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Tech giant Apple has announced that the latest version of its Safari web browser will be equipped with the option of allowing users to log in to certain websites with biometrics via Apple’s Face ID or Touch ID. Safari 14’s new features, which will ship with the new iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur operating […]
Google is planning to contest a class action lawsuit that alleges that the company violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in Illinois. The lawsuit was filed in February, and specifically concerns a facial recognition database that was created after extracting facial templates from photos on the company’s platform. BIPA prevents companies from obtaining and […]
The list of apps that support Face Unlock on the Pixel 4 keeps growing at a steady pace, with the Wells Fargo app recently joining in as the latest to accommodate Google’s take on biometric facial recognition for authentication. Face Unlock was first introduced with the launch of the Pixel 4 in November of 2019 […]
The Myki password manager will now support face unlock on the Pixel 4. The newest version of the app integrates the Android 10 biometrics API, which in turn allows Pixel 4 owners to open the app with a facial recognition scan instead of a PIN. To enable the feature, Myki users will first need to […]
Google’s attempts to have a class-action lawsuit filed against it dismissed have been refused by a federal judge, who ruled that the tech giant will have to face the claims that it violated federal privacy laws through its disclosure of users’ conversations to outside contractors. The suit originated last summer, following a report from Dutch […]
“…Google’s support of Apple biometrics offers a refreshing example of one tech giant’s willingness to work with a rival’s technology for the greater good of end user security.” Google is now officially taking advantage of Apple’s sophisticated biometric security systems to help protect users of the iOS version of its Google Drive app. First announced […]
Tech Giant Google appears close to announcing a new physical debit card to be used with its Google Pay payment platform, complete with biometric security. The news — which comes via a series of leaked documents obtained by TechCrunch — would position Google in the FinTech industry alongside competitor Apple, following the launch of the […]
San Francisco-based Inference Solutions, maker of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA), has announced the newest version of its Inference Studio platform including the new Verbatim Audio feature for tuning speech recognition and task automation. With Inference Studio 6.5, users can build and manage IVA applications to help them with customer engagement as well as tasks like […]
Google has followed through on its promises and fixed a major security flaw in the Pixel 4. The issue stems from the smartphone’s Face Unlock feature, which would grant access to people who had their eyes closed when the phone was released in October. Thankfully, the latest Pixel software update finally closes that loophole. The […]
Google is facing a lawsuit from the father of two Illinois children claiming the tech giant had violated the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when it allegedly collected biometric data from millions of students across the country through its G Suite for Education apps. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit — filed last week in […]
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