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As biometric facial recognition technology spreads, privacy concerns follow
Biometric facial recognition will soon play a major role in a range of activities from travel to shopping and buying fast food, according to a new CB Insights report describing the technology’s use by more than 30 American companies ... Read the whole story here.

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Biometrics market in Europe forecasted to reach $11.5B by 2023
The integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning will enhance the performance of various biometric modalities, driving European...
 
Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric pay delays and World Bank support
Biometrics systems have moved far beyond centralized government schemes across Africa. This week we see the ramifications of smaller, localized...
Illinois Supreme Court opens floodgates for class action litigation under state’s biometric privacy law
This is a guest post by Ana Tagvoryan, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal and David J. Oberly, attorneys at Blank Rome LLP....
 
MIT researchers demonstrate cross-modal biometrics with facial approximation from voice
Researchers at MIT have developed a neural network-based model for associating vocal characteristics with facial ones to create approximate images...
Brazilian airline GOL pilots biometric boarding at RIOgaleão airport
Brazilian airline GOL has launched a facial recognition trial at gate number 34 of RIOgaleão airport to facilitate the passenger...
 
CyberLink shrinks facial recognition model by 98 percent for edge biometrics
Facial recognition and edge computing are the two most promising opportunities in the artificial intelligence market in 2019, CyberLink CEO...
Iveda brings biometrics and surveillance analytics to South Africa with AXIOM partnership
Cloud video surveillance company Iveda has partnered with AXIOM to bring its devices with built-in face recognition and other analytics...
 
FacePhi biometric recognition technology selected by Banco General de Panamá
Spanish biometrics company FacePhi announced today that Banco General de Panamá will deploy its SelphID facial recognition solution to enable...
Veridos and Prismade Labs collaborate on interactive security feature for ID cards
Veridos has entered into an exclusive joint development partnership with Prismade Labs GmbH to integrate Prismade printed electronics technology into...
 
Signicat partners with German identity scheme to simplify onboarding and authentication
Signicat will integrate the new German identity scheme yes.com into its Digital Identity Platform under a new partnership to streamline...
Teardowns show possible Android Q support for facial biometric payments and app sign-in
Details of the new biometric facial authentication features coming to Android have been revealed by teardowns of Android Q Beta...
 
Subsidized Ring doorbell cameras could give police public surveillance network
Police departments all around the U.S. are offering people free or discounted Ring doorbells, in some cases funded by taxpayers,...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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