US Senate panel advances online child safety bill
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation unanimously advanced the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) on Wednesday,…
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Incode launches GovFaceMatch for DMV-based identity verification
Incode has announced the launch of GovFaceMatch, which a blog post calls “the first identity solution to verify biometrics directly…
Dispel launches biometric identity proofing for OT remote access
Dispel has added government ID verification, facial matching and liveness detection to its operational technology (OT) remote access platform, allowing…
Fraunhofer develops real-time deepfake detector for video calls
As AI‑generated fraud rises, and video‑based scams seek out high-value targets, the fightback is afoot. The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure…
Faydaverse officially enters Africa’s DPI market
Faydaverse was officially inaugurated as a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the umbrella of government strategic investment arm Ethiopian Investment Holdings…
EU AI Act enforcement reshapes Europe’s technology strategy
Most new technologies have a “wild west” period, in which the push for innovation puts products into the market before…
Born bad – can biometrics decode criminality?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner As we look to facial recognition and other biometrics to…
Immigration enforcement drives surge in FBI DNA database
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have added nearly 920,000 DNA profiles to the FBI’s national criminal database in…
Nigeria integrates national student IDs, digital identity system
Millions of Nigerian student records are being integrated with the country’s national digital ID, in a move that the federal…
Namibia steps up public outreach ahead of digital ID rollout
Teams from Namibia’s Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security have been meeting community representatives as part of an…
