Yahoo has unveiled a new system that can use ear and knuckle patterns to authenticate users. 

San Francisco city employees working at the de Young and Legion of Honor museums are protesting use of their thumbprints in biometric authorization.

Macys has launched a new line of luxury handbags, briefcases, and wallets that are integrated with fingerprint recognition, RFID blocking technology, and GPS technology.

 Barclays is set to enable corporate clients to authenticate transactions using finger vein recognition technology.

Poland has become the first country in Europe to introduce a network of "finger vein ID" cash machines.

Three  researchers have demonstrated that the accelerometers used in mobile devices possess unique trackable fingerprints.

A proposal seeking to prevent school systems from collecting students' biometric data has won the support of the Florida Senate.

Attorney General Eric Holder said that gun tracking bracelets are something the Justice Department (DOJ) wants to "explore" as part of its gun control efforts.

Architects and Engineers in Texas are now required to be fingerprinted each year under a new law that went into effect on Jan. 1.

Biometric smartphones are expected to become mainstream this year as leading handset makers follow the lead of Apple into fingerprint recognition technology.