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| UK Home Office working on rules for police use of LFR |
| The UK Home Office is in the process of crafting a governance framework for the use of live facial recognition…Read More |
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| Under-display 3D face biometrics reaches testing on Chinese smartphones: leaker |
| Apple users are accustomed to using the Face ID feature in their iPhones, but reports… |
| New document reader from Regula reads cards on both sides simultaneously |
| Regula has released a new embedded document reader, the Regula 7223E. A release says the… |
| Big; bigger; biggest: IN Groupe CEO plots course with more digital ID tools |
| The completed acquisition of Idemia Smart Identity by IN Groupe earlier this month is the… |
| Login.gov to accept passports soon, mDLs by next March |
| The U.S. federal government plans to accept mobile driver’s licenses for online access to government… |
| Meta acquires voice generator startup PlayAI |
| Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has acquired the voice generator platform PlayAI. A report from Bloomberg says… |
| Cybersecurity failures leave US Social Security data at risk |
| The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a public rebuke of the Social Security Administration… |
| Reddit deploys selfie and document age verification from Persona |
| A statement from Reddit says it is using Persona’s age verification technology to comply with… |
| BioCatch SaaS sales surge to record $160M ARR |
| BioCatch rode a fiscal-year record $40 million in new sales to its best second quarter… |
| Zimbabwe looks forward to digital ID rollout after population registry reform |
| A plan to issue national digital IDs in Zimbabwe is said to be imminent after… |
| MTN launches accelerator program for startups driving Africa’s digital transformation |
| MTN Nigeria has launched its 2025 Cloud Accelerator Program intended to support technology startups operating… |
| How to measure success in biometric security? |
| By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner How do you measure the… |
| Hong Kong considering FRT for upgraded Huanggang checkpoint |
| Hong Kong’s Legislative Council security panel has given the green light to a HK$1.75 billion… |
| Brunei looks to ASEAN and its own roadmap to become Smart Nation |
| The implementation of digital transformation for every country is idiosyncratic. Each state goes about it… |
| EU moves forward on age verification with release of guidelines, software |
| The European Commission has released both its guidelines for protecting kids online and its “white… |
| UN initiative unites standards bodies to tackle global deepfake threat |
| You may have heard a friend or relative proclaim recently, “I can’t even tell what’s… |
| Impersonation scams surge as AI fuels identity theft |
| Impersonation scams and AI-driven fraud are redefining the threat landscape of identity theft in the… |
| Rwanda boosts connectivity as digital transformation project reaches 55 percent |
| Rwandan authorities have disclosed that over a thousand schools now enjoy connectivity as the country’s… |
| Liberia to speed up contractor selection for new biometric ID card system |
| President Joseph Boakai of Liberia has set up a Steering Committee to oversee an overhaul… |
| UK guidance anticipates shift to private labs for DIATF compliance testing |
| The UK continues to move incrementally toward the full launch of the digital identity and… |
