SenseTime planning year’s biggest biometrics IPO after all, seeking $8.5B...
The blockbuster biometrics IPO once planned by SenseTime may come off in Hong Kong this year after all, Bloomberg reports, perhaps...
View ArticleSenseTime’s biometrics business grows during COVID-19 despite U.S. ban
Despite being included on the U.S. Entity List of blacklisted Chinese companies, SenseTime’s business has been flourishing in China, where...
View ArticleUK police plan to introduce controversial biometric technology despite...
An independent review of the use of face biometrics by UK police by the Ada Lovelace Institute will draw heavily...
View ArticleHikvision biometric surveillance equipment gets deeper into the Baltics
Hikvision, the partially Chinese state-owned maker of video surveillance and biometric facial recognition systems, bought a Baltic-region wholesaler of surveillance...
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Digital Ally provides law enforcement agencies, commercial fleet companies and event security teams with the highest quality video solutions and...
View ArticleBiometric facial recognition ban considered in Pittsburgh and enacted in...
A bill has been introduced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that would ban the “unrestricted” use of facial recognition by the city’s...
View ArticleNew Zealand police upgrade facial recognition system for real-time CCTV...
New Zealand police have been discreetly rolling out a biometric facial recognition system that uses real-time CCTV feeds to detect... The post New Zealand police upgrade facial recognition system for...
View ArticleAnyVision biometric software reminds visitors to wear masks in hospital
At Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, AnyVision’s biometric facial recognition technology uses hospital surveillance cameras to detect individuals... The post AnyVision biometric software...
View ArticleEuropean Commission hasn’t completely ruled out biometric facial recognition...
The European Commission is still considering a ban on the use of biometric facial recognition technology in public spaces in... The post European Commission hasn’t completely ruled out biometric facial...
View ArticleBioConnect and Genetec biometric access control tech secures Telehouse data...
KDDI Group subsidiary Telehouse America has upgraded its data centers in New York with biometric fingerprint and facial recognition, and... The post BioConnect and Genetec biometric access control tech...
View ArticleBanning won’t give facial recognition a conscience, but research and informed...
Attempts to tame biometric facial recognition systems by banning them will only result in new problems, according to a global... The post Banning won't give facial recognition a conscience, but...
View ArticleIBM calls for export controls on some facial biometrics technologies to...
Biometric facial recognition exports from the U.S. should be subject to new controls, IBM argues, to avoid putting the powerful... The post IBM calls for export controls on some facial biometrics...
View ArticlePolice in Japan reveal use of facial biometrics in criminal probes
A biometric facial recognition system that matches photos of offenders with images from social media and surveillance cameras has been... The post Police in Japan reveal use of facial biometrics in...
View ArticleAlibaba and China Mobile rumored to be investing $443M in Dahua’s biometric...
Dahua may be in line for a major investment in its biometric surveillance business from Alibaba and China Mobile, with Reuters reporting... The post Alibaba and China Mobile rumored to be investing 3M...
View ArticleHow to avoid becoming the next major BIPA class action target when using...
This is a guest post by David Oberly, an associate at Blank Rome Swift, rapid advances have fueled a proliferation... The post How to avoid becoming the next major BIPA class action target when using...
View ArticleBeijing unveils crosswalk with biometric facial recognition to catch jaywalkers
The City of Beijing has installed a biometric smart crosswalk at an intersection in Zhongguancun, Haidian district, that can send... The post Beijing unveils crosswalk with biometric facial recognition...
View ArticleG2E Asia panel sees gait recognition an emerging biometric security tool
Experts at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia Online Conference 2020 discussed biometric gait analysis as an emerging security tool,... The post G2E Asia panel sees gait recognition an emerging...
View ArticleYitu files application for major face biometrics IPO in China
Yitu Technology is the latest facial biometrics unicorn based in China to apply for an initial public offering on a domestic... The post Yitu files application for major face biometrics IPO in China...
View ArticleChooch AI speeds up AI vision for facial biometrics with Nvidia, edge processing
Chooch AI, a provider of technology and services for visual AI, announced that it has achieved several breakthroughs in the... The post Chooch AI speeds up AI vision for facial biometrics with Nvidia,...
View ArticleFacial biometrics rules passed for Pittsburgh police use, but may have little...
Police in Pittsburgh must now receive approval from City Council to purchase biometric facial recognition algorithms as well as predictive... The post Facial biometrics rules passed for Pittsburgh...
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