Ethiopian Authorities Enroll Students in Biometric Digital ID Program
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education and its National ID Program have announced the launch of a Digital ID system for students in the country. In a […]
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Worldcoin to Offer Third-Party Access, for a Fee
Worldcoin, the web3 startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, plans to open up access to its digital identity platform to third-party companies as part […]
FTC Seeks Comment On Biometric Age Estimation Proposal for COPPA
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), in partnership with Yoti and SuperAwesome, have submitted an application to the Federal Trade Commission asking it to approve […]
TikTok Permits Itself to Collect User Biometrics, Scan Their Surroundings in Privacy Policy Update
TikTok has updated its privacy policy with language that gives the company sweeping abilities to collect the biometric information of users in the United States. […]
Mexican Legislation Would See Collection of Mobile Users’ Biometric Data
Citing an effort to combat crime rates, Mexico’s federal Senate has approved a new bill that would create a national registry of mobile phone users […]
CEO of Biometric Wearables Firm Shares His Own Data After COVID-19 Infection
Following his recent bout with COVID-19, Sameer Sontakey, the CEO of digital health experts Biostrap has decided to go public with his own personal biometric […]
Apple Seeks to Enhance Photo Tagging Feature in New Patent
According to a report from Apple Insider, if a patent that was filed in April of this year is any indication, tech giant Apple is looking […]
COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Gets Support from Biometric Wristband
G42 Healthcare has announced a partnership with Boston-based wearable tech firm WHOOP that will result in volunteers participating in Phase III trials of an inactivated […]
Hyosung Adds PalmSecure Biometrics to ATMs
ATM maker Hyosung has announced a partnership with Fujitsu that will see the latter’s PalmSecure biometric authentication technology implemented into a number of its ATMs. […]
This Biometric Wearable Can Detect Onset of COVID-19, Say Researchers
A team of researchers announced recently that by analyzing biometric data from a wearable device, they believe they can detect the onset of the COVID-19 […]
Fat Statz Files Patent Suit Over Samsung’s Health App Tech
California-based Fat Statz has filed a patent lawsuit against Samsung Electronics alleging that its patented technology is used in the Samsung Health app. According to […]
US Army Gets Mobile Biometric Upgrade
The U.S. Army Futures Command‘s Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR) has announced new software that will allow for […]
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