Monthly Archives: September 2020
NHS COVID-19 app launches in UK
People across England and Wales are being encouraged to download the new National Health Service (NHS) COVID-19 app to help control the spread of...
Swiss voters are pro free movement with EU
The majority of Swiss citizens have voted against a proposal to end a free movement deal with the European Union.
In a referendum held over...
Malta rolls out new high-tech ID cards
The new Maltese ID cards have reportedly entered circulation.
Alex Muscat, Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Communities, previously said that apart from the aesthetic changes,...
Part 2: The top tax scams in 2020
In Part 2 of this series, we continue with the remaining tax scams. Click here to read Part 1.
The cancellation of your Social Security...
Key information security terms to know
Information security and cloud security terms can be hard to follow — especially with all those acronyms like DLP, SAML, and more. As cloud...
Singapore to include facial tech in digital ID
Singapore has made a deal with iProov to provide face verification technology used in the country's national digital identity system.
ZDNet reports the UK firm’s...
Gibraltar to become part of Schengen Zone?
Authorities in Spain have proposed to add Gibraltar to the Schengen Zone after the Brexit transition period, in order to facilitate movement between these...
Thales produces 12 million Swedish documents
French technology company Thales has announced that its subsidiary AB Svenska Pass has been awarded the contract to manufacture, personalise and deliver around 12...
Expired Schengen Visa holders must leave Germany
Holders of expired Schengen Visas who have been stranded in Germany due to COVID-19 have been asked to leave the country before 1 October.
Schengen...
Part 1: The top tax scams in 2020
Introduction
As we get closer to 15 October, this can mean only thing that most Americans hate doing: paying taxes (of course, if you are...
Advanced Generative AI: The Variational Autoencoder
In this series of articles, author Ravi Das examines some of the more advanced topics that support Generative AI. In this first article, he...
LIVE BLOG: Hawaii launches mobile driver’s license/ID card for Apple devices and more news…
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Kenya Releases an Updated Series of Banknotes
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has made some updates to all denominations of the Kenyan banknotes. All denominations are affected, including the 50...
A Sneak Peek at Indonesia’s New-and-Improved Passport
Indonesia plans to celebrate its 80th Independence Day next year by issuing a redesigned passport to its citizens. The Directorate General of the Ministry...
Optimizing Serialization: Part 4
The first three articles in this series reviewed contemporary security document serial number design strategies related to letterpress printing technology, security inks and font...