Biometrics market research: contactless to reach $70B by 2030, fingerprint sensors, PIAM platforms

Contactless biometric technology will ride the wave created by the COVID-19 pandemic to a CAGR of 17.4 percent from 2020 to 2030…

Bangladeshi developers devise a surveillance system to identify people with masks

Bangladeshi start-up company has developed a system to reveal the face of a person wearing a mask from CCTV camera feed, to…

Indian police use face recognition app to track Covid-19 patients

Police in Pune have developed a facial recognition software system for surveillance of Home Quarantined persons in Pune and…

ACLU sues Homeland Security over airport face recognition program secrecy

A leading civil liberties group is suing Homeland Security, claiming the agency is keeping the details of its airport face…

Disable fingerprint-based biometrics, Hyderabad IT firms told

IT companies in Hyderabad have been instructed to disable fingerprint-based biometric attendance systems and instead go for…

UP Govt invites bids for CCTV system at Ram Temple complex

The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to put in place a high-end CCTV surveillance system at Ram Janmabhoomi complex. The cost…

Fingerprint biometric attendance systems suspended in India on coronavirus fears

Businesses in India are being told to suspend contact-based biometric time and attendance systems to prevent the spread of Covid-…

Controversial facial recognition startup Clearview AI has client list stolen

Back in January, the New York Times profiled a little-known start-up named Clearview AI, the creators of a facial recognition app…

Bengaluru Police to introduce futuristic AI-powered mannequins to fight crimes

In Indias tech city, Bengaluru, disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon empower mannequins to…

Coalition pressures US govt agency to recommend ban on govt use of facial recognition

A number of advocacy groups in the US are pressuring the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board -- an independent government…

London Police to start using Facial-Recognition Cameras

Scotland Yard said it will begin using live facial-recognition technology in London to help identify criminal suspects, drawing…

Vision-Box pilots biometric boarding and security solution at Fiumicino Airport in Rome

Vision-Box has rolled out a biometric facial recognition and digital identity management pilot for seamless passenger experience…