The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on Wednesday their preliminary investigations confirm 97 journalists and media workers are estimated to be among the victims…
The US unveiled nearly 300 new sanctions on Wednesday, including sanctions that target entities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Hong Kong for…
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled on Thursday an international framework for the regulation and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) during a meeting at…
Card giants Mastercard and Visa leaned into AI and generative AI for fraud detection in the first quarter. “We continue to enhance our solutions with…
A leading politician in Kenya is calling for the establishment of an integrated African digital identity in order to foster connectivity and strengthen economic ties…
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and Bill Gates discussed the use of digital identity as a tool for improving tax collection by the government, in a…
Cameroon mayors signed a document to make birth registration a top priority (UNICEF leading partner)
Local and city council mayors in Cameroon have signed a charter which reflects their desire to take birth registration efforts more seriously in all their…
Do you remember the scene in ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ where Danny Ocean’s team cleverly tricks the casino’s security system? They injected a pre-recorded video feed of…
Bank of Ireland announced it will invest more than €34 million (roughly US$36 million) to upgrade its phone and CRM systems, including adding voice biometrics…
STANFORD, Calif. — In a world where our every move seems to be tracked, analyzed, and categorized, it might feel like there’s little about ourselves…
Blockchain is often criticised as a solution in search of a problem. But one group of people has already found immense value in the tech:…
Finland has set up a project to implement its national digital identity wallet in line with the European Union’s eEIDAS regulation which introduces the European…
Via: Al Jazeera: The United States House of Representatives has passed a $95bn legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The long-awaited bill,…
According to Federal Reserve data, for the first time in its history, the Fed has been losing money on a consistent basis since September…
With over 300 AI projects in use among the federal government alone, AI-enabled biometric document and identity verification is changing the way users interact with…
Two decades after they were tortured by U.S. military contractors at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, three Iraqi victims are finally getting their…
Web and mobile services try to understand the desires and goals of users by analysing how their interact with their platforms. Smartphones, for instance, capture…
US officials told multiple media outlets that Israel launched an attack against Iran early Friday morning. Iran’s Mehr news agency reported explosions in the Iranian…
The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), along with Palestinian human rights organizations Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan Center and…
This year, over half the world’s population will head to the ballot box. At a time when, in many nations, democracy is already under acute…