Intercede receives Department of State progress order for digital identity management software
After entering a contract with the U.S. Department of State (DoS), Intercede has received an initial progress order for its…
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Clearview AI wins biometrics contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement amidst ongoing controversy
An investigation by industry watchdog Tech Inquiry has revealed that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency paid $224,000 to…
GAO reviews facial biometrics as SIA launches principles for ethical use
The global market for biometric facial recognition is forecast to reach $20.63 billion by 2030, on a 17.2 percent annual…
U.S. law enforcement face biometrics market carries on despite splashy announcements
U.S. police will still have choices among biometrics providers when contracting facial recognition services, despite several big names exiting the…
Biometrics experts call for creation of FDA-style government body to regulate facial recognition
Could a U.S. government agency modeled on the Food and Drug Administration that categorizes biometric facial recognition technologies according to…
NIST’s Patrick Grother on bias, biometrics evolution and plans to test face recognition with masks
As the world’s foremost authority on the biometric performance of face recognition, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)…
NASA to licence heartbeat biometric patent and subcutaneous vein imager
NASA has launched a new heartbeat biometric patent for commercial licensing to enable developers and solutions integrators to offer the…
Report on AI use by U.S. government cites biometrics as example of need for internal expertise
The U.S. government must improve its internal AI expertise and capacity to properly leverage the transformative power of biometrics and…
US Air Force developing human molecular biosignature sensors and more
Research into “human signatures” for the purpose of developing technologies that can “sense and exploit human bio-signatures at both the…
Idemia biometric technology powers background check kiosks deployed by US BIA
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Anadarko Agency has deployed biometric kiosks powered by Idemia for the Tribal Access…
