Samoa Invites Suppliers Ahead of National Digital ID Tender
Samoa is inviting identity and biometric technology suppliers to an online briefing ahead of a planned procurement for its National Digital Identification…
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Greece Submits Social Media Age-Verification Bill to Parliament
Greece has submitted a bill to Parliament that would restrict social media access for children below an age threshold of 15 and require reliable age…
College of Policing Awards South Wales Facial Recognition Evaluation
The College of Policing has awarded the University of Birmingham a contract to evaluate officer-initiated facial recognition software used by South Wales…
Bangladesh Seeks Securiport Proposal for Biometric Border Screening
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Home Affairs has asked US border-security company Securiport to submit a detailed technical and financial proposal for an automated…
Sindh Links Education Boards With NADRA for Verified Digital Records
The government of Sindh, a province in southern Pakistan, has signed an agreement with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to connect all…
AI Update: AI Tools Linked to South Korean Financial Intrusions
AI Update examines South Korean financial intrusions, suspected agent misuse, false personas, identity controls, hiring fraud checks and UK privacy scrutiny.
NEXT Biometrics Plans Bankruptcy Filing After Funding Efforts Fail
NEXT Biometrics has resolved to prepare a bankruptcy petition after efforts to secure additional funding and sell assets from its legacy fingerprint sensor…
SASSA Defends Intensified Proof-of-Life and Biometric Grant Controls
The South African Social Security Agency has defended intensified grant reviews and proof-of-life checks, saying the measures are intended to confirm…
TECH5 Names Co-Founder Rahul Parthe as New CEO
TECH5 has appointed co-founder and chairman Rahul Parthe as chief executive, giving its former chief technology officer full operational and strategic…
X Adds Device Biometrics and Selfie Checks for Suspected Bot Accounts
X has added liveness checks that can require suspected automated accounts to confirm a person is present using device biometrics or a selfie video. Its help…