Apple has snapped up AuthenTec, a Delaware-based company that specializes in security systems such as fingerprint scanners. Under the deal, which was made public by a SEC filing on Thursday, AuthenTec ...

Here's what you can do with the new MacBook's fingerprint scanner. Sharon Profis Former Vice President of Content, CNET Studios As vice president of CNET Studios, Sharon led the video, social, ...

The next wave of iPhone biometric authentication could involve the reading of user fingerprints directly via an Apple fingerprint scanner in touchscreen and displays. That’s according to a newly ...

Start with simple checks like moisture and cases before moving into system resets ...

Giving the finger -- so to speak -- to Apple's Touch ID feature may unlock the iPhone 5s and allow users to authorize purchases on iTunes, but whether the fingerprint scanning technology will push ...

Google and Motorola went all out with the Nexus 6 to make it as good as flagship rivals from other manufacturers, but their super-sized handset could have been even better. The device was set to get a ...

Global shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors grew nearly eightfold in 2019, according to tech market research firm Omdia (via DigiTimes). A total of 228.3 million FoD sensors were shipped ...

Samsung’s newest handset dispenses of the physical scanner on the back of the phone for a far more cutting-edge one. Inside the Galaxy S10+’s display you’ll find an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that ...