NYC Council Seeks to Tighten Oversight of NYPD Surveillance Technologies
The New York City Council has introduced a package of legislation aimed at increasing oversight of the NYPD’s use of surveillance technologies, including…
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Police Scotland Opens Public Dialogue on Live Facial Recognition Plans
Police Scotland has launched an exploratory public dialogue to assess the Scottish public’s views on the potential use of live facial recognition (LFR)…
NEC Face Recognition Tech Outperforms in Latest NIST Accuracy Tests
NEC Corporation has once again secured the top position in the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Face Recognition Technology…
JR East to Launch Facial Recognition Gates at Train Stations in Japan
East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has announced plans to introduce facial recognition technology at select train station ticket gates, enabling passengers…
India Launches Facial Recognition for Digital Pension Account Verification
India’s Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced a new Aadhaar-based Face Authentication Technology (FAT) system to enable fully digital…
UK Police Launch £20M Framework for Facial Recognition Software Procurement
BlueLight Commercial, the national procurement body for UK policing, has launched a £20 million, four-year multi-supplier framework for Live Facial Recognition…
Panasonic to Deploy Facial Recognition for 100,000 Staff at Expo 2025 Osaka
Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd. has announced plans to deploy advanced biometric authentication and AI sensing technologies at Expo 2025 Osaka, marking a major…
Colorado House Passes Strict Facial Recognition Regulations for Government Use
Colorado’s House of Representatives has passed a landmark piece of legislation aimed at establishing robust oversight of government use of facial recognition…
Onsemi Launches 30-Meter Range Depth Sensors for Advanced Facial Recognition
Onsemi has unveiled its new Hyperlux ID family of indirect time-of-flight (iToF) sensors, establishing a new benchmark in depth sensing capabilities with a…
UK Fuel Shop Deploys Facial Scanning to Control Alcohol Sales Access
A UK gas station has implemented an innovative facial biometric system to automatically control access to alcohol sales at one of its locations. Krisco…