Japan helps Pakistan improve airport security screening with biometrics
Earlier this week, the government of Japan agreed to extend a grant worth almost $2 million USD to Pakistan to…
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Man defeats Alibaba robot in face recognition contest
A robot developed by Ant Financial, an Internet finance affiliate of Alibaba Group, was outperformed by a man in a…
Israel enforcing mandatory biometric database enrollment for citizens in 2017
Israeli Interior Minister Arye Dery announced that it will be mandatory for citizens to enroll in the national biometric database…
Powerful facial recognition algorithm used in Russian dating app
FindFace is a powerful Russian facial recognition app, developed by N-Tech Lab, that allows a mobile user to photograph strangers…
Researchers develop new technique that could improve facial recognition performance
A team of researchers from Maryland’s U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed a new technique exploiting thermal-imaging that potentially could…
GBG to acquire IDscan Biometrics and raise up to $33.8m in share placing
Identity intelligence firm GBG has agreed conditionally to acquire identification software provider IDscan Biometrics, and raise up to £25 million…
Sighthound releases facial recognition software for mobile platforms
Sighthound announced that it has released an advanced facial recognition software for mobile handheld platforms. The company will be demonstrating…
UW releases MegaFace facial recognition algorithms benchmarking results
The University of Washington will be releasing initial results from its MegaFace Challenge at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision…
Organizations respond to FBI’s call to exempt biometric ID database from privacy laws
Forty-six privacy, civil liberties, and immigrants’ rights organizations sent a letter to a group of senators and congressmen, urging their…
Vision-Box set to deploy automated border control system at Rio airport
Vision-Box announced that the new automated border control (ABC) solution at RIOgaleão – Tom Jobim International Airport is set to…
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