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DHS S&T hosting demonstration of high-throughput biometric systems
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate will host a demonstration of biometric capabilities and systems for DHS Operations on Thursday, May 16 at the Maryland Test Facility in Upper Marlboro, Maryland as part of the 2019 Biometric Technology Rally ... Read the whole story here.

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Evident ID raises $20 million to develop facial biometrics and expand to meet onboarding demand
Identity and credential verification platform provider Evident ID has raised $20 million in Series B financing. The funds will be...
 
Zwipe and Inkript collaborating to bring biometric payment cards to market
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Ever AI under fire for using photo app images to train facial biometrics without adequate transparency
Photo storage app Ever used images uploaded by customers to create albums in the cloud were used to develop Ever...
 
Northrop Grumman shareholders demand rights report over DHS biometric database contract
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Fraud accusations at UN refugee agency highlight importance of biometric systems
UN refugee agency UNHCR has strongly rejected what it characterizes as “widespread allegations made against its workforce” made in an...
 
Gemalto to provide AFIS for Canadian Department of National Defense
Gemalto has been tapped by the Canadian government to provide its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for biometric criminal and...
Smartwatches expected to pass fitness trackers in fast growing connected wearables market
Shipments of connected wearables will grow by a CAGR of 15.4 percent from 116.8 million in 2018 to 238.5 million...
 
Oakland considers banning public facial recognition use as San Francisco police amendments accepted
Oakland may not be far behind San Francisco in banning facial biometrics use by city departments, GovTech reports. The Oakland...
Veridium appoints former Veritas and Citrix executive Chief Revenue Officer
Veridium has appointed Jason Tooley Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Tooley joins the frictionless digital authentication solutions developer from Veritas, where...
 
IDEX reports Q1 revenues amid wait for biometric smart card market to take off
IDEX Biometrics recorded revenues of NOK 1.4 million (US$160,000) in the first quarter of 2019, as it progresses towards the...
Nuance reports Q2 revenue and EPS strong against expectations on medical, auto and enterprise sales
Nuance Communications has reported revenue at the high end of expectations and EPS (earnings per share) above expectations for its...
 
BIO-key reporting Q1 results May 15
BIO-key will issue its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 on Wednesday May 15, 2019 after the...
  Megvii raises $750M to expand facial biometrics business ahead of reported Hong Kong IPO
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  Three emerging market think tanks to collaborate on Good ID recommendations with Omidyar backing
  NEC to deploy biometric cctv surveillance system in Gurugram City, India
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  Google announces edge face and voice biometrics at I/O Conference
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