Leaked documents reveal details on Russia’s upcoming surveillance system
The Kremlin is spending millions of dollars on facial recognition-powered surveillance that can track its citizens. A new cache of…
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Biometrics projects scaling up through open-source releases, big money deals
Scaling biometrics projects is the theme of the most-read articles of the past week on Biometric Update, with lofty ambitions…
Simprints plans to make its biometric ID open source for greater social impact
The CEO of Simprints Toby Norman says the company plans to release a full open source stack for its fingerprints…
Djibouti’s counter-terrorism efforts through responsible use of biometrics get UN push
Efforts by Djiboutian law enforcement agencies to deal with violence and terrorist threats in East Africa through the responsible collection,…
Florida town installs live facial recognition to protect against 3 trespassers
Lakeland, Florida is not known as a particularly violent city. It does not appear on lists of America’s most crime-ridden…
Corsound introduces voice biometrics for face matching and generation
Corsound AI writes software capable of generating what the executives say is an accurate rendering of the face issuing the…
Fingerprint biometrics on ID cards legally invalid, but EU top court declines change
The European Union’s top court has ruled that governments that mandate handing over fingerprint biometrics for identity cards are not…
Indian biometric counterterrorism database passes 1B entries
The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) is a counterterrorism and counter-radicalization division operating under the Government of India. As part of…
Staqu’s biometric Crime GPT helps Uttar Pradesh police take a byte out of crime
India’s Staqu Technologies has launched an AI-powered bot for law enforcement called Crime GPT, a digital sidekick that can search…
NEC updates NeoFace Reveal with new interface and facial recognition tools
NEC’s flagship facial recognition product, NeoFace Reveal, has been updated to Version 5, adding a new user interface, improved image…
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