In a bid to curb escalating gang violence, the Swedish government has announced plans to significantly increase the use of surveillance technology. Swedish Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer revealed at a […]

NEC Corporation of America is celebrating another strong performance on the part of its NeoFace facial recognition technology in the Department of Homeland Security’s annual Biometric Technology Rally. The testing […]

“Now, the NPL study on NEC’s technology offers further evidence that the racial bias problem can be ameliorated, and even eliminated.” After years of intense debate over facial recognition’s shortcomings, […]

NEC Corporation of America has renewed its contract with the Western Identification Network, a consortium of western US states and law enforcement agencies for which NECAM provides a shared Multimodal […]

Iris ID is reporting growing adoption of its iris recognition technologies by some of America’s most prominent law enforcement agencies. “We are pleased to see our iris recognition technology gaining […]

Clearview AI‘s facial recognition database now has 30 billion images, according to CEO Hoan Ton-That. It’s the latest illustration of the platform’s rapid – and massive – scaling, with Clearview […]

Innovatrics’ facial recognition tool for video surveillance can now be accessed through its ABIS web application, the company has announced. The development comes after a major SmartFace upgrade near the […]

A partnership with South Africa’s Barizma Solutions will see TECH5’s technology used to support law enforcement activities in the country. Barizma will integrate TECH5‘s contactless face and fingerprint scanning technologies […]

The United Kingdom’s Home Office plans to use biometric smartwatches to track migrants who have been convicted of criminal offences. The wearables devices will be equipped with facial recognition technology, and criminal […]

About two years ago, amid mass protests directed at police abuses and racial injustice, the city of New Orleans banned the use of facial recognition by law enforcement. And now, […]