European Union Considers Temporary Ban on Facial Recognition
The European Union is reportedly considering a temporary ban on the public use of facial recognition technology. The news comes courtesy of a leaked draft of a…
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House Committee Hears Testimony as Lawmakers Mull Facial Recognition Regulations
The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform held its third hearing on facial recognition technology this week, as House members work on a…
NEXT Supplies Fingerprint Readers for Government Project in India
The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh will be receiving a substantial number of fingerprint readers from NEXT Biometrics. Andhra Pradesh plans to use NEXT’s…
Werum IT Solutions Adopts Nymi Band Authentication
Werum IT Solutions has teamed up with Nymi to provide its customers in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry with fast, simple, and secure biometric…
Apple at Centre of Fight to Unlock Pensacola Shooter’s iPhone
Apple is once again at the centre of a privacy debate over requests for the tech giant to unlock the iPhones of the shooter in a recent tragedy at a […]
CBP Expands Facial Recognition Screening Program for Global Entry Travelers
The United States Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) has announced an expansion of its facial recognition screening program for its optional Global…
Digital Assistants to Become Increasingly Integral to Automotive Branding: Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan is predicting that digital assistants will become an increasingly important component of automotive branding in the next five years. Digital…
Facebook’s Online Speech Recognition Framework Becomes Widely Available
Facebook has announced that it will be making its wav2letter@anywhere online speech recognition framework more readily available as an open source platform.…
Nuance to Issue Q1 2020 Results in Early February
Nuance Communications has set a date for the publication of its first quarter results for the 2020 fiscal year: February 5th. To be clear, Nuance’s fiscal year…
Digital Twins and Interactive Experiences Lead Deloitte’s Tech Trends for 2020
Deloitte has released the 11th iteration of its annual Tech Trends report. The 2020 edition explains how enterprises are blending multiple technologies to…