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Illuma Labs Secures $9M in Series A Funding to Enhance Voice Authentication and Combat Emerging Fraud Threats

Hyundai and Kia Bringing Server-Hosted Speech Recognition To Cars

Hyundai and Kia have teamed up with an AI specialist to bring speech recognition to upcoming cars. The specialist in question is Kakao, another South…

July 24, 2017

Kansas Bureau of Investigation Completes ~$7M ABIS Upgrade

BioLink’s BioTime System Now Supports OT-Morpho Biometrics

BioLink, a Russia-based provider of biometric identification solutions, has integrated OT-Morpho technology into its solutions portfolio, the companies have…

July 24, 2017

Canada's Border Agency to Create Biometric Identity Office

BioConnect Featured on TechWeek 100 Toronto List

BioConnect has been highlighted as one of TechWeek’s Rising Startups in Toronto’s tech scene. TechWeek is a media and conference promoter that focuses on…

July 24, 2017

India Mandates Biometric Attendance Systems for University Staff

Indian Supreme Court Faces Thorny Privacy Question Over Aadhaar

India’s Supreme Court has entered hearings on a case that will determine whether citizens have a fundamental right to privacy. The case was launched in…

July 24, 2017

Alibaba’s Experimental Tao Café Replaces Cash With Biometrics

Alibaba is running an experimental café that replaces cashiers with biometric recognition and a mobile app. It’s called the Tao Cafe, and it’s being run as…

July 21, 2017

Fingerprint Cards and Qualcomm Enter New Partnership

Fingerprint Cards and Qualcomm have entered into a new partnership that will see the latter integrate FPC capacitive sensors into its low- and mid-tier…

July 21, 2017

Fujitsu Deploys Improved Face and Palm Recognition Tech in Contactless Concept Store

Blippar Expands Live Facial Recognition Beyond Celebrities

Blippar users can now sign on for live facial recognition through their smartphones using the company’s eponymous app. The feature, called Halos, was first…

July 21, 2017

Daon Targets Asian Market with New Office in Singapore

Airbnb, Uber, Ola Considering Aadhaar Integrations: Report

Uber, India-based ride-hailing service Ola, and Airbnb are considering implementing Aadhaar authentication for their service providers, reports BuzzFeed.…

July 21, 2017

Q2 Report Shows FPC Back on Track After Challenging First Half

Fingerprint Cards has issued a corporate update for Q2 and the first half of the year. The results are in line with FPC’s previous predictions about how the…

July 21, 2017

IDEMIA Renews Fingerprint Contract With State of Indiana

BIO-key Approved for Nasdaq

BIO-key has been approved for Nasdaq listing. It’s the realization of a longstanding ambition on the company’s part, and comes soon after BIO-key took…

July 21, 2017

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