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Biometric Matching System’s FPGA Tech Offers Cost and Environmental Savings: Thales

Posted on January 21, 2020

Thales is highlighting the efficiency of some of the infrastructural technology supporting its Biometric Matching System, announcing that it’s using commercial Field-Programmable Gate Array technology developed in the aerospace industry to support the backend processing of its government-focused biometric identification systems. As Thales explains, the FPGA technology was originally designed to support ultra-low latency computing…

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Suprema Unveils New FaceStation at INTERSEC 2020

Posted on January 21, 2020

Suprema brought the latest version of its FaceStation solution to this month’s INTERSEC 2020 event in Dubai. The new FaceStation is expected to launch sometime in the second half of 2020. FaceStation is an access control terminal that leverages facial recognition for identity verification and authentication. The original FaceStation debuted all the way back in…

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Optical Filter Tech Supplier Reaches Settlement with LG

Posted on January 21, 2020

California-based tech company Viavi has reached a settlement with Korea’s LG over complaints of patent infringement, the company has announced. Viavi brought legal action against LG Innotek, LG Electronics, and LG Electronics U.S.A. – as well as Optrontec, another Korean firm – late last year, filing complaints with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) and…

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Ghana’s Electoral Commission Says Biometric Voting System Could Save Millions of Dollars

Posted on January 21, 2020

Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has released a statement saying the implementation of a new biometric voter management system (BVMS) could save the country millions of dollars when compared to upgrading the current system. Dr. Yaw Ofori-Adjei, the IT consultant to the EC, said the cost of maintaining the country’s old biometric system was $74.36 million,…

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BIO-key Explains Why Biometric Tech is More Affordable than Ever

Posted on January 21, 2020

BIO-key detailed the many applications of biometric technology in a recent post on its website. The company notes that biometric tech has been leveraged in virtually every professional environment, enabling everything from secure transactions to easy logins on shared workstations and personal devices. Of course, the advantages of biometric technology have been reasonably well established.…

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Clearview Quietly Sells Face Recognition Tech to Law Enforcement Agencies

Posted on January 20, 2020

Privacy advocates are in an uproar in the wake of a bombshell report from the New York Times. The report details the activities of a company called Clearview AI, an American startup that has quietly provided facial recognition services to more than 600 law enforcement agencies. Unlike other facial recognition tools – which often limit…

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BioCatch Calls Attention to Rising Rates of Digital Fraud

Posted on January 20, 2020

BioCatch is taking a look back at 2019 to warn consumers about the growing threat of digital fraud. The company noted in a new blog post that digital fraud has been steadily rising every year, and cited several studies that show that that trend continued heading into 2020. With that in mind, BioCatch explained that…

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CBP Brings Biometric Boarding to Philadelphia Airport

Posted on January 20, 2020

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is moving forward with another facial recognition pilot program. This time, the technology is being installed at Philadelphia International Airport, where it will be deployed for international travelers on selected departing flights with Qatar, British Airways, Lufthansa, and American Airlines. During the pilot, passengers will encounter a facial recognition…

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FacePhi Reveals Record Breaking Growth Numbers for 2019 Fiscal Year

Posted on January 20, 2020

“In a statement announcing the 2019 results, FacePhi noted that it had established 13 major contracts through the course of the year in the LATAM sector, and suggested that it is aiming to replicate the growth trend it has seen in this area in the APAC market…” FacePhi has delivered on its promise of strong…

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Q5id Launches ‘Proven Identity Management’ Solution

Posted on January 20, 2020

Newly-formed identity verification solution provider Q5id has announced the launch of its new multi-factor Proven Identity Management (PIM) biometric identification technology. Q5id uses a combination of biometric and live real-time authentication to prove an individual’s identity for secure digital transactions. With identity fraud being a major concern for both consumers and businesses, Q5id hopes to…

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Vancouver Gets World’s First Biometric Opioid Vending Machine

As part of the MySafe Project, the City of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is the site of the world’s first biometric opioid vending machine deployment. The MySafe Project is an initiative implemented as a response to an opioid crisis that has led to more than 5,000 deaths since 2016, when a public health emergency was declared…

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European Union Considers Temporary Ban on Facial Recognition

The European Union is reportedly considering a temporary ban on the public use of facial recognition technology. The news comes courtesy of a leaked draft of a European Commission white paper, the final version of which is set to be published in February. If the report proves to be accurate, the proposed legislation would completely…

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House Committee Hears Testimony as Lawmakers Mull Facial Recognition Regulations

Posted on January 17, 2020

The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform held its third hearing on facial recognition technology this week, as House members work on a bill aimed at regulating the use of this technology. At present, little is known about the legislation’s details, but the Committee on Oversight and Reform extended the opportunity to comment…

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NEXT Supplies Fingerprint Readers for Government Project in India

Posted on January 17, 2020

The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh will be receiving a substantial number of fingerprint readers from NEXT Biometrics. Andhra Pradesh plans to use NEXT’s Aadhaar-certified readers to facilitate the distribution of government services and improve the living standards for people in rural areas as part of the state’s Navarathnalu program. The full order is worth…

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Werum IT Solutions Adopts Nymi Band Authentication

Posted on January 17, 2020

Werum IT Solutions has teamed up with Nymi to provide its customers in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry with fast, simple, and secure biometric authentication. To that end, Werum has integrated the Nymi band into its new K.ME-IN platform, thereby enabling biometric authentication for those using the PAS-X Manufacturing Execution System (MES). PAS-X is designed for…

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Apple at Centre of Fight to Unlock Pensacola Shooter’s iPhone

Apple is once again at the centre of a privacy debate over requests for the tech giant to unlock the iPhones of the shooter in a recent tragedy at a naval air base in Pensacola, Florida. The situation Apple finds itself in is similar to the one in the aftermath of the 2015 San Berbardino…

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CBP Expands Facial Recognition Screening Program for Global Entry Travelers

The United States Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) has announced an expansion of its facial recognition screening program for its optional Global Entry program. The CBP has been behind a rollout of facial recognition systems at a number of ports of entry across the country over recent months, including deployments at international airports. The…

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Digital Assistants to Become Increasingly Integral to Automotive Branding: Frost & Sullivan

Posted on January 16, 2020

Frost & Sullivan is predicting that digital assistants will become an increasingly important component of automotive branding in the next five years. Digital assistants allow drivers to control various navigation, safety, and entertainment features with simple voice commands to minimize the number of distractions they face while on the road. They also provide an opportunity…

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Facebook’s Online Speech Recognition Framework Becomes Widely Available

Posted on January 16, 2020

Facebook has announced that it will be making its wav2letter@anywhere online speech recognition framework more readily available as an open source platform. The framework was developed by Facebook AI Research (FAIR), which claims that it has created the fastest open source automatic speech recognition (ASR) platform currently on the market. “The system has almost three…

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Nuance to Issue Q1 2020 Results in Early February

Posted on January 16, 2020

Nuance Communications has set a date for the publication of its first quarter results for the 2020 fiscal year: February 5th. To be clear, Nuance’s fiscal year doesn’t align with the calendar year; the Q1 2020 results will cover the months of October, November, and December, 2019. In any case, this period featured at least…