We’re thrilled to announce the official release of the PixLab Mind Map App, a powerful, intuitive, and completely free visual workspace designed to help you organize ideas, boost creativity, and accelerate productivity. Whether you're brainstorming solo or collaborating with your team, PixLab Mind Map makes visual thinking effortless and accessible.

• Explore it now: https://mindmap.pixlab.io
• Landing page: https://pixlab.io/mindmap-maker

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Why PixLab Mind Map?

The modern workflow is visual. That’s why we created a tool that matches the speed of thought — one that’s elegant, frictionless, and incredibly fast. PixLab Mind Map was built for students, creators, entrepreneurs, and professionals who need a flexible and distraction-free canvas to bring their ideas to life.

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Key Features

• Drag-and-Drop Simplicity
  Instantly create, connect, and customize nodes on a clean, responsive canvas.
• Real-Time Collaboration
  Work together live with your team — share feedback and ideas instantly.
• Smart Templates
  Choose from a growing library of ready-to-use templates for projects, education, planning, and more.
• Dark Mode Ready
  Built to reduce eye strain for late-night creativity sessions.
• Secure by Design
  We encrypt your sessions, auto-delete temp data, and never sell your information. All data is saved on your local storage, no cloud sync is performed.

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Who Is It For?

• Students – Organize lecture notes and exam plans visually
• Educators – Map out curriculum and lesson flows
• Teams – Plan sprints, roadmap features, and capture standups
• Writers & Creators – Develop plot outlines or content strategies
• Everyone – Capture daily thoughts and to-dos visually

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💡 Built on PixLab’s Vision for Simpler Tools

PixLab is committed to delivering beautifully simple, privacy-first AI tools for modern teams. The Mind Map App is the latest addition to our growing ecosystem, and we’re just getting started.

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🎉 Try It Free — Right Now

There’s no signup wall. No hidden costs. No installs.

👉 Launch the app: https://mindmap.pixlab.io
👉 Learn more: https://pixlab.io/mindmap-maker

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Thank you to our early users for your feedback, support, and excitement. We can't wait to see what you'll build with PixLab Mind Map.

We're excited to announce the release of two new REST API endpoints from FACEIO that extend the power of our facial recognition technology beyond browser-based widget instantiations.

You can now leverage FACEIO's advanced face matching and age detection models entirely via REST API, without requiring frontend JavaScript integration or widget rendering. These endpoints are ideal for server-side face verification and age validation workflows such as identity checks, restricted access control, and user segmentation.

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Face Verification API – faceverify

• 📄 API Endpoint Documentation: faceio.net/rest-api#faceverify

The faceverify API endpoint allows you to programmatically compare two face images and determine if they belong to the same individual—no prior enrollment required.

✅ Key Features:

• Compare faces in two images
• No FACEIO Widget or user session needed
• No enrollment required
• Fully memory-based (RAM) processing with auto image deletion
• Privacy-first: no storage, logs, or persistent caching

📥 How it works:

Send a POST request with two base64-encoded face images: - src: Base64 of the first face image - target: Base64 of the second face image

Each image must contain only one face. If your image contains multiple faces, extract the target face using the PixLab CROP API ↗.

Example Use Case:

• Comparing a selfie against an uploaded ID or reference image in tandem with the PixLab Document Scanner API Endpoint ↗
• Face matching for duplicate detection or system re-entry checks

{
  "src": "data:image/jpeg;base64,...",
  "target": "data:image/jpeg;base64,..."
}

The API returns a JSON object with the similarity score and a match boolean.

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Age & Gender Detection API – agecheck

• 📄 API Endpoint Documentation: faceio.net/rest-api#age-verify

The agecheck endpoint allows you to estimate the age and gender of a person from a single uploaded image that is ideal for access control, compliance, and content gating.

✅ Key Features:

• Estimate age and gender from a single face image
• No prior enrollment or widget interaction required
• Memory-only (RAM) processing
• No persistent storage or logging

📥 How it works:

Send a POST request with the following parameter: - src: A base64-encoded image containing a single visible face

{
  "src": "data:image/jpeg;base64,..."
}

The API responds with estimated age, gender, and confidence scores.

Example Use Case:

• Verifying user age for gated content or age-based access
• Estimating demographic data during user registration
• Segmenting users based on estimated age or gender

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🔒 Privacy & Security First

Both endpoints operate in-memory only and follow strict privacy measures. Images are processed and then immediately purged, no logs, no storage, and no data retention. This aligns fully with our Security Best Practices.

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📚 Ready to Build?

You can use the new FACEIO REST APIs with any backend that supports HTTP POST requests and base64 data encoding.

For implementation guides, authentication headers, and full request/response examples, refer to the official documentation:

• Face Verification API →
• Age Check API →

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Start building face-powered features into your backend today.

• Explore the FACEIO Console ↗
• Join the FACEIO Forum ↗ for support and discussion

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FACEIO – Secure, Passwordless Authentication for Websites and Web Apps FACEIO offers secure, cross-browser, passwordless authentication via facial recognition. Streamline access control and enhance user experience with our face recognition login solution.

The development team is thrilled to announce the release of PixLab API 2, a massive upgrade to our machine vision and media processing platform with now featuring a brand-new API Portal and over 150 powerful endpoints designed for businesses, developers, and creators.

From document extraction APIs, background removal, and dynamic PDF creation plus a brand new Vision Platform backed by state-of-the-art vision-language models, PixLab API 2 offers unmatched capabilities to analyze, transform, and automate visual content at scale.

👉 Explore the new API Portal now: pixlab.io/api-portal

👉 Explore the comprehensive list of API endpoints and their documentation: pixlab.io/api-endpoints

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What’s New in PixLab API 2?

✅ All-New Developer Portal

• Modern UI for key management, usage monitoring, and testing API calls in real time.
• Comprehensive API Reference & Endpoint List with code samples and quickstart guides for every service.

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🔍 Featured API Categories & Endpoints

ID Scan & Extract API

Scan official documents effortlessly with PixLab’s ID Scan & Extract API: - Comprehensive ID Support: Quickly scan & extract data from passports, driver's licenses, and 11,000+ document types from 197+ countries. - Structured JSON Output: Get parsed ID fields (name, DOB, MRZ, face, etc.) in a clean, machine-readable format.

👉 Explore DOCSCAN Documentation

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FACEIO – Face Recognition & Authentication

Secure and frictionless passwordless authentication: - Facial Login: Enable seamless access with facial authentication. - Liveness Detection: Block spoofing with advanced anti-fraud checks. - Age Verification: Instantly validate user age for compliance.

👉 FACEIO Integration Guide

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🖼️ Background Removal API

Remove image backgrounds with pixel-perfect precision: - Ultra-Fast Processing: Background-free images in seconds. - Automated & Scalable: Integrate into any web or mobile app.

👉 View Background Removal Docs

Try also the bulk version: BG Remove App ↗

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NSFW & Content Moderation API

Keep your platform safe and compliant: - Blur, Pixelate, or Block harmful images or frames. - Detect adult, violent, or graphic content using advanced AI models.

👉 Content Moderation Docs

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👁️‍🗨️ Vision-Language Models (VLMs)

Check out these insights from documents using Vision + NLP via the Vision Platform: - Document understanding with layout awareness - Great for invoices, contracts, ID cards, and more. Featured new Vision API endpoints:

• QUERY - Get natural language responses to image-related queries, and is documented at pixlab.io/endpoints/query

• DESCRIBE - Generate a natural language description of image content, and is documented at pixlab.io/endpoints/describe

• CHAT - An OpenAI compatible API (chat) interface, and powered by state-of-the-art LLM models. Documentation is available at: pixlab.io/endpoints/chat

👉 and a whole lot more Explore Vision APIs

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📄 Rich PDF Generation API

Create beautiful PDFs at scale:

• PDFGEN Endpoint: Convert HTML/Markdown to professional PDFs.
• PDFTOIMG Endpoint: Preview and convert PDFs to image formats, as documented here.

👉 View Rich PDF Generation APIs

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🛠️ Online Tools Backed by PixLab APIs

Explore our growing suite of web apps, each powered by PixLab’s infrastructure:

• Convert Box – Universal file format converter (HEIC, MP4, PDF…)
• Vision Workspace – AI office suite for OCR & document analysis
• AI Photo Editor – Edit photos via text prompts
• Annotate – Image annotation & segmentation
• BG-Remove – Bulk background remover
• App UI Maker – Mobile UI/UX views, interface, and code generator
• Tilemap Editor – 2D level editor for games
• Creative Toolbox – All-in-one visual creator's suite

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For Developers, Creators, and Businesses

PixLab API version 2 is now production-ready, SDK-free, and tightly integrated, making it ideal for:

• Fintechs & KYC providers
• E-commerce & SaaS platforms
• AI developers & researchers
• Content creators & automation teams

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🔑 Get Your API Key & Start Your Integration Phase

Head to the PixLab Console to:

• Generate your first API key
• Integrate with over 150+ endpoints
• Access complete documentation & live API testing tools

Join thousands of developers and businesses using PixLab to power the next generation of intelligent visual applications.

🧠 Build smarter, automate faster, and scale confidently with PixLab API 2.

— The PixLab Team

We’re excited to announce the new major release of FACEIO, the world’s easiest-to-integrate Facial Recognition SDK for web and mobile applications. Whether you're a developer building secure apps, a small business owner wanting frictionless login, or managing employee attendance, We have exciting updates, and FACEIO is the perfect solution for your use case.

This release brings enhanced passwordless login, real-time liveness detection, accurate age verification, and enterprise-grade on-premises biometric authentication.

Why FACEIO?

FACEIO lets you authenticate users using just their face—no passwords, OTPs, or captchas. Built with privacy and simplicity in mind, it’s ideal for:

• Web-based facial recognition login
• Biometric authentication for websites and apps
• Employee attendance tracking
• Online age verification with face
• Liveness detection and deepfake prevention

Now, with this release, FACEIO is even more powerful and secure.

What’s New in This Release?

✅ Liveness Detection API

Prevent spoofing and ensure every face is a real, live user. Our new liveness detection API uses motion, blink, and 3D cues to stop deepfakes and printed-photo attacks in real time.

✅ Age Verification SDK

Need to restrict content or features by age? Our age verification SDK instantly classifies users as minors or adults based on facial features, perfect for e-commerce, gaming, and community platforms.

✅ Improved Developer SDK

• New JavaScript SDK (@faceio/fiojs) is lighter and faster, and available via NPM.
• Simplified enrollment & authentication methods: fio.enroll() and fio.authenticate()
• Full documentation with live demos and examples

📘 Get started quickly with our Integration Guide
→ Or jump straight into the Getting Started Page

Built for Security & Privacy

FACEIO is designed from the ground up with privacy-first principles and strong data protection in mind. No images are stored, only encrypted facial hashes. We meet global compliance standards and offer full transparency on our security architecture.

🔐 Explore our Security Best Practices
🔍 Learn more about Privacy & App Best Practices

Join the FACEIO Developer Community

Need help, feedback, or want to share your project? Join other developers and FACEIO users in our growing Community Forum where we discuss integration tips, use cases, and updates.

⚡ Ready to Go Passwordless?

Integrate biometric face authentication into your web app in under 5 minutes with just a few lines of code.

✅ Lightweight SDK
✅ Secure facial login
✅ Age and fraud detection
✅ Real-time liveness checks
✅ On-premise deployment options for enterprises

Start now with the FACEIO Getting Started Guide →

FACEIO — the secure, developer-first solution for online face login, biometric authentication, and passwordless access.

🚀 We’re excited to announce a major update to PixLab Annotate, our powerful browser-based image annotation and segmentation tool used by developers, researchers, and ML teams worldwide. With this release, Annotate is faster, more intuitive, and packed with new features designed to streamline dataset preparation for your machine learning projects.

🔗 Try it now at: annotate.pixlab.io

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🆕 What’s New in This Update?

🗂️ Improved Bulk Uploading & Management

Handling large datasets just got easier: - Drag-and-drop multiple images or full folders - Real-time progress tracking - Faster loading and rendering of high-resolution images

✏️ Upgraded Annotation Tools

We’ve added more flexibility and precision to our tools: - Polygon and rectangle tools are now more responsive and support fine-grain editing - New free-draw segmentation mode for pixel-perfect outlines - Snap-to-edge enhancements for cleaner boundaries

📤 Export Enhancements

• Export all annotations in a single, structured JSON file
• Supports popular formats for TensorFlow, PyTorch, Detectron2, and others
• Optional image mask export (PNG) for segmentation tasks

🎯 Label System Overhaul

Labeling is now more powerful and organized: - Brand-new Label Manager with color-coding, grouping, and edit capabilities - Quickly switch between labels using keyboard shortcuts - Assign and auto-fill labels for repetitive tasks

⏪ Full Annotation History + Auto-Save

• Undo/redo every action with confidence
• Auto-save to local storage so you never lose work
• Load previous sessions instantly from your browser

🧩 Integration with PixLab Tools Ecosystem

• Seamless bridge to the Vision Playground for testing AI models on your annotated data
• Direct compatibility with PixLab’s API for automated processing, content moderation, and more

🔐 Privacy-First, Always

Like before, all annotations are stored locally in your browser. No uploads. No tracking. You’re in full control of your data.

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⚡ Why This Matters

This update transforms Annotate into a production-ready tool for: - Preparing custom training datasets - Labeling at scale with higher accuracy - Rapid prototyping and iteration cycles in ML workflows

Whether you're training a YOLO model, segmenting for instance detection, or prepping for OCR, PixLab Annotate now meets the needs of both rapid prototyping and large-scale data labeling.

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🚀 Ready to Explore?

Head over to annotate.pixlab.io and experience the upgrade firsthand.

We’d love your feedback! More features — including S3 export, collaborative annotation, and multi-user workspaces — are on the way. Stay tuned.

Happy annotating!

We’re thrilled to announce the new and improved PixLab Console, designed to give developers even more control and flexibility when working with PixLab’s AI-powered media processing APIs. This update brings a revamped user interface, powerful new features, and deeper integrations, making it easier than ever to manage your API usage, assets, and account settings.

🌟 What's New in the PixLab Console?

🔑 Enhanced API Key Management

Managing API keys is now simpler and more secure. The new API Key Management Section allows developers to:

• Generate, view, and manage API keys for different projects.
• Set custom usage limits for added security.
• Monitor API usage in real time.

☁️ AWS S3 Integration: Full Control Over Your Processed Assets

One of the most requested features is now here! The new AWS S3 integration lets you:

• Automatically store processed media in your own AWS S3 bucket for full control over your processed media assets. This feature is recommended for most customers using the eKYC ID Scanning API.
• Maintain full control over your assets instead of relying on temporary URLs.
• Streamline workflows by directly integrating PixLab’s API with your cloud storage solution.

👤 New Profile Section for Account Customization

A brand-new Profile Section makes it easier to manage your account settings, API access, and billing information. Stay in control of your credentials and subscription details from a single, intuitive interface.

📊 Revamped Main Dashboard

The PixLab Console has been redesigned to provide a cleaner, more intuitive experience. The new dashboard now includes:

• A real-time overview of API usage and quotas.
• Insights into recently processed media and API performance.
• Quick links to essential tools and documentation.

🛠 Upgraded Support Section

Need help? The revamped Support Section offers:

• A comprehensive knowledge base for troubleshooting and API documentation.
• A dedicated support ticketing system to get assistance directly from the PixLab team.
• A more streamlined experience for reporting issues and requesting new features.

🖥 Integration with Vision Platform Playground

The PixLab Console now seamlessly integrates with the Vision Platform, allowing developers to:

• Experiment with AI models before integrating them into production.
• Integrate PixLab API endpoints interactively.
• Preview AI-powered media transformations in real time.

🔧 Access to PixLab Online Tools

PixLab offers a suite of online tools for developers and non-developers alike. These tools, now integrated into the console, help with:

• Image enhancement and modification using state-of-the-art AI models.
• Face blurring and content moderation for privacy compliance.
• Vision Language Models (VLM) through the Vision Platform to Analyze, detect, and process images & video frames with advanced vision models.

🎉 Get Started Today!

The new PixLab Console is now live, and we can’t wait for you to try it out! Sign in to explore the latest features and take advantage of enhanced API management, cloud integration, and a brand-new developer experience.

🔗 Visit the new PixLab Console now: console.pixlab.io

PixLab is thrilled to announce the launch of FACEIO's pioneering Age Verification Widget, a remarkable addition to the FACEIO SDK suite, specifically designed for web and mobile platforms. This state-of-the-art widget provides real-time age verification, ensuring that users can access content suitable for their age group, thereby promoting a safer digital environment.

Key Features and Benefits

• Instant Verification: The FACEIO Widget verifies user age in milliseconds, using advanced facial analysis to swiftly differentiate minors from adults.
• Enhanced Compliance: With precise age distinction, businesses can effortlessly adhere to regional and global age-related regulations, minimizing legal risks.
• Seamless Integration: Developers can easily incorporate the widget into existing platforms with minimal effort, supported by comprehensive documentation available on our Integration Guide and Developer Guides.

A Tool for All Digital Arenas

Whether you're managing an online gaming site, a digital marketplace, or a content streaming service, the Age Verification Widget is your solution to maintaining age integrity online. It ensures that each user's experience is not only compliant with legal standards but also tailored to their age-specific needs.

Future-Proof Your Platform

As digital interactions become increasingly personalized and regulated, integrating robust age verification technology is more crucial than ever. The FACEIO Age Verification Widget is more than just a tool—it's an investment in your platform's future, safeguarding your operations and enhancing user trust.

For more details on how to get started, visit our detailed documentation provided in the Integration Guide and the Developer Guides.

• In today's digital world, face authentication has become an essential part of our daily lives.
• From unlocking our smartphones to accessing secure online accounts, face recognition technology has made our lives more convenient and secure.
• However, with the rise of deep fakes and face spoofing attacks, the need for advanced face anti-spoofing and livesness detection solutions has never been greater.

What is Livesness Detection and Face Anti-Spoofing?

• Livesness detection introduced in late 2023 and already integrated and available to FACEIO customers, also known as face anti-spoofing, is a security feature that ensures that the person being authenticated is a living human being and not a photo, video, or mask.
• This feature is crucial in preventing unauthorized access to sensitive information and systems.
• However, livesness detection can be challenging to implement, as it imposes severe restrictions during authentication.
  • For example, users are not allowed to have a smartphone, laptop, or LCD screen behind them during the authentication process.
  • If any of these devices are detected, the authentication process is aborted, and an PAD_ATTACK error code is raised instead.

Example of Spoof ATTACKS deterred by our ML new model

PixLab's New Single Shot Liveness, Face Anti-Spoof & Deep-Fake Detector Model To the Rescue

• PixLab, a leading provider of AI-powered face authentication & Age Verification solutions, has recently released a new single shot livesness, face anti-spoofing, and deep-fake detector model for FACEIO.
• This innovative model is designed to provide enhanced security and accuracy in face authentication, making it an essential tool for businesses and individuals alike.
  • One of the key features of this model is its ability to detect faces in a single shot, without requiring multiple images or video frames.
  • This makes the authentication process faster and more convenient for users, while still maintaining a high level of security.
  • In addition, this model is highly accurate and can detect even the most sophisticated face spoofing attacks, including those that use 3D masks and other advanced techniques.
  • This makes it an ideal solution for businesses and organizations that require a high level of security and accuracy in their face authentication systems. Customers are already invited to try out the new face Anti-Spoofing model directly within the FACEIO Widget!

Conclusion

• PixLab's new single shot livesness, face anti-spoofing, and deep-fake detector model is a game-changer in the world of face authentication.
• With its advanced AI algorithms and highly accurate detection capabilities, this model provides enhanced security and convenience for users, while still maintaining a high level of accuracy and reliability.
• As the use of face recognition technology continues to grow, it is essential to have advanced solutions like PixLab's new model to ensure the security and privacy of our personal information.
• Whether you are a business owner or an individual user, this model is an essential tool for anyone who values security and convenience in their face authentication systems.