Biometric Facial Recognition Solution Focused on African Faces Wins Acclaim
Charlette N’Guessan, a young engineer from Ghana, is the first woman to be awarded the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, an award founded and supported…
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NIST Schedules Virtual Biometric Facial Recognition Conference for October
The NIST is moving forward with plans for the 2020 International Face Performance Conference (IFPC). The conference is now scheduled to run from October 27-29,…
Rank One’s Biometric R&D Pays Off in Recent FRVT Testing
Rank One is celebrating its strong performance in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s first Face Recognition Vendor Test ranking since…
Pittsburgh Councillor Moves to Ban Police Use of Biometric Facial Recognition Tech
Pittsburgh city councillor Corey O’Connor has introduced legislation that, if passed, would ban the city’s Public Safety Department (PPSD) from using facial…
GAO Releases New Report on Facial Recognition Industry
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report on the state of the facial recognition industry titled “FACIAL RECOGNITION…
Biometric Facial Recognition Struggling with Face Masks, Suggests NIST Report
A new NIST report suggests that facial recognition providers may be overstating their ability to identify people wearing masks. The organization found that the…
NY Bans Biometric Facial Recognition in Lockport City Schools Until 2022
One month after the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed a lawsuit against the New York State Education Department for its decision to approve the use…
IDEMIA Celebrates Strong NIST Performance of Contactless Biometric Scanner
IDEMIA is boasting about the strong performance of its MorphoWave fingerprint technology in recent NIST testing. The results of the Contactless-to-Contact…
ID Talk Special Episode: SIA and NIST on the Critical Need for Privacy in Security
FindBiometrics is at the forefront of the identity privacy discussion, working with our association partners in vertical markets to advise on privacy best…
Contactless Fingerprint Scanning is Less Accurate, but Can Be Improved with More Prints: NIST Study
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shared the results of a study that compares contactless fingerprint recognition solutions to…