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UK police claim study support to resume live facial recognition deployments
The report, published by the national lab, with support from Ingenium Biometrics and the University of Kent, backs police claims that facial recognition surveillance can protect human rights as it reduces and prevents crime .. read more here

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Digital ID: Good tech, lots of optimism, many doubts
There is little in the way of coalescence in the global digital ID sector especially considering all the investments going...
 
Integrated digital system in Zimbabwe to enhance ID issuance, birth registration
Zimbabwe’s Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe has announced the setting up of an ambitious integrated digital...
Gender, race bias risk reported in biometrics used by US Labor Department
An alert issued by the inspector general (IG) of the U.S. Department of Labor is raising “urgent equity and security...
 
Civil society alarmed by migrant biometrics and surveillance in EU, Americas
Advanced technologies are being used at the EU border for widespread surveillance and to carry out what Euronews reports are...
Consortium prepares Bulgaria’s biometric ID for a debut this year
Chipped national ID and residence cards will be issued in Bulgaria before 2024, according to local reports. Switching to the...
 
VisionLabs enters Vietnam as Russian biometrics developers seek new markets
Russian biometric company VisionLabs is entering the Vietnamese market, Russian news agency Tass reports. The company presented its technology at...
Looming mass SIM deactivation in Philippines spurs brainstorm
The Philippines’ subscriber identity module (SIM) registration drive has stalled, and the government department overseeing technology is looking for ways...
 
Switzerland to spend $27M on new multimodal biometric matching system
The Swiss government is earmarking 24.61 million Swiss francs (roughly US$27.18 million) for the renewal and upgrade of the country’s...
SenseTime demos its large-language model, stock jumps
The large-language model boom, and, almost certainly, bubble, has begun. China-based SenseTime, still fitful under United States sanctions, is riding...
 
Stanford study shows AI benchmarks aging poorly, need work
An AI research team led by Stanford University has found that algorithms are, indeed, besting humans in some benchmark tests....
AfDB earmarks $8m to establish interoperable bank ID system in 4 West African countries
The West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) is leading the implementation of a project aimed at creating an interoperable unique digital...
 
2 biometric passwordless authentication integrations and an online retail deployment
The boost passkeys are giving to passwordless authentication continues to be seen in new products and deployments. Passkeys are exceeded...
Biometrics to protect payments and retailers approved by investors and regulators
Biometrics to prevent fraudulent online transactions and for protection against retail theft are the subject of the most-read stories on...
 
Health Gorilla, Clear join forces for biometric access to portable medical records
Health Gorilla, a health information network and interoperability provider, has partnered with Clear to launch the Individual Access Services platform....
  Airports in 4 countries deploy biometrics, digitize to streamline operations
  Precise Biometrics plans to boost capital with share sale
  US biometric data privacy suit nets Jumio and crypto firm Binance
  Data shows collapse of SVB, Signature Bank prompted hike in ID fraud
  UK police claim study support to resume live facial recognition deployments
  OCR Labs denies breach report details, patches vulnerability
Biometrics White Papers
One selfie to rule them all: Could distributed biometrics revolutionize the way we authenticate?
Traditional biometric authentication methods, which include both local and server-side biometrics, have limitations that need to be addressed. Local biometrics...
 
Deep dive into deepfakes
Concerns about fraud are growing as the technology to create deepfakes becomes increasingly accessible. This white paper by ID R&D...
January 2023 update to ISO/IEC standard 30107-3: How do changes affect development and testing?
In January of 2023, ISO/IEC published a new, second edition of the 30107-3 standard that replaces the earlier, first edition...
 
Multispectral imaging (MSI) fingerprint technology
Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to validate identities for secure interactions and services such as banking transactions, medication dispensing,...
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