ID4Africa vendors see Africa leapfrogging legacy digital identity systems
The annual ID4Africa AGM is a major world event in identity – a must-attend for many biometrics providers working on…
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BixeLab testing activity highlights expansion of biometric assurance
As digital identity systems evolve, biometric testing labs are increasingly becoming central to trust, compliance and interoperability. BixeLab’s recent activity…
UK selects Cognitec for facial age estimation in asylum assessments
The UK government has selected a vendor for facial age estimation. The £322,000 ($433,745) contract begins on June 1, 2026…
NIST biometric age estimation update show demographic, accuracy gains
Demographic disparities and mean error rates are falling among the newest age estimation and verification algorithms submitted to the U.S.’…
Facial age estimation adoption puts pressure on ecosystem
As an area of technology that is being implemented even as legal mandates are taking force and the criteria for…
French police use of real-time facial recognition comes under scrutiny
Police in France are reportedly photographing individuals with police-issued mobile devices and using facial recognition developed by the German company…
UK rights committee questions police use of FRT on children, bias report
The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights has posed a series of questions to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood about police…
UK facial recognition bias report reveals Home Office using outdated Cognitec software
Cognitec released its FaceVACS-DBScan 5.5 software for biometrics matching at scale in 2020. A biometric accuracy and bias assessment of…
UK tucks biometric bias reports deep into police facial recognition plan
The UK government pledged on Thursday to increase its use of facial recognition and biometrics to identify wanted suspects. The…
NSW Police face questions on use of facial recognition algorithm from 2011
Australia’s New South Wales Police used a legacy facial recognition algorithm for over a decade and declined repeated offers of…
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