ID4Africa calls on Facebook to settle face biometrics bias question through NIST testing
The presence of demographic differences in face biometrics performance has dogged increasingly dogged the modality, and been referred to in…
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Kneron debuts new chips; affordable devices to get edge AI and biometrics baked in
San Diego-based Kneron, a developer of AI algorithms and AI-optimized processor designs for use in edge devices such as biometric surveillance…
Indian government urged to listen to more voices on data protection, ministry requests surveillance funds
India’s government is considering legislation for protecting personal data, including biometric information, but a civil society group says its consultations…
Biometrics to help reduce fraud and inefficiency in African public sector budgets, back digital ID in Togo
Southern African neighbors Zimbabwe and Zambia are considering ways to use biometrics to protect government budgets. The former is reducing…
Biometric airport checks, border security and digital ID for travel increasing around the world
Biometrics for travel documents, airport processes and border security made up four of the top ten news items in the…
Facial recognition audit shows U.S. Customs has some privacy and notification work to do
A government performance audit looking into the use of biometric facial recognition by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency…
AnyVision raises $43M to scale touchless biometric access control, remote authentication technology
AnyVision has secured $43 million in funding that will be spent on further scaling its touchless biometric access control and…
Frontex issues open tender for biometrics research, opportunities for border control systems
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, has announced an open tender procedure to hire a contractor for a…
TypingDNA’s biometric MFA deployed to US retail chain’s POS for login security
U.S. retail chain Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores (SHOS) has implemented TypingDNA’s biometrics-based two-factor authentication to increase POS security during…
Fingerprint Cards releases 2nd generation T2 sensor for contactless biometric payment cards
Fingerprint Cards has introduced the second-generation of its T-Shape sensor (T2) and software platform for contactless biometric payment cards, the…
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