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Microsoft Biometrics News
Idemia brings next-gen connectivity to eSIMs with Microsoft collaboration
Idemia has struck a multi-year global collaboration deal with Microsoft to distribute next-generation eSIM and connectivity solutions for consumer and…
| Jan 14, 2022 | Ramco Systems builds voice biometric authentication on Azure Cognitive ServicesWorkforce technologies specialist Ramco Systems has utilized Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services to build a voice biometric authentication solution for verifying… |
| Dec 23, 2021 | Amadeus turns to Azure cloud to orchestrate biometrics and other airport systemsAs digital transformation becomes increasingly important for businesses of all sizes, technology provider Amadeus is using the cloud to help… |
| Dec 14, 2021 | Application of state biometric data privacy laws for companies, feds debatedDifferences between how biometrics use is treated in state and federal laws in the United States are behind motions to… |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Microsoft-Nuance buyout deal slowed by regulator; GBG-Acuant completedIn selling and please-let-me-buy news, an ID-verification firm was sold by a U.S. private equity firm to UK-based GB Group,… |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Clear to integrate Azure AD Verifiable Credentials, Health Pass deployed by hospital networkClear has formed an integration partnership with Microsoft for Clear members to use their biometrics-backed digital ID with Azure Active Directory… |
| Oct 19, 2021 | Microsoft rights review of public contracts to include surveillance technologyMicrosoft has agreed to a shareholder proposal to have about 16 of its current contracts with the U.S. government, law… |
| Oct 13, 2021 | Microsoft and Nvidia partner up on speech recognition model trainingMicrosoft and Nvidia have announced a new collaboration focusing on the training of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered natural language processing (NLP)… |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Ready to field decentralized digital ID services, Microsoft seeks partnersMicrosoft says it is ready for its next step toward offering decentralized digital ID services — creating partnerships and open… |
| Oct 6, 2021 | Lawsuit filed over allegations of Uber face biometrics biasA former Uber driver who lost his job after the company’s face biometric identity verification system failed to recognize him… |
| Oct 4, 2021 | Microsoft demonstrates facial analysis in the wild using just synthetic dataMicrosoft has published a research paper demonstrating that it is possible to train facial analysis algorithms just using synthetic data,… |
| Sep 21, 2021 | BioCatch to offer behavioral biometrics to expanding Indian market with Microsoft dealBioCatch is seeking to expand its presence in the Indian market through a partnership with Microsoft to offer its behavioral biometrics… |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Passwordless sign-in coming for all Microsoft accountsMicrosoft has announced that a feature enabling users to log into their accounts using more secure and convenient authentication methods,… |
| Sep 9, 2021 | Ethics panels reject and delay biometrics, AI projects for Google, IBM, MicrosoftSince the beginning of 2020, Google has turned down a project to use artificial intelligence to help a client decide… |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Algorithmic schmutz hurts detection of male face more than femaleA research paper looking at how well the three best-known biometric face detection algorithms are likely to work outside the… |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Imprivata and Microsoft renew digital ID collaboration on healthcare toolsImprivata has renewed its collaboration with Microsoft to include two of its flagship digital identity solutions, OneSign and Confirm ID,… |
| Aug 18, 2021 | RAIsonance biometric app makes coughing a tool for societal recoveryRAIsonance, a group of AI-focused companies working on health, wellness, safety and natural language processing have announced the release of… |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Can AI spot this emotion? It’s tagged deep concernMaybe the best news to come out of interviews being done by Microsoft researcher Kate Crawford for her new book… |
| Aug 9, 2021 | Biometric spoof of Windows Hello not really resolved — researchersIt is still possible to fake out the face-biometric lock in Microsoft’s Windows 10 Hello authentication app. The so-called pass-the-PRT… |
| Jul 28, 2021 | Biometric results prompting appealed Uber suspensions checked against themselves by TfLRide hailing company Uber has faced numerous legal challenges from London Transport regulator TfL since 2017, and is still in… |
Microsoft Industry Insights
Entra Verified ID introduces DIDs and VCs to the Microsoft ecosystem
Microsoft’s new product, Entra Verified ID, introduces Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) to the Microsoft ecosystem. DIDs are…
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| Intel drops facial recognition from TV set-top box, and why cable needs to ‘get the net’ |
Brand Focus: Microsoft
Identification-as-a-service provides benefits, says MorphoTrak executive
Cloud computing provides many benefits including ease of use, time savings, security, convenience, versatility, and scalability. For these reasons, cloud…
