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UPSC Enhances Exam Security With Facial Recognition Technology
UPSC implements AI-enabled facial authentication in exams to improve candidate verification accuracy and reduce processing time.
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Roblox Begins Global Rollout of Mandatory Selfie-Based Age Verification for Chat Features
Roblox has started a global rollout requiring users to complete age checks to access chat features. The requirement, tested earlier in select regions, is expanding to all markets where chat is available. The system uses facial age estimation handled by third-party vendor Persona, with images deleted after processing. Verified users are placed into ...
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NTA To Introduce Live Photo And Facial Biometric Verification For NEET And JEE From 2026
The decision follows a successful proof of concept conducted during NEET-UG 2025, where Aadhaar-based facial authentication was tested at select examination centres in Delhi.
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No Front Desk, No Waiting: Dubai Hotels Now Let Guests Check In On Their Phones
The new system allows Dubai hotel guests to complete verification on their phone before arrival, allowing them to head straight to their rooms without waiting.
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Amazon Pay Adds Support for Biometric Authentication for UPI Payments in India
Amazon Pay has introduced the new biometric authentication feature for UPI transactions. However, the company will only allow users to make payments of up to Rs. 5,000 using the new feature. The tech giant claims that people will no longer have to enter their UPI pins to complete a transaction, as they can directly validate them using their fingerp...
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Tinder Rolls Out Facial Verification Feature to Ensure Authentic Matches, Reduce Impersonation
Tinder has announced the rollout of Face Check, a new facial verification feature that is claimed to ensure real users and match their profile photos, in the US. As per the company, Face Check leverages a non-reversible, encrypted face map and face vector to help verify photos and prevent duplicate accounts. Coupled with other safety initiatives, i...
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Aadhaar App With Facial Recognition-Based Authentication Unveiled by UIDAI
UIDAI has unveiled a revamped Aadhaar app for smartphones, enabling face scans for identity verification via QR codes and smartphone cameras. The app will eliminate the need for photocopies of Aadhaar cards and is designed to expedite the authentication process, according to UIDAI. Here's everything you need to know about the redesigned Aadhaar app...
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Meta Testing Facial Recognition to Spot Scam Ads That Use Celebrity Images, Faster Identity Verification
Meta announced testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links.
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Facial Recognition, Credit Card: UK Regulator's Tough Measures For Porn Sites To Check Users' Age
In total, Ofcom has listed six age verification methods in the draft guidelines.
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Crypto Scammers Using AI Deepfakes to Spoof KYC Verification on Exchanges, Binance Security Chief Says
Hackers and scammers are now using artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake technology in order to breach the security of crypto exchanges and Web3 related firms. If scammers succeed in creating deepfakes of crypto investors, their chances of bypassing facial recognition or voice recognition security layers of crypto platforms and stealing user funds ...
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Indian Banks Said to Soon Use Face Recognition, Iris Scan for Some Transactions
The Indian government is allowing banks to verify individual transactions that exceed a certain annual limit using facial recognition and an iris scan in some cases, in a bid to reduce fraud and tax evasion, three sources told Reuters. A few large private and public banks have begun using the option, said one of the sources, a bank...
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Facebook Dating Will Allow Users to Verify Their Age Using AI Face Scanning, Meta Says
Meta has announced that it was prompting users on Facebook Dating to verify that they're over 18 if the platform suspects a user is underage. According to the US social media giant, it has partnered with a firm called Yoti, which uses facial cues to determine a user's age without identifying them.
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Singapore's World-First Facial Verification Plan Sparks Privacy Fears
Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.
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DRDO Research Centre Develops Non-Contact Based Attendance System
COVID-19 pandemic has presently made it unsafe to use contact-based biometric verification for attendance marking systems. To circumvent this problem, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), DRDO, has successfully developed AI-based Attendance Application (AINA) which allows non-contact based personnel verification using facial features of the person capture...
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PUBG Mobile 'Healthy Gameplay System' Error Fixed for India But Here's What Could Happen Next
PUBG Mobile India players don't have the Healthy Reminder feature any more. Though Tencent does have more stringent, potentially privacy invasive methods at its disposal if a PUBG ban is in the offing.
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UPSC Enhances Exam Security With Facial Recognition Technology
UPSC implements AI-enabled facial authentication in exams to improve candidate verification accuracy and reduce processing time.
-
Roblox Begins Global Rollout of Mandatory Selfie-Based Age Verification for Chat Features
Roblox has started a global rollout requiring users to complete age checks to access chat features. The requirement, tested earlier in select regions, is expanding to all markets where chat is available. The system uses facial age estimation handled by third-party vendor Persona, with images deleted after processing. Verified users are placed into ...
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NTA To Introduce Live Photo And Facial Biometric Verification For NEET And JEE From 2026
The decision follows a successful proof of concept conducted during NEET-UG 2025, where Aadhaar-based facial authentication was tested at select examination centres in Delhi.
-
No Front Desk, No Waiting: Dubai Hotels Now Let Guests Check In On Their Phones
The new system allows Dubai hotel guests to complete verification on their phone before arrival, allowing them to head straight to their rooms without waiting.
-
Amazon Pay Adds Support for Biometric Authentication for UPI Payments in India
Amazon Pay has introduced the new biometric authentication feature for UPI transactions. However, the company will only allow users to make payments of up to Rs. 5,000 using the new feature. The tech giant claims that people will no longer have to enter their UPI pins to complete a transaction, as they can directly validate them using their fingerp...
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Tinder Rolls Out Facial Verification Feature to Ensure Authentic Matches, Reduce Impersonation
Tinder has announced the rollout of Face Check, a new facial verification feature that is claimed to ensure real users and match their profile photos, in the US. As per the company, Face Check leverages a non-reversible, encrypted face map and face vector to help verify photos and prevent duplicate accounts. Coupled with other safety initiatives, i...
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Aadhaar App With Facial Recognition-Based Authentication Unveiled by UIDAI
UIDAI has unveiled a revamped Aadhaar app for smartphones, enabling face scans for identity verification via QR codes and smartphone cameras. The app will eliminate the need for photocopies of Aadhaar cards and is designed to expedite the authentication process, according to UIDAI. Here's everything you need to know about the redesigned Aadhaar app...
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Meta Testing Facial Recognition to Spot Scam Ads That Use Celebrity Images, Faster Identity Verification
Meta announced testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links.
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Facial Recognition, Credit Card: UK Regulator's Tough Measures For Porn Sites To Check Users' Age
In total, Ofcom has listed six age verification methods in the draft guidelines.
-
Crypto Scammers Using AI Deepfakes to Spoof KYC Verification on Exchanges, Binance Security Chief Says
Hackers and scammers are now using artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake technology in order to breach the security of crypto exchanges and Web3 related firms. If scammers succeed in creating deepfakes of crypto investors, their chances of bypassing facial recognition or voice recognition security layers of crypto platforms and stealing user funds ...
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Indian Banks Said to Soon Use Face Recognition, Iris Scan for Some Transactions
The Indian government is allowing banks to verify individual transactions that exceed a certain annual limit using facial recognition and an iris scan in some cases, in a bid to reduce fraud and tax evasion, three sources told Reuters. A few large private and public banks have begun using the option, said one of the sources, a bank...
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Facebook Dating Will Allow Users to Verify Their Age Using AI Face Scanning, Meta Says
Meta has announced that it was prompting users on Facebook Dating to verify that they're over 18 if the platform suspects a user is underage. According to the US social media giant, it has partnered with a firm called Yoti, which uses facial cues to determine a user's age without identifying them.
-
Singapore's World-First Facial Verification Plan Sparks Privacy Fears
Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.
-
DRDO Research Centre Develops Non-Contact Based Attendance System
COVID-19 pandemic has presently made it unsafe to use contact-based biometric verification for attendance marking systems. To circumvent this problem, Research Centre Imarat (RCI), DRDO, has successfully developed AI-based Attendance Application (AINA) which allows non-contact based personnel verification using facial features of the person capture...
-
PUBG Mobile 'Healthy Gameplay System' Error Fixed for India But Here's What Could Happen Next
PUBG Mobile India players don't have the Healthy Reminder feature any more. Though Tencent does have more stringent, potentially privacy invasive methods at its disposal if a PUBG ban is in the offing.
