Microsoft-Nuance buyout deal slowed by regulator; GBG-Acuant completed
In selling and please-let-me-buy news, an ID-verification firm was sold by a U.S. private equity firm to UK-based GB Group,…
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Clear to integrate Azure AD Verifiable Credentials, Health Pass deployed by hospital network
Clear has formed an integration partnership with Microsoft for Clear members to use their biometrics-backed digital ID with Azure Active Directory…
Microsoft rights review of public contracts to include surveillance technology
Microsoft has agreed to a shareholder proposal to have about 16 of its current contracts with the U.S. government, law…
Microsoft and Nvidia partner up on speech recognition model training
Microsoft and Nvidia have announced a new collaboration focusing on the training of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered natural language processing (NLP)…
Ready to field decentralized digital ID services, Microsoft seeks partners
Microsoft says it is ready for its next step toward offering decentralized digital ID services — creating partnerships and open…
Lawsuit filed over allegations of Uber face biometrics bias
A former Uber driver who lost his job after the company’s face biometric identity verification system failed to recognize him…
Microsoft demonstrates facial analysis in the wild using just synthetic data
Microsoft has published a research paper demonstrating that it is possible to train facial analysis algorithms just using synthetic data,…
BioCatch to offer behavioral biometrics to expanding Indian market with Microsoft deal
BioCatch is seeking to expand its presence in the Indian market through a partnership with Microsoft to offer its behavioral biometrics…
Passwordless sign-in coming for all Microsoft accounts
Microsoft has announced that a feature enabling users to log into their accounts using more secure and convenient authentication methods,…
Ethics panels reject and delay biometrics, AI projects for Google, IBM, Microsoft
Since the beginning of 2020, Google has turned down a project to use artificial intelligence to help a client decide…
