Face Forensics adapts biometric software for disaster victim identification
Face Forensics has responded to a request from an international agency by developing a Disaster Victim Identification suite based on…
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Market difficulties take Tascent
(Tascent multi-modal biometrics scanners in use at Woodlands Checkpoint in Singapore last July.) Multimodal biometric identification company Tascent has folded….
Motorola to add facial recognition to mobile policing app Pronto
Motorola Solutions has announced a trial of facial recognition capabilities on its mobile policing app Pronto, which already supports fingerprint…
New Amazon biometric-scan cases in media-saturated NYC could add to tech opposition
Amazon is fighting two new federal biometric privacy lawsuits involving its Go physical stores, both of which were filed in…
Facial recognition and AI get the evil eye from community groups and governments
In Europe and the U.S., pushback against facial recognition is being organized by groups concerned about police overreach, privacy and…
Slow-going for Belarus’ digital ID document campaign
Dictator-run Belarus, in Eastern Europe, says it has issued 165,000 biometric IDs to citizens and 58,000 to foreign residents. Especially…
California skeptic of facial recognition use by cops now sees an opportunity
The state of California‘s three-year moratorium on police use of facial biometrics surveillance using body cams (AB1215) quietly ended in…
UN cautions against biometrics in counterterrorism campaigns
A United Nations special rapporteur has voiced grave apprehension about a sharp rise in the use of biometrics, artificial intelligence…
MegaMatcher updated with Neurotechnology’s tattoo recognition, PAD capabilities
A new version of Neurotechnology’s MegaMatcher product line has been released, with significant performance increases for fingerprint, face, iris and…
Indigenous missing person and murder cases being run through Biometrica system
A non-profit startup founded by a retired U.S. police sergeant is working with facial recognition firm Biometrica to find missing and…
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