Megvii cleared of supplying biometrics for Chinese surveillance app but may still delay IPO
Biometric facial recognition technology from Megvii’s Face++ was not in fact used in the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) used…
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NtechLab plans activity detection product after second place finish in NIST prize challenge
NtechLab has placed second in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) Activity Extended Video (ActEV) Prize Challenge for…
Facial recognition quietly deployed to Queensland stadiums
Fans at sporting events and concerts in Queensland, Australia have been unknowingly participating in real-time biometric facial recognition trials by…
Chinese facial recognition partnerships with African governments concern pundits
Exports of artificial intelligence and surveillance technology, including facial biometrics, from China to Africa is drawing concern from pundits, Mind…
Indian Railway increases scope and tries again with tender for facial recognition network
The Indian Railway’s telecom arm RailTel has re-floated a tender for a CCTV network with biometric facial recognition after the…
U.S. considers blacklisting Megvii, Hikvision and other Chinese biometric companies
Hikvision, Megvii, and other Chinese biometric companies could soon be blocked from acquiring components and software from American suppliers by…
Russian biometrics executives discuss Moscow surveillance system
Russian daily RiaNovosti recently interviewed a pair of biometrics company executives about the facial recognition system Moscow is planning to…
New York landlords and police uses of facial recognition challenged
A bill has been introduced in New York State Senate to block landlords from deploying biometric facial recognition systems on…
San Francisco passes ban on police and city use of public facial biometrics
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors approved a ban on public biometric facial recognition use by police and other city departments…
Long distance imaging and partial-image facial biometrics raise new possibilities
A team of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China in Shanghai have developed technology capable of…
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