Papua New Guinea Boosts ID Drive, Hires 500 Staff to Clear Backlog
Papua New Guinea doubles its ID workforce and targets 95 percent national registration to clear a backlog of millions of unprinted cards.
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Worldcoin Fights Philippines’ Biometric Ban
Worldcoin is appealing a Philippines ban on biometric data collection, defending its iris-based World ID program amid privacy and consent scrutiny.
Idemia Expands Remote Enrollment Kiosks and Next-Gen IDs Across U.S.
Idemia expands its SMART-E biometric kiosks and launches redesigned state IDs across the U.S., modernizing identity verification for DMVs and law enforcement.
New Jersey Town Adopts AI Surveillance with Face Recognition
Dover, New Jersey deploys AI-powered video analytics and facial recognition in partnership with Claro to boost municipal safety while managing costs.
Arkansas Mobile IDs Arrive in Google Wallet
Arkansas becomes the tenth U.S. jurisdiction to support digital driver’s licenses in Google Wallet, expanding its Idemia partnership and advancing mobile…
Indonesia Trials Face Recognition for SIM Registration to Curb Scams
Indonesia is testing facial recognition for SIM registration, aiming to prevent identity fraud and enforce one-person-one-SIM rules through biometric…
Bird Facial Recognition” System Watches Over Winter Gulls
Researchers at the Kunming Dianchi Plateau Lake Research Institute are using artificial intelligence to monitor migratory birds along Dianchi Lake, applying…
AI Update: Creative Financing and Imaginative Consulting
Welcome to the newest edition of ID Tech’s AI Update. Here’s the latest big news on the shifting landscape of AI and identity technology: Reflection AI has…
Cognitec Ships Next-Gen Matcher For FaceVACS-DBScan ID, Boosting Speed And Accuracy On Hard Poses
Cognitec has released an updated version of FaceVACS-DBScan ID, introducing a next-generation matching algorithm that improves search speed and accuracy when…
Sproof Launches “Ident” as a White-Label, EUDI-Wallet-Ready Identity Layer for Europe’s AML Era
Salzburg-based RegTech firm sproof has introduced sproof Ident, an API-first identity verification module designed to merge multiple verification…