Biometric Update

Ottawa police take first steps towards using Idemia facial recognition

Police in Canada’s capitol Ottawa, Ontario are taking their first step towards a potential implementation of facial recognition from Idemia.

This free Mac app lets you lock individual apps with Face Unlock and Touch ID

A new free and open source Mac app called FaceGate lets you lock individual apps using Face Unlock,Touch ID, or a password, all processed locally on your device.
Biometric Companies

Viettel unveils masked facial recognition patent, digital government platforms

Viettel AI has been granted a patent for matching the face biometrics of people who are wearing masks, or whose faces are otherwise occluded. Viettel AI (Viettel Data Services and Artificial ...
Bleeping Computer

UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts

The UK government will ban under-16s from social media, with regulations due before Christmas and the rules taking effect in spring 2027. To enforce it, platforms must age-check their users. In ...
IEEE

Blockchain-Enhanced Face Image Authentication Using Lightweight CNN and DWT-SVD Watermarking

Abstract: The recent explosive growth of Deep Fakes and face image manipulations gave rise to legitimate concerns about how digital identity can be checked, in media integrity applications. Most of ...
Reuters

Betting giant Flutter's London exit deals another blow to UK markets

Flutter to delist from London, effective August Cites low trading volumes, high costs as reasons Primary listing retained on NYSE, US largest market for Flutter June 12 (Reuters) - FanDuel owner ...