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Big jump in public face biometric dataset size
A large team of researchers says it has created new million-scale facial recognition benchmark. They claim in a new paper to have built an autonomously cleaned biometric dataset of 2 million identities among 42 million facial images .. keep reading this report here

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Researchers pitch combined biometrics to enable identification from blurred, dark images
As demand for remote identification via surveillance increases, a survey of academic work on biometrics including facial recognition and gait...
 
Age verification and digital wallets for minors: EU launches strategy for online child safety
The European Union has devised a new strategy to help protect its children online as more protective technologies become available...
Expanded skin tone scale released by Google to help reduce bias in AI, computer vision
Progress on work done by Google to reduce the level of AI bias in the capture of images of skins...
 
Tech5 establishes new biometric research centers in Portugal and India
Tech5 is giving its Research and Development efforts a boost with the opening of two new centers to further research...
Certn nets $50M investment for biometric background screening
Certn has raised US$50 million in a series B round to invest in its product line, which verifies identities with face...
 
Checkout.com buying biometric ID verification startup ubble to secure online payments
British cloud payments company Checkout.com wants strong ID verification and more security from fraud for its clients, and it thinks...
Meta temporarily cuts photo filters to sidestep biometric data privacy lawsuits
Meta executives have shut off some avatars and filters for their Texas and Illinois subscribers. Both states have laws restricting...
 
Many small investments add up to $17m for biometric gun maker Biofire
Firearms with biometric safeties have been discussed for years with little to show for the brainstorming. But this week, a...
Incode selected by hotel group to develop seamless processes with biometrics
Incode Technologies has been selected by global luxury hospitality company Jumeirah Group to innovate guest experiences and reduce time-consuming processes with...
 
Avarta brings biometric digital wallet to Indonesian crypto exchange collaboration
Avarta, a decentralized finance and identity firm that offers a cryptocurrency wallet secured with biometrics from FaceTec, will work with...
Aratek launches management system for mobile devices used in digital ID programs
Aratek has introduced an all-in-one solution for managing the mobile devices used for remote biometrics enrollment or identity verification in digital...
 
Plurilock biometrics secure Amazon WorkSpaces; $1.4M in sales for subsidiary
Plurilock’s zero-trust cybersecurity solution with biometrics will be available for Amazon WorkSpaces virtual sessions, the company said. It also confirmed...
Apple granted patent for under-display optical biometric sensor
Apple has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for an under-display bundling of...
 
Big jump in public face biometric dataset size
A large team of researchers overwhelmingly from China says it has created new million-scale facial recognition benchmark. They claim in...
  US digital ID fraud cost $52B in 2021, Javelin estimates
  Trust Stamp joins forces with Rwandan Institute to increase equality in biometrics performance
  Advanced online biometrics applications explored by Humans.ai, Digital Domain, Kakao
  ProofID receives $18.5M investment, plans to expand Ping Identity delivery partnership
  Trustmatic unveils cloud biometric identification for enterprises
  Feitian choses Fingerprint Cards biometrics for new payment and access cards
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  May 17, 2022 - May 17, 2022
How to prevent fraud using AI-biometrics? EAB virtual lunch talk May 17, 2022 at 12:30-1:30pm CEST The European Association for...
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