2026-05-20
Ian Fleming
In the Age Verification Index, Liminal evaluated 189 vendors, and only 17 met the thresholds required for Leader inclusion, fewer than 10% of the field. Shufti is one of them, scoring 64% in Product Execution, well above Liminal’s 42% leadership cutoff, along with a top-quadrant Strategy score of 92%.
iProov Verified Meetings, which enables organizations to authenticate the identity of participants in video calls without disrupting the user experience.
The integration brings iDenfy’s AI-powered identity verification and automated AML screening directly into RATO’s mobile banking app, enabling new customers to complete full KYC checks in a single, real-time flow.
2026-05-20
Per Henrikson
Microsoft has announced the general availability of Entra-Only identities for Azure Files SMB, enabling organizations to authenticate users via Microsoft Entra ID without requiring on-premises Active Directory, hybrid sync, or managed domain controllers.
The 1Kosmos platform is now available for Epic MyChart, the secure online patient portal for health systems using Epic's EHR software, through Toolbox on Epic Showroom.
The Republic of Armenia has approved the introduction of a new biometric system regulation presented by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Arpine Sargsyan. The draft laws “On Identity Document” was adopted at the second reading and in full during an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of Armenia last week.
2026-05-19
Ian Fleming
Although deep learning–based detection methods have achieved strong performance, they often suffer from limited cross-dataset generalization, sensitivity to manipulation-specific artifacts, and reduced interpretability.
Humanoid robots in Hubei, China are being assigned official identity numbers in a new initiative designed to track their full lifecycle, marking the first such deployment in the country.
2026-05-11
Ian Fleming
Gov. Kathy Hochul has previewed sweeping new measures that would block minors from accessing betting apps and limit how companies target users.
For the last couple of years, we’ve watched the same predictable cycle play out across the globe: a state (or country) passes a clunky age-verification mandate, and, without fail, Virtual Private Network (VPN) usage surges as residents scramble to maintain their privacy and anonymity.
The European Union all but mandated the use of age verification technologies by large social platforms by provisionally finding that Meta broke digital rules by
