North Korea introducing facial recognition tech developed in-country to domestic market
The use of facial recognition and other biometrics in North Korea seems to be accelerating, with a new domestically developed…
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Spoof attacks top this week’s biometrics and digital ID news
Spoof attacks in theory and practice and the deployment of facial recognition for use cases including aviation and border crossings,…
Chinese researchers reveal method to bypass biometric fingerprint scanners in smartphones
Chinese security researchers from X-Lab security at Tencent challenged fingerprint security in a presentation at the GeekPwn 2019 conference in…
Iran looks into biometric payments to reduce card transactions
Iran is looking into a step-by-step integration of biometric payments and QR codes for better verification and to cut down…
Government, retail and smartphones to push facial recognition market to $7B by 2024
Facial recognition is widely associated with mobile phone technologies such as Apple’s Face ID, and a trend towards more smartphone…
Biometrics stocks update: smartphone 3D face recognition trend boosts Win Semiconductors
Strong demand for power amplifiers, Wi-Fi and vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) chips used in 3D facial recognition implementations has driven…
Update to fix in-display fingerprint biometrics vulnerability on Samsung Galaxy devices rolled out
Samsung has issued a software update to address critical security issues with the in-display biometric fingerprint recognition function of its…
Google and Samsung plan biometric software updates to address security issues
Google is planning a software update to the 3D facial recognition feature of the company’s new flagship Pixel 4 smartphone…
Kiana Analytics to present remote biometric capability for border crossing at MWC19
California developer Kiana Analytics is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to…
Patent shows optical fingerprint technology for under-display Touch ID
Apple appears to be using optical biometric fingerprint scanning technology for the under-display version of its Touch ID, according to…
