G20 recognizes NtechLab biometrics, CV with AI leadership award
NtechLab has won a G20 Innovation League award, recognizing the company among ten leading startups for its work in biometrics and…
smart cities
Biometrics providers stake out facial recognition, fingerprint sensor market positions
The interoperability of digital wallets and health passes, smart city biometrics, truly inclusive national digital ID systems and the fight…
SenseTime sources legal opinion suggesting limits to US sanctions ahead of planned IPO
American sanctions against SenseTime for supplying its biometric technology in support of rights abuses in Xinjiang only apply to one of…
London mayor sets out plan for smart city biometrics with Emerging Technology Charter
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has published an updated Emerging Technology Charter designed to act as a set of practical and…
Spanish port pilots 5G-enabled facial recognition surveillance
Spain’s Port of Vigo is again the site of tracking and monitoring technology. This time, a group of vendors working…
Austin GIS launched to support computer vision IaaS with $6M from Vsblty, others
SaaS based software technology company Vsblty is one of five founding partners of new startup Austin GIS, formed to focus on…
FacePhi to deploy face biometrics for South Korean smart city project
FacePhi will deploy its digital onboarding and facial recognition technology in Jeju Island, South Korea for a biometric identity verification…
Digital Dubai signs with gDi and FaceTec for biometrics to create ‘world’s happiest city’
Dubai hopes to become the “world’s smartest and happiest city” via personalization that will achieve enhanced experiences across “all city…
Huawei smart city projects meet facial recognition block, lawsuit from partner
The implementation of a smart city project in Serbia which includes the installation of surveillance cameras from Huawei with facial…
Will $500M for smart cities in historic US Senate spending bill fund biometric surveillance?
Half a billion dollars was written into the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill passed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate to pay…
