Biometrics entrepreneurs say they’re talking to governments fighting Covid-19
Facial recognition was so hot for a while that most elevator pitches for biometrics seemed to at least name-checked it,...
View ArticleFacial biometrics deployment for residential access control in Canada...
A Canadian real estate management firm has deployed biometric facial recognition to prevent unauthorized access of its buildings and track...
View ArticleWhat pandemic? China biometrics startup clinches $141M fund
It is a precarious moment for the waylaid Chinese economy, but a Shenzhen biometrics startup has just closed a round...
View ArticlePanasonic i-PRO releases enhanced video management system platform for access...
Panasonic Security Group has released an upgraded version of its Video Insight Video Management System (VMS) with redaction for face...
View ArticleFacial recognition guide from VPN Compare presents incomplete picture
As the Electronic Frontier Foundation has said, facial recognition is “one of the most pervasive surveillance technologies” across the globe....
View ArticleUIDAI proposes public Aadhaar facial biometrics and temperature checks to...
Officials with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have suggested that camera networks performing facial recognition and temperature checks...
View ArticleChinese companies push AI, biometric thermal imaging tech for U.S. deployment...
Chinese AI tech developer Rokid is negotiating with U.S. companies to sell its thermal imaging glasses with biometrics to U.S....
View ArticleVsblty works on integration and smart city test of facial recognition and...
Vsblty Groupe Technologies and sensor technology developer Photon-X have jointly announced a collaboration to develop advanced biometric camera applications to...
View ArticleRing rumored to add object, license plate and facial recognition to home...
A confidential survey from Ring home security sent to beta testers and shared with Ars Technica reveals the Amazon subsidiary...
View ArticleAmazon places $10M order for thermal cameras with biometric capabilities from...
Dahua has continued to find customers for its biometric facial recognition cameras despite being restricted from U.S. government contracts by...
View ArticleAdvantech develops AI facial recognition edge SRP for online and offline city...
Advantech has released an AI facial recognition edge SRP (solution-ready package) enhanced with a deep learning algorithm to provide fast...
View ArticleFacial biometrics purchased by Anaheim police, considered by California and...
Anaheim police will purchase forensic biometric facial recognition software from Veritone after getting approval from city officials, the Orange County...
View ArticleUK police not transparent about AI, biometric facial recognition use in...
Although they likely use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision systems (ADS) in criminal investigations, only a very small number...
View ArticleRank One and Panasonic upgrade biometric facial recognition offerings for...
Rank One Computing has launched a new facial recognition algorithm as part of an update to its biometric ROC SDK,...
View ArticleEU civil society group calls for ban on public surveillance biometrics as...
European Digital Rights (EDRi) has published a paper demanding the European Commission and EU Member States institute a ban on...
View ArticleResearchers look for biometric systems’ blind spots
Deer really do get confused by headlights, rendered unable to recognize an oncoming car for what it is — a...
View ArticleLondon Metropolitan Police now considering pausing facial recognition expansion
Following several months of growing concerns among privacy rights advocates and an independent report commissioned by London’s Metropolitan Police that...
View ArticleBiometric payment cards to ride contactless wave, market producing extra 110M...
Biometric payment cards are expected to play a major role in a trend towards the use of multi-factor contactless transactions...
View ArticleU.S. Army leverages biometrics and contact tracing to contain COVID-19 among...
Contact tracing and biometric data have helped reduce the COVID-19 infection rate in U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, which is reporting...
View ArticleCamera-makers and Microsoft work to enable edge COVID-19 prevention...
Smart cameras equipped with computer vision could help enforce mask-wearing and social distancing by detecting people violating them and sending...
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