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BIOMETRIC NEWS

Sam Altman’s World to launch iris-scanning Orb services in UK starting June 12

June 10, 2025 10:32 am

The startup’s Orb technology is reportedly drawing strong demand from enterprise users and governments amid the rise in AI-driven scams.

Google Chrome may soon require fingerprint authentication to fill passwords

September 21, 2024 6:14 pm

Google Chrome is testing a new feature that requires users to enter PIN or use fingerprint or face authentication to fill in passwords.

Biometric attendance system comes into force in Mumbai municipal hospitals to discipline doctors

December 21, 2023 2:03 am

A BMC circular said the biometric system will be linked to every doctor's salary

France's watchdog questions legality of Worldcoin biometric data collection

July 30, 2023 9:04 am

Worldcoin has set up sign-up sites in various locations around the world, where people can get their faces scanned by a shiny spherical "orb".

How your face could soon replace your credit card and UPI based payments

October 25, 2021 1:37 pm

A facial recognition system has endpoints, which are able to measure certain variables of a person's face, and using this data, a faceprint is created.

At Delhi’s Seemapuri, 94% collect ration using biometric authentication

June 12, 2021 8:59 am

According to official records seen by The Indian Express, the circle has 30,090 ration card holders and 42 ration shops.

SC aadhaar ruling: Police to capture biometrics of illegal migrants to track them, says MHA

September 29, 2018 4:14 am

There are more than 40,000 Rohingya illegally staying in India out of which the maximum are reported to be in Jammu and Kashmir, officials added.

Starting June, biometric attendance made mandatory in all Mumbai junior colleges.

June 16, 2018 4:10 am

The GR, dated June 15, stated that most students enrolled in the Science stream do not attend classes in junior college, instead, they attend coaching classes.

Thailand to roll out biometric checks for SIM cards nationwide

November 06, 2017 5:00 pm

The regulator first launched the system in June in Thailand's troubled south where a separatist insurgency has persisted for more than a decade, killing more than 6,500 people since 2004.

India leads globally in adoption of biometric tech: report

May 29, 2017 9:22 am

The report was compiled from research representing views of 12,019 people from 11 countries and territories

BIOMETRIC VIDEOS

What Justice Chandrachud said during the aadhaar verdict

June 22, 2020 6:15 pm

What Justice DY Chandrachud said during the aadhaar verdict, many agree, will have implications in the future. He was the judge who did not agree with the majority opinion of the bench on many key issues. Here's what he said.

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