UK Home Office to Pilot Smartphone Biometric Checks for Visa Applicants
The UK Home Office is preparing to pilot a smartphone-based biometric verification system that would allow immigration applicants to complete identity checks…
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CLEAR Expands CLEAR+ Enrollment to UK, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Passport Holders
CLEAR has announced that passport holders from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are now eligible to enroll in CLEAR+, expanding the…
Acre Security Deploys Unified Biometric Credential System at Three U.S. Universities
Acre Security has just deployed a unified biometric credential system across three U.S. university campuses, providing students with flexible authentication…
Login.gov Launches Passport-Based Identity Verification for Remote Access
The U.S. government announced today that Login.gov now supports identity verification through biometric U.S. passports, a major expansion of the federal…
Montana Launches Mobile Driver’s Licenses for Apple and Google Wallets
Montana has just rolled out mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs), making the state the 19th in the U.S. to offer digital IDs that can be stored in Apple Wallet and…
Indiana University Launches Digital CrimsonCard for Apple and Google Wallets
Indiana University has introduced a digital version of its CrimsonCard, making the official campus ID accessible through smartphones and smartwatches alongside…
Apple Watch Code Leak Suggests Touch ID Could Arrive by 2026
Apple may be preparing to bring Touch ID to its Apple Watch lineup, with internal code leaks suggesting biometric authentication could arrive as early as 2026,…
Illinois Plans Late 2025 Launch for Apple Wallet IDs
Illinois is preparing to bring state IDs and driver’s licenses to Apple Wallet by late 2025, according to a January 13 announcement from the Illinois Secretary…
NEXT Biometrics Secures First Large-Scale FAP 30 Granite Order from Indian OEM
NEXT Biometrics has received the first large-scale production order for its new FAP 30 “Granite” fingerprint sensor from an existing Indian OEM customer. The…
Meta Tests Facial Recognition to Detect and Remove Celebrity Scam Content
Meta says it is testing facial recognition technology to combat “celeb-bait” scams on Facebook and Instagram, an initiative first outlined on October 21, 2024.…