Malta deep-sixes safe city facial recognition project after Huawei contract expires
Malta appears to have changed course on a plan to launch a CCTV network with facial recognition through a contract…
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GET Group Latin America
For more than 30 years, GET Group has established a global reputation as a leading provider of end-to-end solutions for…
Serbia lobbying Western support to carry on with smart city biometrics project amid criticism
Serbian officials are reportedly negotiating financial and technical support for U.S. and Swedish smart city tech, drawing criticism from citizens…
China surveillance policies follow facial recognition spread along Silk Road: activists
Chinese technologies and tactics to tackle dissent and control internet use are spreading to countries along its Digital Silk Road,…
Pakistan safe city project stalls with nearly 1K facial recognition cameras not functioning
Since it was rolled out in 2016, the Lahore safe city project in Punjab province has been facing major challenges,…
Embedding digital identity in the Jyväskylä Smart City Project
Smart cities will be able to create their own interoperable digital identities for residents, thanks to approaches developed by cybersecurity…
Nixu joins with Ioxio on digital identity for smart cities
Cybersecurity services company Nixu is partnering with Ioxio, a digital services and solutions provider. The collaboration, focused on the creation…
Corsight face biometrics integrated with safe city solutions by Affluence subsidiary
Corsight AI has been chosen by OneMind Technologies, a subsidiary of Affluence Corporation, to provide face biometrics for safe and…
Researcher cautions African govts against biometric surveillance without proper legislation
African governments must press on with efforts to put in place robust data protection regulations if they continue to deploy…
China, Russia, India: facial recognition surveillance projects far from the capitals
Unmanned police surveillance vehicles patrol a city in Xinjiang, a Russian city in the Arctic Circle deploys a powerful facial…
