ICE Awards $25.1M No-Bid Iris-Scanning Contract to BI2 Technologies
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a 25.1 million dollar no-bid contract to BI2 Technologies for iris biometric recognition systems, more…
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Royal Statistical Society Warns UK Digital ID Could Erode Public Trust and Distort Statistics
The Royal Statistical Society has warned that the UK government’s planned digital identity scheme risks undermining public trust and degrading the quality of…
Innovatrics Tops NIST FATE Age Estimation Composite Across 23 Vendors
Innovatrics’ age-estimation algorithm has placed first in the combined composite of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Face Analysis…
OneSpan Joins WE BUILD and Aptitude EUDI Wallet Large-Scale Pilots
OneSpan has joined two of the European Digital Identity Wallet large-scale pilots. The security vendor is participating in the WE BUILD and Aptitude consortia,…
AI Update: Are We Approaching Peak Investor Enthusiasm?
Welcome to the latest edition of the AI Update, where we continue to track the major developments in artificial intelligence and their implications for…
Oura Confidentially Files for IPO as Smart Ring Membership Nears Five Million
Oura has confidentially filed for an IPO, submitting a draft Form S-1 to the SEC as the biometric smart ring maker nears five million paid subscription members.
Special Report: Siloed KYC Systems Dangerously Misclassify Fraud
A new white paper, the result of a collaboration between ID Tech and Unico, argues that many modern fraud losses are being misunderstood, misclassified, and…
UK Home Affairs Committee Says Digital ID Rollout Damaged Public Trust
A UK parliamentary committee has concluded that the government’s initial handling of its digital ID plan damaged public confidence in the programme, while…
Innovatrics Takes First Place in UIDAI Face Recognition Challenge
Innovatrics has placed first in the face recognition category of the UIDAI Face Recognition Challenge, the biometric benchmarking program run by the Unique…
Disney Faces Proposed Class Action Over Disneyland Facial Recognition
A proposed class action accuses Disney of collecting biometric data through facial recognition at Disneyland entrances without consent, seeking $5 million.