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Bulgaria Launches a New National ID Card
The Republic of Bulgaria has begun issuing a new-and-improved national identity card for citizens who apply for it. Issuance began in mid-June of this...
UAE Extends Passport Validity to 10 Years for Adults Age 21+
The validity of United Arab Emirates passport for citizens aged 21 years and older has been extended from the present five years to 10 years from...
Why Corporate Boards Should Prioritize Minors’ Data Privacy
Whether your company wants to let kids in or keep them out, companies must now comply with expanding digital privacy and safety laws set...
King Charles III Banknotes Due Out June 5, 2024 [Updated]
Early this year, we published this preview of the U.K.'s new banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III. The new banknotes went into...
Japan’s New Banknote Series
In 2022, we published a preview of Japan's new family of banknotes. The new notes were released on July 3, 2024. Here we have...
Optimizing Serialization: Part 3
The first part of this series discussed letterpress numbering machines, detection of counterfeit serial numbers by printing process examination, and strategies for optimizing letterpress...
Mozambique Launches a New Family of Banknotes
The Central Bank of Mozambique launched a new series of banknotes on June 16, 2024. All six denominations (20, 50, 100, 200, 500, and...
Kazakhstan’s New “Saka Style” 5K and 10K Tenge Banknotes
The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) has begun entering its new “Saka style” banknotes into circulation with the issuance new 5,000 tenge and 10,000...
Optimizing Serialization: Part 2
The first part of this series discussed microscopic characteristics of serial numbers applied by letterpress numbering machines, detection of counterfeit serial numbers by printing...
Name Change for 1,000-Pound South Sudanese Banknote
The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) recently issued 1,000-pound banknotes that look exactly like the existing notes but carry a slightly different name. The...
Upgraded Alaska Driver’s License, ID Card Coming This Fall
The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) recently announced that it will begin issuing upgraded driver’s license and ID cards starting in late Fall...
EES and ETIAS: the EU’s New Border Management Systems [UPDATE]
As we have previously reported, the European Union has long been planning to introduce two separate but integrated border management systems. Together, the systems...
Advanced Generative AI: General Adversarial Network
We kicked off this new AI-focused series by Cyber expert Ravi Das with an article about the Variational Autoencoder (VAE). In this second article,...
Rwanda’s New 2,000 RWF and 5,000 RWF Banknotes
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has put into circulation redesigned versions of two of its banknote denominations: the 2,000 Rwanda franc (RWF) and...
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...