Startup Yobe secures $1.8M seed funding to bring voice recognition to noisy environments
Voice technology startup Yobe has secured $1.8 million in seed funding from Clique Capital Partners to accelerate the commercialization of…
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Microsoft unveils AI-powered meeting transcription device with facial and voice recognition
Microsoft has unveiled a prototype of a new device with facial and voice recognition for facilitating business meetings at its…
Digital driver’s licenses near public availability in Iowa
As Iowa moves forward with its plans to use digital driver’s licenses backed by biometrics in 2019, a representative of…
SIA seeking session proposals for ISC East 2018, ISC West 2019
The SIA Education@ISC team is seeking session proposals for the upcoming ISC East and ISC West tradeshows and are encouraging…
Apple to replace some iPhone X units with Face ID problems
Apple has responded to reported problems with Face ID in some iPhone X units by updating its service policy to…
Biometrics industry responds to mass enrollment challenges at ID4Africa exhibition
The exhibition hall at ID4Africa 2018 in Abuja, Nigeria featured a new event high of 113 companies providing a wide…
Report shows consumer comfort with biometrics increasing but uneven
A solid majority of U.S. consumers are very comfortable with fingerprint biometrics, but other modalities are only as comfortable for…
Facebook appeals class action certification of BIPA lawsuit
Facebook is appealing the decision by U.S. District Court Judge James Donato that complainants in a lawsuit filed against the…
UNHCR working with Ecuador to support issuance of biometrics-based ID cards to refugees
Ecuador’s government is providing its refugee population with Ecuadorian ID cards to facilitate access to jobs, banking, and other services…
NIST N2N Challenge shows progress towards operator-free rolled fingerprint enrollment
The assistance of a trained device operator may soon not be necessary for obtaining high-quality rolled fingerprints, due to improvements…
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