governments be trusted to run ID systems? Who should implement…
Biometric Market Analysis and Buyer's Guides
- Biometric Physical Access Control
- Digital Identity Verification
- Deepfake Detection
- Online Age Assurance
- Facial Liveness Detection