Pakistan’s biometric verification of SIMs leads to 16% decline in teledensity
Following the Pakistan government’s Biometric Verification System (BVS) drive, cellular companies have seen a loss of 25.375 million subscribers, while…
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FBI seeks mobile biometric identification app for Android devices
The FBI has released a draft request for quotes in regards to a five-year contract to develop a mobile biometric…
Apple granted patent for new Apple Watch biometric ID system
In the third Apple Watch-related patent filing published in the past month, Apple has filed a new biometrics related patent…
Indian government partners with NEC to develop biometric solution for Tirupati
In the latest round of bilateral meetings in Japan, the Andhra Pradesh government of India has finalized an memoranda of…
UNHCR recommends the use of biometric identity cards to monitor refugees in Malaysia
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Malaysia has proposed the introduction of a biometric identity card to be…
Facebook’s experimental facial recognition software identifies people using visual clues
Facebook head of artificial intelligence Yann LeCun said the company has been developing an experimental facial recognition technology that can…
UK police to use facial recognition at music festival
UK police ill use portable facial recognition technology for the first time at a music festival in an effort to…
IOM donates biometric recognition technology to Philippine Bureau of Immigration
The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) has been provided with new anti-fraud detection equipment from the International Organization for Migration…
BIO-key
BIO-key International, Inc. (stock info), a Microsoft Partner, develops and markets fingerprint biometric identification and identity verification technologies, authentication-transaction security…
Australian government to invest more in biometric border controls and national biometric database
The Australian government has allocated a total of AU$450 million to increase national security to provide different agencies with more…
