| Weekend Reading : Feb 3, 2024 |
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| Major biometrics investments carry promise of wider deployments |
| Big money biometrics deals returned to the headlines this week on Biometric Update, and along with emerging applications provide encouraging…Read More |
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| Incognia locks $31M in series B funding for biometric, location ID offerings |
| Having secured $15.5 million in Series A funding in mid-2022, Incognia has announced the closing… |
| Buyout of Vision-Box would hand Amadeus key piece of travel process puzzle |
| Attracted by its border control services, Amadeus IT says it is buying Vision-Box for €320… |
| Juniper sees major growth for the biometric POS terminal market |
| Biometric POS terminals will handle 46 billion retail transactions globally by 2028, more than doubling… |
| Liminal says biometrics favored in authentication market set to be worth $38.9B |
| There is a lot of money to be made in customer authentication, and biometrics and… |
| From Joe Biden to Taylor Swift, the era of the celebrity deepfakes has begun |
| U.S. President Joe Biden is not robocalling voters to tell them not to vote in… |
| Relai selects Inverid, fintechs beef up KYC processes as deepfake threats loom |
| New research from Gartner predicts that 30 percent of entities will no longer consider biometric… |
| Live facial recognition law and regulatory framework needed: UK committee |
| The legal basis for police deployments of live facial recognition is being questioned by the… |
| US Senators seek balance between facial recognition benefits, risks for investigations |
| The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee dedicated a large portion of its latest hearing on the… |
| ACLU wants trial to prove police agency was wrong in biometrics-based arrest |
| A Black man in the U.S. arrested for shoplifting based solely on facial recognition algorithms… |
| Regulatory dust settles around Clearview, leaving one big facial recognition market |
| Regulatory changes and court decisions around the world leave Clearview AI with a limited, but… |
| Greek football looks to digital ID ticketing, video surveillance to curb crowd violence |
| Football fans in Greece intending to watch games in stadiums may have to buy match… |
| Face-as-a-ticket gets small try during Australian Open with Wicket biometrics |
| Limited facial recognition ticketing is underway as part of a technology trial at the Australian… |
| Privately, ACCS, Idiap and AVPA join forces to protect age estimation from generative AI |
| Generative AI services are emerging that can potentially be used to thwart online facial age… |
| UK considers digital identity for age verification in booze sales |
| A statement from the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire says the UK… |
| Ambiguous US age verification legislation sets up legal challenges |
| Putting walls around adult or should-be-adult content online is enticing to U.S. culture warriors, but… |
| Leash tightens about the necks of social media titans in the US |
| Nothing of substance resulted from yesterday’s U.S. Senate scolding of five social media CEOs. Intangible… |
| Age verification integrations span from brick-and-mortar retail to bikeshare apps |
| Fujitsu facial scanners will be used to perform age verification in UK supermarkets, despite the… |
| Harmonizing work planned for Australian digital driver’s licenses |
| An association of Australia and New Zealand government officials say they are preparing to harmonize… |
| Australia Digital ID Bill criticized for biometrics testing barrier, phased rollout |
| National banks and a biometric testing provider have expressed concerns in submissions to parliament on… |
| Australian gaming org pushes for 1:N face matching for gambling exclusions |
| Clubs Australia is supporting two bills that aim to integrate and regulate the use of… |
| Digi Yatra still ruffling feathers among air travelers, but keeps growing |
| A new survey says almost a third of passengers enrolled in the Digi Yatra biometric… |
| More airport biometric checks from NEC, Clear, Idemia I&S |
| While the world’s travel destinations bounce back from the post-pandemic tourism slowdown, airports across the… |
| Nigeria contracts Pakistan’s digital ID agency to upgrade NIN middleware |
| The digital identity authorities of Pakistan and Nigeria have signed a strategic partnership agreement to… |
| Nepal wants single biometric database for ID cards, CRVS, passports |
| Nepalese government officials have announced that biometrics will not be collected anew from passport applicants… |
| Uganda rumored to consider merging ID agencies as biometric kit price grows |
| Officials with Uganda’s Internal Affairs Ministry have requested a merger between government bodies responsible for… |
| Govt source says Kenya’s biometric national ID card chip expiry protects security |
| Kenyans, a local news portal has cited a government official as confirming that new national… |
| Regula introduces test service to help customers scan ID documents’ NFC chips |
| The introduction of ID documents with integrated NFC chips in countries around the world has… |
| Smart Engines adds hologram analysis to ID document validation portfolio |
| Smart Engines has upgraded its AI document analysis to enable the verification of holograms for… |
| Prepare now for when quantum computers break biometric encryption: Trust Stamp |
| Digital identity and trust provider Trust Stamp has released a white paper explaining the threat… |
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