APAC region share of biometric public security market forecast to grow
Public security and safety biometrics are expected to grow over the next five years, with particular gains in immigration enforcement,…
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SIA sees trust in supporting role for avoiding biometric moratorium
There is nothing wrong with U.S. biometric surveillance that cannot be solved with government funds for private-sector R&D, bias tests…
Going where few imagined AI would go — on a solar-powered chip
A Swiss R&D organization says it has an AI system on a chip that will cut operating costs and electricity…
Asia continues face biometrics investment trend with Facetech and Hanet fundraises
A pair of biometrics providers in Asia have joined the recent fundraising frenzy, one a software startup and the other…
Biometric access control launches, deployments indicate booming market
HID Global, Anviz and ZKTeco USA have all launched biometric access control technologies in the form of scanners for the…
Simprints adds facial recognition to Mozambique land ownership records
Simprints is supplying a biometric identification layer to land tenure records as part of a project to create land ownership…
EAB webinar looks at facial recognition for criminal investigations in EU countries
A recent webinar by the European Association for Biometrics (EAB) explored the role of facial recognition technologies in criminal investigations…
Brazil’s pilot of Idemia face biometrics advances to simultaneous operation at capital airports
An air shuttle service between Brazilian capitals São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro is testing an end-to-end biometric solution from…
Corsight update promises ‘high-speed, real-time’ facial recognition, multi-channel processing
Corsight AI has upgraded its flagship biometric software for faster facial recognition processing in real-time implementations, enabling searches of databases…
US federal lawmakers reintroduce biometric surveillance moratorium
A proposed U.S. moratorium on the use of biometrics for surveillance by federal agencies has been revived by Democrats in…
