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U.S. Army AI task force could bring facial recognition to the field of battle
The U.S. Army has launched its Artificial Intelligence Task Force at the National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University to develop technologies for use on the battlefield of the future, as well as in rescue missions and civilian protection ... Read the whole story here.

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Daily Biometrics News
Biometric payment cards’ path to mass market
There is a general consensus among fingerprint sensor providers and other stakeholders that millions of payment cards will be secured...
 
Synaptics reports Q2 2019 results, announces CFO transition
Synaptics has reported financial results for Q2 2019 and a breakdown of the revenue mix shows mobile products taking 64.5...
NEC person re-identification tech matches images of people partially hidden from cameras
NEC announced the development of what it calls “Person Re-identification Technology” that is capable of matching images of people whose...
 
Ugandan police deploy Gemalto tech for rapid capture of suspects’ biometric data
Gemalto announced today it is supplying the Uganda Police Force with its Cogent Automated Biometric Identification System (CABIS) and LiveScan...
NEXT Biometrics partners with M-Tech on biometric cards for India
NEXT Biometrics announced it is partnering with M-Tech Innovations to develop and deploy biometric card solutions for India. M-Tech is...
 
Onfido to verify user identity for RVshare vehicle sharing network
Onfido announced today that RVshare is using its AI-based identity verification technology to reduce fraud and provide assurance for RV...
Patent application suggests next HomePod could feature Face ID and 3D hand gestures
An Apple patent application published last month indicates that future HomePods could feature support for biometric facial and 3D gesture...
 
Nominations open for ACM SIGAI Excellence in Artificial Intelligence award
Nominations are now being accepted for the ACM SIGAI Excellence in Artificial Intelligence award. ACM SIGAI is the Association for...
Ping Identity updates software products, reduces implementation and deployment times
Ping Identity announced it has updated its suite of identity and access management software products including PingFederate, PingAccess and PingDirectory...
 
Aviation company sued under BIPA for biometric collection procedure violations
A class action lawsuit has been filed in Cook County Circuit Court by a former employee of Swissport USA accusing...
Metra issues RFP for surveillance camera network that will work with facial recognition
A commuter rail agency in the Chicago metropolitan area has issued a request for proposals to design, implement and install...
 
Biometric authentication added to St. Kitts’ Citizenship by Investment due diligence process
The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis will soon introduce fingerprinting as an additional layer to the ‘exhaustive’ due diligence...
 
 
 
 
 
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