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India Once Again Halts Biometric Attendance Tracking for Government Employees

CLEAR Partners with LabCorp to Deliver COVID-19 Immunity Credentials

CLEAR has partnered with LabCorp to improve the utility of its Health Pass application. Thanks to the partnership, Health Pass users can now link the app…

October 5, 2020

Cyprus Joins Sports Stadium Biometrics Trend with Planned FRT Security

Aldershot Town FC Outfits Players with Yoti’s Digital IDs

The Aldershot Town Football Club will be using Yoti to provide team members with digital player IDs. The news makes Aldershot Town FC the first team in the…

October 2, 2020

Purdue, PhysIQ to Study Whether Biometric Wearables Can Detect COVID-19

Digital medicine company PhysIQ and Purdue University have announced a partnership to jointly develop an algorithm that can detect early signs of COVID-19 from…

September 30, 2020

NEC Improves Accuracy of Biometric Engine for People Wearing Masks

NEC has upgraded its facial recognition engine to make sure that it can identify people who are wearing masks. The new engine was able to match faces with more…

September 25, 2020

Facing Spillover Gang Violence from Sweden, Danes Look to FRT

Japan to Use Biometrics to Track COVID-19 During Tokyo Olympics

The Japanese government is planning to use facial recognition to support contact tracing initiatives and slow the spread of COVID-19 at large events. That…

September 25, 2020

UK Fintech Firm Implements Random Selfie Checks to Fight Fraud

Jumio Biometric ID Verification Now Available for Microsoft Azure AD

Identity verification specialist Jumio has announced that its end-to-end ID verification and authentication solutions are now available to Microsoft Azure…

September 24, 2020

U.S. Military Turns to Biometric Wearables for Predictive COVID-19 Diagnosis

The United States military has announced that it has been trialing a new system set up by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in partnership with Philips…

September 23, 2020

Clear Adds 7 More Airports to TSA PreCheck Enrollment Program

Vision-Box Biometric Screening Comes to Winnipeg International Airport

As a result of a new partnership with Portuguese technology company Vision-Box, the Winnipeg Airports Authority (WAA) and the Winnipeg International Airport…

September 17, 2020

Singapore's 'Home Team' Wins Innovation Award for Biometric Tech

BioCatch Named to CB Insights Fintech 250

Israeli-based behavioral biometrics company BioCatch has announced that it has been named to the CB Insights Fintech 250, recognizing it as one of the fastest…

September 17, 2020

BIOZONE air and surface sanitization device at trade show exhibition

Sanitizing Mist Terminal Features Biometric, Temperature Detection Tech

Vivera Pharmaceuticals has unveiled a new sanitation station that is designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases. To do so, the BIOZONE…

September 16, 2020

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