Chinese companies push AI, biometric thermal imaging tech for U.S. deployment amid COVID-19
Chinese AI tech developer Rokid is negotiating with U.S. companies to sell its thermal imaging glasses with biometrics to U.S….
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UIDAI proposes public Aadhaar facial biometrics and temperature checks to boost containment efforts
Officials with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have suggested that camera networks performing facial recognition and temperature checks…
Facial recognition guide from VPN Compare presents incomplete picture
As the Electronic Frontier Foundation has said, facial recognition is “one of the most pervasive surveillance technologies” across the globe….
Panasonic i-PRO releases enhanced video management system platform for access control
Panasonic Security Group has released an upgraded version of its Video Insight Video Management System (VMS) with redaction for face…
What pandemic? China biometrics startup clinches $141M fund
It is a precarious moment for the waylaid Chinese economy, but a Shenzhen biometrics startup has just closed a round…
Facial biometrics deployment for residential access control in Canada concerns privacy advocates
A Canadian real estate management firm has deployed biometric facial recognition to prevent unauthorized access of its buildings and track…
Biometrics entrepreneurs say they’re talking to governments fighting Covid-19
Facial recognition was so hot for a while that most elevator pitches for biometrics seemed to at least name-checked it,…
AnyVision facial biometrics not powering mass surveillance in West Bank but Microsoft to divest stake
Microsoft is divesting its stake in AnyVision, due to a change in its investment policy and despite an audit finding…
India launches biometric tracking measures as Canada, US delay data collection to prevent virus spread
Governments around the world are responding to the continuing coronavirus outbreak, in some cases by implementing biometric tracking measures, and…
Fingerprint payment cards, biometrics for autos and industry pandemic response top news this week
How a fingerprint biometrics provider will navigate the next phase of its business, new entrants into the market for identifying…
