ECOWAS Commission urges remaining 9 member states to issue biometric regional ID card
The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Omar Touray, has revealed that just 6 out…
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Rank One Computing facial recognition reaches 4 West Virginia school boards
Four counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia announced plans to introduce facial recognition technology from Rank One Computing…
South Africa to expand biometric border control system
Plans to upgrade and expand infrastructure providing biometric passenger checks at some of South Africa’s ports of entry by the…
From Central Asia to the world: Digitalization drive pushes new biometric startups
Nestled between large countries such as India, China and Russia, Central Asia has long suffered from poor connections — both…
Live facial recognition coming to Chandigarh, India security center
A new hub for cyber security is to be opened in India. The Times of India reports that the Centre…
Getting a peek at little-known gov’t mobile facial recognition app in Istanbul
Turkey’s Interior Minister is showing off mobile software billed as a state-developed facial recognition app capable of identifying all residents…
EU pols divided on AI Act as deadline nears
As the European Parliament prepares to vote on the landmark Artificial Intelligence Act this month, its members are still negotiating…
Albania updates biometric voting machines, process to thwart manipulation
As Albania approaches its local elections on May 14, officials have introduced new biometric voting machines and steps in the…
Biometric authentication stepping into the spotlight with new on-device tools
Biometrics and passkeys for passwordless authentication made up two of the most-read articles on Biometric Update over the past week,…
Questions raised over facial recognition use in Indian prisons
Government agencies in India have been providing contradictory information on the introduction of facial recognition use in prisons amid rising…
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