According to the Cyber Threat Observatory from the UK’s Alan Turing Institute, it found that incidents related to digital identity have noticeably increased. This surprise comes from their new report. On June 19, 2024, an environmental justice workshop provided an opportunity to workshop these report findings. What it unearthed was...
These deepfake-as-a-service operations are making it easier for fraudsters to stitch together synthetic identities by mixing stolen data from various swipes with AI-generated media. This concerning trend has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in lost research funding to universities around the world.Earlier this year, an employee in Hong...
Today, the digital landscape is experiencing an unexpected boom in the need for scalable identity verification and security solutions. Cyber threats are not only more frequent, but more sophisticated. Accordingly, the global market for technologies that safeguard digital identities and spearhead fraud prevention efforts is growing quickly. This is great...
Digital identity verification has become big business, and the landscape is shifting quickly. Policy rollbacks, innovation and increased awareness of security and privacy issues are fueling all these changes. These changes underscore the pressing need for robust identity solutions. They raise serious political and ethical questions about how to roll...
XRP Ledger taking its tech to the genomics space Enabling trusted data sharing & ownership. Today, it’s serving up a more secure and innovative approach to identity verification. DNA Protocol uses the unique technical benefits of the XRP Ledger to create a Genomic Hash Mesh. Our system then converts these...
Utah is taking some pretty exciting leaps forward into the digital age with their progress on State Bill 260 (SB 260). This legislation represents an important opportunity to modernize the state’s approach to digital identities. The bill responds to age assurance, a hotspot issue for champions of first amendment rights....
With leading solutions for face, voice and document verification, Veridas is transforming how businesses and institutions validate digital identities are real. Founded a decade ago, the company has grown to 250 employees and operates in nine countries, delivering proprietary technology across multiple sectors. With Veridas, strong security is matched with...
The digital landscape is going through a radical shift right now. As Rick Song, CEO of Persona told me, bots are on their way to becoming the largest threat to digital identity—overtaking even fraudsters. This transformation is driven by the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread deployment...
Digital identity verification will fundamentally change the way conveyancing works in England and Wales. It pledges to cut costs and wait times while increasing safety for consumers. The initiative’s stated purpose is to fight impersonation fraud, a burgeoning threat in property transactions. The Land Registry has introduced new ID1 and...
Veza, the leader in identity security solutions, has made exciting new updates to its unified identity security platform. Today, it provides more muscular protection for non-human identities (NHIs) in increasingly hybrid, AI-fueled landscapes. Their improved platform provides unmatched visibility and control across all machine identities, filling a primary hole in...
The cryptocurrency industry is currently going through a deep paradigm shift. Regulatory clarity is growing, enforcement actions are changing, and institutional interest is increasing. Recent developments across the globe signal a maturing market, with jurisdictions refining their approaches to digital assets and seeking to balance innovation with risk management. Read...
Remember the early days of the internet? Wild West, right? That’s how DeFi seemed just a few years ago. “Rug pulls” started entering the broader crypto lexicon. That’s starting to change and for the better. We know regulation can be a buzzkill but it’s the only way to find out...
The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...
A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...
It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...
Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...
Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is currently navigating a complex path, attempting to redefine his public image and position himself as a leading figure in the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence. Zuckerberg has made no secret of his desire to see Meta take the lead in artificial general intelligence (AGI)....
