facial recognition

EU Softens Stance On 5-Year Ban Of Facial Recognition Tech
EU Softens Stance On 5-Year Ban Of Facial Recognition Tech
February 12, 2020  |  Biometrics

The European Union won’t be passing a blanket moratorium on facial recognition software after initially signaling that it would do so. Instead, it plans to leave...

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Why Digital Driver’s Licenses Are the Future Of ID Verification
Why Digital Driver’s Licenses Are the Future Of ID Verification
February 11, 2020  |  Authentication

Digital driver’s licenses (DDLs) are gaining popularity in the U.S., where 12 states are working to develop and implement them. Many nongovernmental groups and organizations...

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Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses
Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses
February 10, 2020  |  Authentication

Biometric digital identity verification solutions are becoming more and more commonplace thanks to their implementation in everyday devices like smartphones and fitness wearables. Approximately 800...

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Why Amazon And Other Retailers Are Turning To Biometrics
Why Amazon And Other Retailers Are Turning To Biometrics
January 27, 2020  |  Retail

Retail keeps embracing numerous new technologies, and biometrics is not only one of them, but an area of recent growth and development, including via some...

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Supreme Court Won’t Review Facebook’s Privacy Violation Case
Supreme Court Won’t Review Facebook’s Privacy Violation Case
January 22, 2020  |  Legal

In a blow to Facebook, the Supreme Court won’t decide whether or not people can sue the social media giant for using facial recognition technology...

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Customer-Facing Technologies Spice Up The QSR Space
Customer-Facing Technologies Spice Up The QSR Space
January 22, 2020  |  Restaurant innovation

Three words are driving dramatic technological changes in the fast food space: quality, convenience and speed. QSR customers expect quality food and their preferred payment...

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Alphabet, Microsoft Disagree On EU’s Proposed Facial Recognition Ban
Alphabet, Microsoft Disagree On EU’s Proposed Facial Recognition Ban
January 20, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft President Brad Smith doesn’t agree with Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai’s backing of the EU’s call for a temporary ban on facial recognition technology,...

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EU Considers Tightening AI Regulations For ‘High-Risk’ Sectors
EU Considers Tightening AI Regulations For ‘High-Risk’ Sectors
January 17, 2020  |  Artificial Intelligence

Seeking to keep things ethical in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), the European Union wants to enact legally binding requirements for makers of the...

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AI Firm Breaches Facial Recognition At Airports, Stores
AI Firm Breaches Facial Recognition At Airports, Stores
December 16, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Photos of faces and 3D masks have fooled facial recognition checkpoints at airports, as well as payment systems, but they can’t fool Apple’s Face ID...

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