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Regula photospectral document scanner marks ‘conceptual shift’ in border control

As border control becomes an increasingly central political issue in North America and Europe, and border security agencies face staffing…

 

Brazilians are winning court claims for AI failures, including on facial recognition

Brazil could be one of the best countries to claim compensation for failures in the use of artificial intelligence. That’s…

 

Fingerprint Cards: quarterlies, annuals, regulatory actions

April 29, 2025 – Fingerprint Cards is reporting significant progress in its first quarter 2025 financial results, with revenues doubling on…

 

Namibian govt aims for strong public awareness on digital ID as rollout nears

Namibia’s Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Lucia Iipumbu, has called for a clear timeline for the imminent…

 

Calls for Africa to secure its tech sovereignty amid digital transformation push

As the digital transformation debate in Africa shapes up, technology or digital sovereignty is increasingly being mentioned as a policy…

 

Mexico gets new biometric national identity document

Mexico’s federal government has gotten the political green light to create a new biometric national identity document – although it…

 

Guyana preparing to issue new biometric ID cards from 2026

The Vice President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, has told citizens that there are plans to begin issuing new generation biometric…

 

Twenty years later the REAL ID debate refuses to go away

The states’ pushback against the REAL ID Act has been one of the most enduring, complex, and quietly significant battles…

 

Policy experts question EU’s AI plan and Eurostack

Geopolitical uncertainties have inspired calls in the EU for more technological sovereignty with the economic bloc releasing a new AI…

 

Gillette Stadium looks to facial recognition for ticketing, payments, more

Sometime in the 1990s, cinemas underwent a transformation from smaller multiplexes to massive, megaplexes with new features and a theme…

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