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ID R&D has been listed as a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s 2020 Market Guide for User Authentication. This is the second time that Gartner has named the identity verification specialist as a Representative Vendor in the report. “We are honored to be recognized once again in Gartner’s Market Guide for User Authentication,” said ID R&D President […]
“The chain itself will also benefit from VSBLTY’s computer vision and consumer analytics technology.” VSBLTY is continuing to make in-roads in South Africa. The company has announced that it will be providing smart retail technology for a chain of fuel and convenience stores with locations all over the country. The deal specifically concerns VSBLTY’s VisionCaptor […]
A recent investigative report by Reuters found that American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp had been using facial recognition technology in 200 of its stores across the United States, with the vast majority of the deployments focused in predominantly non-white lower income neighborhoods in Los Angeles and Manhattan. Investigators with Reuters found that 33 of […]
Florida-based emotion detection and recognition (EDR) tech startup Jinglz has announced the launch of a new Online Public Offering (OPO) as it seeks investors to generate capital in order to expand its marketing and pursue revenue streams. This latest OPO comes after the company launched its new EmotionTrac platform, which allows marketers to conduct remote […]
San José-based Internet of Things network startup Qopper has announced the launch of two new products — The Occupancy Monitor, and the Temperature Kiosk — that look to help retail and commercial businesses safely reopen following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. With the Occupancy Monitor, Qopper aims to provide businesses in physical locations with the […]
Four congressional Democrats have introduced the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, a new law enforcement bill that while requiring federal, state and local law enforcement officers to wear body cameras would restrict their use of facial recognition technology at the same time. The bill was introduced by Reps. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chair of the […]
A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against photo-sharing service Shutterfly that alleged it had violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) was dismissed by a federal judge last week, granting Shutterfly’s motion to compel the plaintiff to take her claims to arbitration. The case — which was filed in June of 2019 by Vernita Miracle-Pond and […]
Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation has announced that it has developed a biometric authentication device that is capable of recognizing individuals even if their faces are partially obscured by a mask or other covering. This development comes at a time when a growing number of people around the world have resorted to wearing face masks […]
SmartSearch, a U.K.-based Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solutions provider, has announced that it now offers biometric verification via its new facial recognition feature, enabling clients to perform Know Your Customer (KYC) as well as AML checks and remotely onboard their customers in seconds. The addition comes at a time when restrictions on movement placed by governments […]
The city of Boston is considering passing a ban on the use of facial recognition technology, a move that would make then the third municipality to do so in the state of Massachusetts in the past 6 months following similar moves from the communities of Brookline and Cambridge late last year and earlier this year […]
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