India requires authentication with state for Aadhaar updates to block non-citizens
India’s flagship biometric identification program is gearing up for its most significant overhaul in years as the Unique Identification Authority…
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Philippines ramps up digital transformation with 3 govt initiatives
The Philippines is stepping up its digital transformation with three major initiatives aimed at streamlining citizen services: wider use of…
Signicat forms ‘European identity powerhouse’ with Inverid acquisition
Signicat is absorbing NFC-based digital identity verification specialist Inverid in a deal that Co-founder and CEO Maarten Wegdam told Biometric…
IDNow, Microblink, Smartsearch look for market growth with key hires
IDNow, Microblink, and Smartsearch have each made key leadership announcements. Ranging from the C-suite, to global sales and regional expansion,…
Okta warns of trust gaps as AI agent deployments grow
As the deployment of AI agents keeps increasing across sectors, there are concerns about whether they are trusted by users…
Biometrics disrupting the future of movement, on and offline
Biometrics are disrupting different areas of life, from how people interact with governments for basic services to the esoteric world…
Alexa, sue Amazon: tech giant faces class action over voice recordings
Users of Amazon’s Alexa are clear to pursue a class action over allegedly illegal recordings of private conversations. In Seattle,…
Epic Games provides Yoti facial age estimation to Bluesky for UK users
Social media platform Bluesky has selected Epic Games’ software, including biometrics-based age estimation from Yoti, to ensure its compliance with…
RealSense targets robotics, 3D facial recognition security with $50M in hand
RealSense has cut the cord tying it to Intel Corp, where the 3D camera company was born, with $50 million…
Will Congress reaffirm US cyber threat sharing framework before it’s too late?
As the September 30 expiration date for the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA 2015) rapidly approaches, Congress faces…
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