AI concept of a biometric security scan. reklamlar/iStock/Getty Images Plus Across Africa, governments are introducing digital systems that use individuals’ unique physical measurements to identify ...

Apple continues to push forward with adding digital ID cards to Apple Wallet (see “Apple Announces Details of Storing State IDs in Wallet,” 2 September 2021). Currently, iPhone users can add a ...

Digital ID systems around the world have continued to deepen and exacerbate the very exclusionary tendencies they were ...

It's now possible to use your digital ID at about 250 airports in the United States, which should, theoretically, get you through checkpoints faster. If you're not familiar, digital IDs are a new form ...

The Utah state legislature recently passed new enabling legislation for the state’s “State Endorsed Digital Identity” (SEDI), which, while lacking in some respects, includes many important privacy ...

In September 2025, UK prime minister Keir Starmer announced that a digital ID system would be implemented by the government to tackle undocumented migration. Much like confirming identity when using ...

Six million people have already been issued an NIU and biometric ID card as part of implementation of the country’s ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is arguing that the digital identification approach being promoted by Sam Altman’s World project has real privacy risks. Previously known as Worldcoin, World was ...

The British government has finally given more details about the proposed digital ID project, directly responding to the 2.76 million naysayers that signed an online petition calling for it to be ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Apple has unveiled a new Digital ID feature that the company says will ...