Hikvision surveillance tech under scrutiny again as new US sanctions rumored
The U.S. plans to impose tough sanctions on Hikvision, in further reaction to allegations of the Chinese biometric surveillance company’s…
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Everyone wants online IDs strictly controlled — their way
European politicians are nearing a deal to push accountability on online posters through digital ID verification, while in China, executives…
A UK regulator and former Chinese prisoner speak out on autocratic biometric surveillance
Days after the United Kingdom’s biometrics surveillance regulator asked a Chinese camera maker to publicly clarify its participation in the…
Moqi releases touchless 3D fingerprint biometric scanner
Moqi Technologies, a Chinese biometric device manufacturer, is debuting its contactless fingerprint scanner after the company was chosen as a…
China, US still lead the world on AI cooperation despite recent drop
Amid the unfolding of what has generally been described as a ‘tech war’ between China and the United States, the…
Deep Glint debuts Shanghai trading to fuel further facial recognition development
Chinese facial recognition developer Deep Glint started trading for the first time on the Shanghai stock exchange last week as…
TrinamiX facial authentication from behind OLED now certified by IIFAA
TrinamiX has notched up another biometric security certificate for its Face Authentication solution that works from behind an OLED smartphone…
China to introduce digital ID cards nationwide
China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang has said the country will in the course of this year introduce the digital ID…
Training dataset tower of babel collected for voice AI development
A Chinese AI data services vendor claims to have built speech training datasets in at least 30 languages, a task…
Telpo joins Chinese facial recognition best practices group
Telpo announced it joined a Chinese industry body that promotes biometric privacy protections, safety, and best practices with facial recognition….
