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Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is a multinational technology company focusing in e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Its easy-to-use Rekognition API allows you to automatically identify objects, people, text, scenes, and activities, as well as detect any inappropriate content. Developers can quickly build a searchable content library to optimize media workflows, enrich recommendation engines by extracting text in images, or integrate secondary authentication into existing applications to enhance end-user security. With a wide variety of use cases, Amazon Rekognition enables you to easily add the benefits of computer vision to your business.
Amazon Biometrics News
Aware, FacePhi, Nice honored for biometric authentication and fraud-prevention solutions
Aware, FacePhi, and Nice have been honored for their innovative and user-friendly biometric solutions as the U.S. National Science Foundation…
| Feb 11, 2021 | Dahua biometrics controversy draws scrutiny of Amazon’s $10M thermal cameras purchaseThe fallout of the recent revelation that Dahua developed biometrics specifically to identify Uyghurs for Chinese authorities has begun, with U.S…. |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Lawsuit alleges Apple biometrics infringe patents, claims against Amazon sent to arbitrationApple is being sued in a patent dispute by Gesture Technology Partners for allegedly violating five patents related to mobile… |
| Feb 4, 2021 | Short Amazon’s facial recognition ban. Go long on selling Rekognition to cops againIn a spacious corner office at Amazon sits a man at a desk with a finger over a button. When… |
| Feb 2, 2021 | Contactless retail biometrics expanded and contact center voice authentication launched by AmazonCustomers will soon be able to check into all Seattle Amazon Go stores using only their palm scan. Amazon is… |
| Feb 1, 2021 | Soft market conditions hit biometrics revenues but fundraising, deals foreshadow expected bounceEarnings reports by publicly-traded companies that provide biometrics are showing some effect from the generalized financial turmoil of the pandemic…. |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Elenium, Idemia bring biometrics to AWS Competency programs for travel and disaster responseElenium Automation is among the partners recognized for the new AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency announced at the company’s AWS re:Invent,… |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Amazon introduces voice biometrics for call centers, edge computer visionAmazon has revealed a new voice recognition tool built into its suite of call-center services for businesses to shorten call… |
| Nov 26, 2020 | US DoD will consider migrating biometric databases to cloud providers other than AWSThe U.S. Department of Defence has amended its solicitation for a migration of its biometric databases to the cloud, clarifying… |
| Nov 26, 2020 | AWS Single Sign-On now supports WebAuthn multi-factor authentication tools like YubiKeysSupport for Yubico in the AWS environment has been expanded with the introduction of native WebAuthn support for AWS Single Sign-On… |
| Nov 13, 2020 | Amazon moving facial recognition and voice processing off of Nvidia chipsAmazon is switching to using its own custom chips to provide the cloud processing for its Alexa voice assistant service… |
| Oct 21, 2020 | US plans voice biometrics upgrade and shift to cloud for DoD Automated Biometric Identification SystemThe U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) intends to move the remaining on-premise elements of its Automated Biometric Identification System to… |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Biometric privacy lawsuit against Amazon and Pindrop refiled in federal courtA biometric data privacy lawsuit alleging that Amazon and Pindrop failed to meet the informed consent requirements of the Biometric Information Privacy… |
| Oct 19, 2020 | Biometric privacy suit targets Amazon’s COVID-19 screeningEmployee COVID-19 screening measures by Amazon use biometrics without satisfying the legal requirements of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA),… |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Amazon aims to improve biometric features and privacy with new edge AI chip in Echo devicesA new processor in Amazon’s latest generation of Echo devices are giving the Alexa assistant intriguing capabilities that the company… |
| Sep 29, 2020 | Amazon launches contactless palm biometrics for retail, access control marketsAmazon is launching its palmprint biometrics for contactless payments, access control and more, according to a company blog post, under… |
| Sep 21, 2020 | Biometric privacy claim against Pindrop and Amazon dismissed for lack of jurisdictionAmazon and Pindrop did not violate biometric privacy law in Illinois by capturing data for voice recognition from people when… |
| Sep 15, 2020 | Amazon and Microsoft move for dismissal of biometric privacy suit, arguing no jurisdiction for training dataIllinois’ biometric privacy law does not apply to conduct out of state and therefore suits against Amazon and Microsoft over… |
| Sep 11, 2020 | StoneLock GM discusses privacy features in biometric property technology as market heats upThe market for face biometrics as part of “property technology” or “proptech” is heating up, with new solutions, deployments, and… |
| Aug 31, 2020 | Biometrics at home – how smart will the smart home get?Rapid advancements in chip designs along with algorithms for biometric voice and facial recognition are expanding the boundaries of what… |
