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

Evolv Technology Marks Face Scanning Security Milestone

Boston-based Evolv Technology is celebrating an important milestone with the news that its AI-driven computer vision technology has scanned more than a million…

July 31, 2018

Behavioral Biometrics Specialist Wins Canadian Government Contract

BioCatch Appoints Jay Mandelbaum to its Board of Directors

“Jay’s interest in joining BioCatch is a validation of the significant market potential for digital identity solutions like ours that enhance online security…

July 31, 2018

Jasper Health Turns to Biometric Wearables for Remote Patient Monitoring

New Partnership to Explore Voice Biometrics-Based Medical Diagnosis

A Singapore-based provider of a digital healthcare platform is looking into the potential of speech recognition and voice biometrics to improve healthcare…

July 30, 2018

Pluto SoM Can Support Facial Recognition Across a Range of Devices

Computer Vision Specialist Airy3D Rakes in $10 Million in Series A Funding

“Airy3D says its DepthIQ technology can facilitate facial, gesture, and object recognition…” Another computer vision specialist is announcing millions of…

July 30, 2018

Adjust Cracks Down on In-App Fraud with New Behavioral Biometrics Solution

Baidu and Synaptics Collaborate on Voice-Based AI

“First unveiled at the Baidu Create 2018 AI Developer Conference earlier this month, the solution holds considerable potential in the China market, where Baidu…

July 30, 2018

Biometrics News - NEC Shares Biometrics Expertise with UN to Fight Global Hunger

Naked Payments Tested at KDDI Store and Mr. Donut Shop

” Unlike other nascent naked payments technologies aimed at directly linking consumers’ biometric data to their payment accounts, Hitachi’s system revolved…

July 30, 2018

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

Aculab Launches Voice Recognition API

“VoiSentry is designed as a scalable speaker verification system that is simple to install and integrate and can be deployed on the customers platform of…

July 30, 2018

BIO-key Partners With Aluratek, Brings Biometric Padlocks to Best Buy

“Our retail accounts look to Aluratek to bring them innovative products rooted in cutting edge technology and design. We are pleased to launch our relationship…

July 30, 2018

House Bill Aims to Formalize Biometric Intelligence Sharing with US Allies

A new piece of legislation aimed at facilitating the sharing of biometric intelligence on foreigners posing a potential security threat to the US has passed…

July 27, 2018

IDEX Sensors See ‘Customer Launch’ in Middle Eastern Biometric Cards Project

“This customer launch is yet another indication of the significant interest in biometrics in the smart cards for payments industry.” – Stan Swearingen, CEO,…

July 27, 2018

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