Senators make their case for proposed U.S. facial biometrics law at Brookings
A recent panel discussion was hosted by the Brookings Institute to discuss how the U.S. government and law enforcement officials…
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Biometrics stocks news: AMS reaches Osram deal, RealNetworks, FPC, Google-Fitbit and OneConnect
AMS has emerged victorious from the bidding war over Osram, picking up 55 percent of the company’s shares with a…
Port of Seattle pushes back on facial recognition as TSA plans next steps for biometric pilots
The launch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) Biometric Exit at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has been halted, after the…
House unanimously passes deepfake bill; Senate version still in committee
The bipartisan House Identifying Outputs of Generative Adversarial Networks Act (IOGAN Act), which supports critical research to accelerate the development…
San Francisco officials revise ban, forget government devices have in-built facial recognition
San Francisco can not be sued for breaking its own facial recognition ban, the Board of Supervisors voted this week,…
Women in Identity co-founder Emma Lindley urges biometrics industry to slow down and fix things
When Women in Identity co-founder Emma Lindley climbed Mt. Toubkal, the tallest mountain in North Africa, raising awareness about diversity…
Avigilon launches updated enterprise facial biometric software with ‘appearance alerts’
Avigilon has launched ‘appearance alerts’ to its artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition video management software to help commercial organizations identify people…
Facial recognition payment systems rolled out in Denmark, growing rapidly in China
Nets has rolled out biometric facial recognition payment trials for 1,000 people in Copenhagen to see how people react to…
New deployments, products, and conference for biometrics in casinos
Casino group Novomatic has launched the Casino FlaminGo Skopje with fingerprint access control from its in-house developed Novomatic Biometric System…
China lead in global facial recognition surveillance market examined as rights concerns mount
Biometric facial recognition companies from China are gaining an advantage from having the largest home market and being willing to…
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