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Neurotechnology’s Smartphone Fingerprint Capture Meets NIST FastCAP Requirements

Neurotechnology’s contactless fingerprint capture technology has met the first-phase qualification requirements of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and…

AI Update: AI Agents Helped Steal 600,000 Payment Card Records

AI agents helped steal 600,000 payment card records. This week’s AI Update covers real-world breaches, deepfake defenses and identity controls for agents.

Federal Judge Blocks Utah’s VPN Location Rule for Adult-Site Age Checks

A federal judge has preliminarily barred Utah from enforcing a provision of its adult-site age-verification law that treats a person as being in the state even…

YouTube Plans Voice Detection for Creator Likeness Checks

YouTube plans to add speaking-voice detection to its creator likeness tool later this year, combining audio and facial signals to help identify videos that…

Delaware to Require ID and Selfie Checks for Prison Video Visits and Messaging

Delaware will require people who use its online prison messaging and video-visitation services to verify their identities with a government-issued ID and a…

NHS Plans AAL2 Passkey Update for Self-Claimed Care IDs

NHS England has detailed a passkey change for its self-claimed Care ID service in the latest Care Identity Management release. Version 9.1 is scheduled to use…

Facephi Earns Canadian Trust-Framework Certification for Identity Proofing

Facephi’s identity-verification service has been certified against the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework’s Verified Person component at level of assurance 2, known…

German Privacy Regulators Warn Against Smart-Glasses Face Recognition in Public

Germany’s conference of federal and state data protection authorities has endorsed a Hamburg regulator’s examination of Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses and warned that…

Apple Details Added Image Processing for Face ID on iPhone 18 Pro

Apple has updated its Face ID security documentation to explain how the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max use additional image data during facial authentication. The…

EFG Hermes Opens Mobile Onboarding for Dubai Financial Market Investors

EFG Hermes UAE has launched a mobile account-opening service for investors seeking access to the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). Through its EFG Hermes ONE…