Microsoft buys Nuance for $19.7B, expands voice biometrics footprint
Microsoft is expanding its speech biometrics offerings for businesses and governments with the acquisition of Nuance Communications. Microsoft, which first…
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Biometric training data privacy suit to go ahead, but Microsoft and Amazon win partial dismissal
A pair of biometric data privacy suits, filed against Microsoft and Amazon, will go ahead after a federal judge in…
Microsoft enhances AccountGuard digital ID security and expands partnership with Yubico
Microsoft has upgraded the digital ID protections of its AccountGuard program to offer the service for people involved in politics…
LG Innotek and Microsoft partner up on 3D sensing smart camera project
LG Innotek and Microsoft have announced a new 3D sensing collaboration to integrate LG Innotek’s Time of Flight (ToF) cameras…
Biometric digital ID providers partner with Microsoft on decentralized ID, passwordless pilot
Microsoft is launching its decentralized identity credentials for public preview this spring, and partnered up with many leading device-based biometrics…
Supply and demand sides of biometric payment cards market lining up
Biometric payment cards continue to advance towards commercialization, with a series of new announcements. Cardmaker Goldpac announced the introduction of…
NEC, Microsoft executives to lead SIA’s new biometrics advisory board
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named a new chair and vice chair who will head its Identity and Biometric…
Google and Microsoft introduce new biometric password security tools
Google has announced a new feature in its Chrome browser for iOS allowing users to lock incognito tabs using Face…
Keyless brings multi-factor biometrics to Microsoft Azure AD B2C
Cybersecurity firm Keyless has announced a partnership with Microsoft Azure AD to provide the first password-less authentication to the platform’s B2C…
Absolutely need to have the last word? Microsoft patents way to stuff you into a chatbot
A new patent promises a future in which the personality of any person living, dead or fictional can live on…
