Agentic AI shaping strategies and plans across sectors as AI agents swarm
The current moment would have us believe that AI agents are about to become our co-workers, personal assistants, pocket buddies…
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Asda supermarket chain faces legal complaint over facial recognition
Asda is facing a legal complaint over its use of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras in its supermarkets. The legal…
Thales Data Threat Report warns that mad scramble to embrace AI comes with risk
In an online talk about AI, Eric Hanselman, chief analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence 451 Research, offers a tour…
‘Digital identity is critical national infrastructure’: ID4Africa 2025
World Bank and European Commission Technical Consultant Adam Cooper examined the global landscape of digital identity adoption, noting that he…
Record ID4Africa exhibitors show growth in continent’s digital identity market
Among the new all-time highs in scale set at ID4Africa’s 2025 AGM in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is the number of…
Ethiopia unveils FaydaPass digital wallet to boost financial inclusion
Ethiopia has launched what it calls the FaydaPass wallet, the latest move in its digital public infrastructure (DPI) program aimed…
World raises $135M to support expansion
After launching in the U.S. market with great fanfare, World has announced new funding aimed at supporting its ambitious expansion…
Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial is halfway done
The Age Assurance Technology Trial is about halfway through its vendor interviews – according to an email update, “the critical…
Overcoming key challenges in APAC digital government
In a recent webinar hosted by Biometric Update, leading figures from Entrust spoke on “Unlocking digital government in APAC: The…
GLEIF to integrate its vLEI into Finternet Lab’s tools
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) is planning to integrate its verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) credentials into Finternet…
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