Technology

Modern Identity Checks at the Checkpoint: A Balanced, Fact-Based Approach

2025-08-11 Per Henrikson

Humanity Protocol Mainnet Launches, Fusing Web2 and Web3

2025-08-11 Per Henrikson

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Hartree Centre and Photocert collaboration to combat deepfake fraud

2025-08-08 Per Henrikson

Facephi launches injection attack feature to fight deepfake fraud

2025-08-04 Ian Fleming

The 2025 Deepfake Detection Market Report & Buyer’s Guide from Biometric Update forecasts injection attack detection checks to near 10 billion by 2027,

Norton Antivirus Has a New(ish) Deepfake Detection Tool

2025-08-04 Per Henrikson

Norton Antivirus has drastically widened the user base of its new Deepfake Protection tool to detect deepfake videos.

Billions Network Secures $30M to Scale AI-Human Verification Model

2025-08-04 Per Henrikson

This significant capital injection reflects growing investor confidence in the network’s hybrid verification model, which merges artificial intelligence with human review to address challenges such as bot detection, identity fraud, and secure digital interactions.

Google Developing Smartwatch-Based Identity Check for Android Authentication

2025-08-03 Per Henrikson

While Google's current Watch Unlock already works when your Pixel Watch is "unlocked, on your wrist, and within reach," the new evidence points to more sophisticated authentication workflows that could verify your identity across multiple scenarios.

Startup behind World’s biometric matching software raises $5.5M in seed funding

2025-08-01 Ian Fleming

The company has been developing cryptographic technology that allows payment providers to verify transactions and identities across decentralized networks.

Reality Defender expands access to deepfake detection with new API, SDK

2025-08-01 Per Henrikson

Reality Defender has officially launched a public developer API and SDK and is offering a limited free service to developers who want to try it out.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is entering biometric PAD phase

2025-08-01 Ian Fleming

The year-long Remote Identity Validation Rally (RIVR) challenge series hosted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is entering its third phase, focusing on presentation attack detection.

Norton Adds Audio and Visual Deepfake Protection on Mobile

2025-08-01 Ian Fleming

Norton has launched AI-powered deepfake protection in the Norton Genie AI Assistant on Norton 360 mobile apps. Currently in early access phase, Norton Deepfake Protection enables people to defend themselves from malicious AI-generated audio and video content.

Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

2025-07-31 Ian Fleming

The company said it will consider data from Google accounts, including types of details users have searched for or categories of videos they have watched on YouTube, to determine the age.

Modern Identity Checks at the Checkpoint: A Balanced, Fact-Based Approach

Humanity Protocol Mainnet Launches, Fusing Web2 and Web3

The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Hartree Centre and Photocert collaboration to combat deepfake fraud

Facephi launches injection attack feature to fight deepfake fraud

Norton Antivirus Has a New(ish) Deepfake Detection Tool

Billions Network Secures $30M to Scale AI-Human Verification Model

Google Developing Smartwatch-Based Identity Check for Android Authentication

Startup behind World’s biometric matching software raises $5.5M in seed funding

Reality Defender expands access to deepfake detection with new API, SDK

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is entering biometric PAD phase

Norton Adds Audio and Visual Deepfake Protection on Mobile

Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

Google to require identity verification for all Android app developers from next year

Daon named leader in identity verification amid AI deepfake threats

Incode Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification

Cisco reported a vishing (voice phishing) attack breach that exposed user profile information

Hackers stole 4.4 million users’ personal data from TransUnion