Texas Court Orders Discord to Bring UK Age Assurance to State Users
Discord must extend age-assurance and default child-safety controls already offered to users in the United Kingdom to accounts identified as belonging to Texas…
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BigBear.ai Revenue Rises 13% as Backlog Reaches $269.6M
BigBear.ai reported revenue of $36.7 million for the second quarter of 2026, representing a 13 percent increase from $32.5 million in the corresponding period…
New Zealand Orders Financial Audit as Failed Biometric Project Costs Rise
New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has commissioned an independent financial audit of a failed immigration biometrics project after…
EU AI Act Transparency Rules for Deepfakes and Biometric Systems Take Effect August 2
New transparency requirements under the European Union’s AI Act will take effect on August 2, introducing disclosure and content-marking obligations for…
Senate Report Ties $893M in 2025 Losses to AI-Enabled Scams
Americans reported more than $893 million in losses connected to AI-enabled scams during 2025, according to a bipartisan report from the U.S. Senate Special…
AU10TIX Adds Reality Defender Deepfake Signal to Identity Verification
AU10TIX is integrating Reality Defender’s deepfake detection into its identity-verification platform, adding a new signal for determining whether a selfie has…
Eftpos New Zealand Launches Terminals Built for Face and Palm Payments
Eftpos New Zealand has launched a new family of Victa payment terminals designed to support face and palm recognition, digital identity checks and other…
DHS Seeks Industry Input on Biometric Examination Tool
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is gathering market information for a Biometric Examination Tool, as part of the department’s ongoing work on…
Pakistan Plans Single Digital Identity for Public Services
Pakistan is moving to organize government and regulated services around a single digital identity, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directing officials to…
BPI Uses PhilSys Selfie Matching to Simplify Mobile Account Opening
Bank of the Philippine Islands is using the Philippine Identification System to let National ID holders open an account in its mobile app without photographing…