Kazakhstan sees dramatic growth in digital government use
Kazakhstan is building out a tech ecosystem and digital government ranks among its priorities. In the first half of 2025,…
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Bhutan upgrades digital identity wallet, including liveness and P2P chat
Bhutan has rolled out four major upgrades to its National Digital Identity (NDI) wallet with the enhancements aimed at strengthening…
Zimpler brings biometrics, regulatory checks to first user interaction with Zimpler ID+
Zimpler has unveiled its new identity layer that embeds biometric identification and regulatory checks into the very first user interaction:…
5M Ugandans renews national IDs, 100k new cards ready for pickup
Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) has announced that more than 5.3 million people have already renewed their national…
States push ahead on AI regulation as Congress falters
This month, the U.S. Senate voted to strike down a controversial provision in President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending package…
Congress charts diverging paths on AI in FY 2026 defense bills
As the Pentagon races to integrate AI across all operations of each of the services, Congress is laying down distinct,…
UK Home Office working on rules for police use of LFR
The UK Home Office is in the process of crafting a governance framework for the use of live facial recognition…
Under-display 3D face biometrics reaches testing on Chinese smartphones: leaker
Apple users are accustomed to using the Face ID feature in their iPhones, but reports suggest a crop of Chinese…
New document reader from Regula reads cards on both sides simultaneously
Regula has released a new embedded document reader, the Regula 7223E. A release says the device, based on the desktop…
Big; bigger; biggest: IN Groupe CEO plots course with more digital ID tools
The completed acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity by IN Groupe earlier this month is the latest in a series of…
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