Apple is working with the University of California, Los Angeles, and pharmaceutical company Biogen to develop iPhone features that could help diagnose both depression and cognitive decline, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. In documents and interviews obtained by the Journal, Apple is looking to build a reliable detection algorithm by identify signals found in iPhone …
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Microsoft already convinced 200 million of us to enable passwordless authentication so we can get to Outlook.com, Xbox Live, OneDrive and Skype. Now it’s letting those who want to do so dump the passwords altogether. On Wednesday, the company opened up a new option to delete your password authentication. That means your sole means of logon will be using some …
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A judge has approved what he called one of the largest-ever settlements of a privacy lawsuit, giving a thumbs-up Friday to Facebook paying $650 million to users who alleged the company created and stored scans of their faces without permission. The class-action suit, filed in Illinois in 2015, involved Facebook’s use of facial recognition technology in its photo-tagging feature. With …
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Apple on Wednesday finally introduced the phone some fans have anticipated for years: the new iPhone SE. It couldn’t have come at a better time. The second-generation iPhone SE is essentially an iPhone 11 stuffed into the revamped body of a 4.7-inch iPhone 8. It has an A13 Bionic processor, Qi wireless charging and haptic touch, just like its high-end …
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In-screen ultrasonic fingerprint readers could soon be coming to a lot more phones. Qualcomm on Tuesday said it has partnered with BOE to bring the chip maker’s in-screen fingerprint sensor technology to BOE’s displays. The two plan to “develop innovative display products featuring Qualcomm 3D Sonic ultrasonic fingerprint sensors.” BOE is the world’s second largest smartphone OLED display maker after …
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Apple will bring back Touch ID for its 2021 iPhones, using an in-display fingerprint sensor, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said. It’ll work with the current Face ID facial recognition in a combined biometric security system, 9to5Mac reported Monday. The Cupertino, California-based company is likely to figure out technical problems it’s been having with the in-display components in the next 18 months, …
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Editors’ note, March 2: Thank you for tuning in to read our ongoing review. Better yet, CNET’s fully rated Galaxy S10 Plus review is in! The latest update to this story remains below. I’ve been using the Galaxy S10 Plus to cover the MWC show here in Barcelona, and it’s been a real crash course on this phone as my daily. It has …
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I am at Microsoft’s headquarters to get a demo of the HoloLens 2. I’m led down a basement hallway. Large sliding metal doors separate rooms. As I reach my destination, I find a re-creation of an automotive workshop. It smells like rubber tires. In front of me, there’s an ATV on a pedestal. Tools and parts are spread around the …
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Your face can and will be used against you. During an FBI investigation of six Ohio men charged with sexually abusing children and creating child pornography, agents forced one of the suspects to unlock his iPhone X by showing his face to the phone. On Aug. 10, federal investigators searched Grant Michalski’s home in Columbus, Ohio, and found an iPhone …
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A new batch of iPhones has landed, and with it comes the expansion of Apple’s Face ID and the ability to make your face your password. Face ID is incredibly advanced facial recognition biometrics. Just glance at the phone, and it unlocks. When it works, it is pretty smooth — but it’s got its quirks. Especially for new users. Now …
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