Microsoft and Amazon under fire over facial recognition technology
Criticism of technology companies based on the applications their facial recognition products are being used for is growing, with Amazon…
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New York, DHS testing voting systems cybersecurity
The New York State Board of Elections—in concert with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Division…
Precise Biometrics CFO resigns
Precise Biometrics announced today that CFO Göran Thuresson has decided to leave the company and that it will start looking…
New South Wales allocates AU$52.6M for national biometric system rollout
The state government of New South Wales has allocated AU$52.6 million (US$38.8 million) over four years, beginning in 2018-2019, to…
Signicat integrates Belgian eID itsme to extend digital identity service across Europe
Signicat has partnered with Belgian Mobile ID to integrate the itsme digital identity scheme with its Digital Identity Platform, enabling…
Indian IT Minister says Aadhaar saves government millions per year, backs 880 million bank accounts
Indian IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad defended the Aadhaar program at a ministry conference and declined to say what the…
BIO-key awarded US patent for utilization of biometric data
BIO-key announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company Patent 10,002,244 for the Utilization of Biometric…
Acuant integrates selfie and ID document verification with Experian fraud prevention platform
Acuant is integrating its Assure ID with Experian’s CrossCore to bring its machine learning-powered facial recognition and ID document verification…
Ntechlab
Based on its geographical footprint, NtechLab is one of the largest facial recognition systems providers in the world. NtechLab currently…
NEC responds to Australian biometrics services contract termination
NEC has responded to the recent cancelation of its biometric identity services (BIS) contract with the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission…
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