Philippines privacy authority orders halt to World biometrics processing
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) of the Philippines has ordered Tools for Humanity to halt all data processing operations in…
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World wants big retail partners to house more of its Orbs
When Worldcoin rebranded as World a year ago, it laid out a plan to scale operations that included more locations…
Outtake browser extension authenticates enterprise email with World ID, passkeys
Outtake and World believe in securing identities for business as fraud grows. Outtake has unveiled a new browser extension designed…
Gaming starts to feel the sting of age verification legislation
Is a skin flick still a skin flick if the skin is made of pixels? The question twists not only…
Brazilian parliamentary commission extends investigation into Tools for Humanity
A parliamentary commission in Brazil investigating Tools for Humanity, the company behind the digital identity project World, has approved an…
Public gets chance to invest in World’s biometric digital ID through $270M deal
A group of American crypto investors believe that World’s iris biometrics can provide the universal foundation for digital identity that…
World’s Orbs get their biggest shop in Colombia
World has opened doors on its biggest center worldwide. The flagship premises can be found in Bogotá, Colombia, located in…
Thai authorities warn over use of World’s iris biometric scanners
Local authorities in Thailand have been put on notice to monitor the use of World’s iris biometric scanning Orbs. Thailand’s…
World partners to deploy biometric orbs in Japan
World continues its worldwide expansion. Japan’s Medirom Healthcare Technologies, through a collaboration with Hakuhodo Inc., is joining forces with the biometric…
Altman denounces voice, face biometrics, prophecies ‘intelligence too cheap to meter’
Having found few sympathetic ears among privacy regulators with his World ID project, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has turned…
