Monthly Archives: April 2024
Artificial Intelligence & Political Campaigns (Part 2)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in political campaigns to give candidates an edge over the competition. The many advantages of this approach...
Artificial Intelligence & Political Campaigns (Part 1)
Here in the United States, one of the most popular and most attended events to watch are the Presidential Elections that take place every...
OSIA Becomes Official International Telecoms Union Standard
On 23rd April 2024, The Secure Identity Alliance (SIA) announced that its OSIA specification, is recognized as international standard by the International Telecommunication Union’s...
See Iceland’s New National ID Card [Exclusive infographic]
On March 11, Registers Iceland began issuing a new national ID Card for all Icelandic citizens. It is the world’s first travel document made...
US States Embrace mDLs to Fight Fraud Amid Privacy Scrutiny
In an era dominated by smartphones, the necessity of carrying physical driver’s licenses or ID cards may soon become obsolete.
Across the United States, the...
A Major Milestone for Nigeria’s National ID Card System
Nigeria’s National Identity Management System has reached a significant milestone: It is ready to start issuing multipurpose national ID cards through the self-service online...
Sometimes Nature Trumps Tradition in ID Document Design
While the world increasingly runs on technology, nature is making an unexpected appearance in some countries’ passports and other ID documents. Portraits of monarchs...
Suriname Adds SRD 200 and SRD 500 Denomination Banknotes
The Central Bank of Suriname has added two new denominations to the country’s family of banknotes. The new notes, SRD 200 and SRD 500,...
Zimbabwe Unveils a New Family of Banknotes: The “ZiG”
Effective April 8, 2024, Zimbabwe has a new family of banknotes nicknamed Zig, which stands for “Zimbabwe Gold.” The ZiG currency replaces a Zimbabwean...
Peru Adds a 200-Soles Note to Its Newest Banknote Family
Peru’s newest family of banknotes now has a new member: the 200-soles note, which was put into circulation in December 2023. The Central Reserve...
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…
To find news about a specific state, click on the state abbreviation here:
For news about a specific US Territory, click on the US...
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...