BioConnect takes $1.5M loan and joins accelerator program to maintain biometric security momentum
Toronto-based biometrics provider BioConnect has secured a CA$2 million (US$1.5 million) loan from BDC Capital to support its continued operations…
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Body temperature scanning system now offered by 170 companies, many with biometric facial recognition
There are now roughly 170 companies selling body temperature scanning and other fever-detection technologies to facilitate safe returns to normal…
Vsblty, Teralight the latest to target Smart Cities opportunity with biometric surveillance, analytics
Vsblty Groupe Technologies Corp., a provider of biometrics and other security and retail marketing technology, announced a partnership with Teralight Group,…
From stateless to self-sovereign: A project that gives life-long identity to the world’s invisibles beginning at birth
This is a guest post by Alex Andrade-Walz, Director of Marketing at Evernym, a leader in verifiable credential technology. There…
Biometrics in counter-terrorism report raises human rights, ethical issues
A new report on extreme surveillance and biometric data collection in the process of countering terrorism, and how human rights…
New biometric wearables may be coming from Apple and Alphabet, researchers work on health monitoring
A new line of earphones will be produced by Apple with biometric heart rate monitoring next year, according to a…
Better digital identity verification influences three in four consumers towards adopting online service
Nearly half of all U.S. consumers have abandoned an on-line account sign-up in the past 12 months due to the…
Letter to Pelosi: Cut facial recognition spending from appropriation bills
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives seem to be making biometric surveillance a fortified position for the November general…
Facebook adds biometric unlocking to Messenger on iOS
Facebook has added biometric unlocking with facial or fingerprint recognition for the Messenger app on iPhone and iPad, with Android…
Facial biometrics in New York state schools blocked as legislature passes 2-year moratorium
A moratorium has been placed on the use of facial recognition and other biometrics in New York schools until 2022…
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