UK Finance and Major Banks Advance Voluntary Digital Verification Service
Six of the United Kingdom’s largest banks and building societies are working with the trade body UK Finance on a voluntary digital verification service that…
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EFF, TEDIC, and CEJIL Challenge Paraguay’s Facial Recognition Secrecy
Three digital-rights organizations have asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to compel Paraguay to disclose how it uses facial recognition,…
MetaOptics Ships Metalens Smartphone With Contactless 3D Fingerprint Module
MetaOptics has begun shipping evaluation units of a 5G smartphone built around its metalens optics, including a contactless module the company says reads a…
onsemi to Acquire Synaptics in About 7 Billion Dollar Edge AI Deal
onsemi has agreed to acquire Synaptics, the chipmaker whose fingerprint, touch, and human-machine interface technology has long appeared in laptops and phones,…
PersonaShield Launches Platform for AI Likeness Rights and Creator Identity Control
A new platform from former Apple App Store executive Phillip Shoemaker is offering creators and public figures a way to control how their face and likeness are…
Burundi and India Explore Cooperation on Digital Identity and E-Payments
Burundi and India have opened early talks on cooperation in digital identity and electronic payments, with India offering to share the expertise it has built…
Air Bank Uses Innovatrics Face Biometrics for PSD2 App Pairing
Air Bank is using Innovatrics face biometrics to support secure mobile app pairing for existing customers in Czechia, bringing biometric verification into a…
New Jersey Supreme Court Requires Disclosure of Police Facial Recognition Use
New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled that criminal defendants are entitled to information about the facial recognition technology police used to investigate…
Kansas City Transit Agency Revives Plan for Facial Recognition on Buses
The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority is moving ahead with a plan to put AI-powered facial recognition cameras on some of its buses this fall, a…
Rome Airports Warn They May Suspend EU Biometric Entry/Exit System for Summer
The company that runs Rome’s airports says it may have to suspend the European Union’s biometric Entry/Exit System for non-EU travelers during the peak summer…