In Irish Politics, “Biometrics” Becoming a Dirty Word
With government use of biometric technology becoming an increasingly sensitive issue in the public domain, an Irish government agency is waging a semantic…
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Jumio Bolsters Netverify with New Liveness Detection Feature
Jumio has announced a new feature of its Netverify authentication platform that should help to further curb fraud on the web. The aptly named “Liveness…
Delta, CBP Bring Biometric Boarding to Detroit Airport
Delta Air Lines’ biometric boarding experiment has expanded to Detroit. The company has announced that, in collaboration with the US Customs and Border…
Computer Vision Specialist AnyVision Nets $28M in Series-A Funding
Israel-based computer vision specialist AnyVision has raised $28 million in a series-A round of investment, the company has announced. It’s a development…
Image Recognition Market Sees 19.7% CAGR Growth Trend: Report
The global image recognition market is in the middle of a considerable growth trend, according to a new analysis from Progressive Markets. Using 2015 as a…
BRIEF: Society Begins to Grapple with Ethics of Biometrics
Like pretty much any other groundbreaking technology, biometrics has long carried the promise of great social benefit and the risk of potential abuse. It has…
Crossmatch Upgrades Flagship Authentication Platform
“More and more people are getting used to confirming their identities with a face scan, and thus a growing number of end users are going to appreciate this…
Iris Biometrics Moving to Samsung’s Budget Phones
Samsung may be looking beyond iris recognition for its next flagship device, but it appears that the technology could soon get a bigger role in the company’s…
Facial Recognition Goes to Summer Camp
A new service is letting parents more efficiently keep tabs on their kids while they’re away at summer camp, with biometric technology. Summer camps tend to…
Scottish Advisory Group Recommends Establishment of Biometrics Commissioner, Rules for Police
Government authorities in Scotland have launched a public consultation on how police should handle biometric data, reports The Scotsman. It’s the product of an…