2026-05-14
Per Henrikson
This joint partnership will support a broad range of healthcare organizations and use cases. This solution is especially timely to support state Medicaid agencies as they push to meet the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services's (CMS) effort to revalidate high-risk Medicaid providers—providing a seamless, scalable, and immediately deployable solution.
2026-05-17
Ian Fleming
The King’s Speech outlined the government’s legislative priorities for the year ahead, including an upcoming Bill covering Digital Identity, called the Digital Access to Services Bill. The focus of the Bill is to modernise how citizens interact with public services.
International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Trip.com Group are launching a digital identity pilot aimed at integrating wallet-based credentials into airline booking flows.
South Africa published a draft regulation to introduce a national digital identity system alongside physical identity cards.The system will operate through the “MyMzansi” mobile application and will use biometric authentication, NFC, Bluetooth and QR code verification. The government aims to strengthen security, reduce identity fraud and expand access to digital public services.
2026-05-15
Ian Fleming
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection program to all users over 18 years old. The tool scans YouTube for deepfakes and allows users to request removals.
Online shopping is going agentic. On Thursday, Experian announced the launch of Agent Trust, a human-to-agent binding service that binds verified human identities with the AI agents acting on their behalf. The release, launched in collaboration with Visa, Cloudflare and Skyfire, highlights that some of the biggest players in tech are looking to support the rollout of agentic commerce.
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
