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Huami Unveils Fitness Tracking Earbuds

Smartwatch and fitness band maker Huami has debuted several new wearables this week at CES 2020 in Las Vegas. Although its Amazfit brand has up until now been…

January 14, 2020

Yoti Lends Support to Charitable Ticket Distribution Platform

Yoti and Native Protect Sigma Fans From Ticket Resellers

Yoti is getting into the concert business through its partnership with Native. Native is an app that makes concert and event tickets more readily available to…

January 14, 2020

Konami Gaming’s SYNKROS Platform Takes Gold at Data Quadrant Awards

Konami Gaming has taken home the top casino prize in the Casino Management Systems category at this year’s Data Quadrant Awards. The Awards are handed out by…

January 14, 2020

Alibaba Cuts Metaverse Ambitions in Pivot to AI

Autonomous_ID Adds Denis R. Hebert to Chairman’s Advisory Board

Autonomous_ID, a developer of gait-based biometric identification systems, has announced that Denis R. Hebert has joined its Chairman’s Advisory Board. Hebert,…

January 14, 2020

CLEAR Clears First Regulatory Approval for St. Louis Airport Deployment

CLEAR is a big step closer to bringing its biometric expedited screening platform to another US airport: St. Louis’s Airport Commission has approved a contract…

January 13, 2020

Cyprus Joins Sports Stadium Biometrics Trend with Planned FRT Security

Cardiff Soccer Fans Protest Face-Based Stadium Surveillance

Fans of the Cardiff City football club in Wales protested the use of facial recognition technology ahead of a recent game against Swansea City. The South Wales…

January 13, 2020

ROC Upgrades SDK and Officially Rebrands

FacePhi to Preview Strong 2019 Results Next Week

FacePhi is drumming up some excitement over its performance in 2019 and prospects for 2020, announcing that it will preview its 2019 fiscal results at a…

January 13, 2020

Mastercard Upgrades 'Identity Check' Security for South Africans

Flooid Launches Comprehensive New Retail App Suite

Flooid has released a new Flooid App Suite that was designed as a comprehensive checkout and payments solution for virtually any retail environment. The App…

January 13, 2020

Scottish Justice Secretary Says Biometrics Commissioner ‘Will Give Public Confidence’

Following unanimous support by Ministers of Scottish Parliament after a debate last Thursday, Humza Yousef, Scotland’s Justice Secretary, said that a…

January 13, 2020

Intel Tests Facial Recognition Algorithms on Thermal Images

Intel researchers published a study in which they looked into whether artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms trained to identify individuals’ faces can also…

January 13, 2020

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