I’ve said it before: the new iPhone X nets a lot of firsts for Apple devices. That makes sense; it represents the tech giant’s boldest, priciest handset yet. The thing is, many of these additions have been floating around on Android phones; some new, some years old. That’s not a bad thing. Device makers borrow …
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Smile! Apple just introduced a facial recognition system for its latest marquee phone. The arrival of facial recognition on the new iPhone X signals a shift in how Apple fans can get access to their devices. Rather than tap your finger on the home button (which is gone), you simply look at the phone to get out of the lock …
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Amazon’s controversial 1-Click patent opens with a summary that’s decidedly dry. It reads: “A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet.” Despite its stiff language, that US patent, which was granted in 1999, helped open the internet to droves of shoppers by allowing customers on Amazon.com to buy stuff with — you guessed …
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Using your penis as your password isn’t new (you can already do it on an iPhone), but one porn site wants to make it standard practice for members. On Thursday, live-cam site CamSoda launched “Dick-ometrics,” a stand-up new way to log in to your account. (CamSoda assured us this is not a belated April Fools’ joke.) CamSoda has a history …
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Now playing: Watch this: It’s real: Vivo phone scans fingerprints under the screen 1:07 First came fingerprint-enabled buttons. Next, expect screens with fingerprint sensors included. Qualcomm unveiled its own under-screen fingerprint-sensing technology at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Shanghai, and Chinese phone maker Vivo is the first to use the technology in a phone. A video, released by Vivo, shows …
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Your fingerprint scanners are going down next summer. As in they’re going below the glass and behind the back of your phone, according to Qualcomm. At Mobile World Congress Shanghai on Tuesday, the chipmaker announced new fingerprint sensors that can work underneath your phone’s display, through metal and glass, and underwater. Qualcomm expects the first commercial devices using fingerprint sensors …
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Can you trick the Samsung Galaxy S8‘s iris scanner or can’t you? One group said yes, but Samsung cried foul. The story so far This week a German group of hackers named the Chaos Computer Club showed how you could trick the Galaxy S8’s iris scanner with a photograph of someone’s eye and a contact lens. The hackers’ video went …
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You won’t believe your eyes. But maybe the Samsung Galaxy S8 will. In the month since Samsung released its flagship device, hackers in Germany have figured how to break the phone’s iris recognition lock. Samsung has touted the biometric technology as “one of the safest ways to keep your phone locked,” claiming that a person’s iris patterns are “virtually impossible …
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Can’t trust yourself to know when you’re too tired to drive? There’s now a shirt for that. Japanese company Toyobo has teamed up with Union Tool to create Cocomi, a drowsiness detecting shirt that identifies electric signals of the heart which indicate the onset of sleep. There are around 100,000 police-reported crashes in the US due to driver fatigue, estimates …
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At CES 2017 in Las Vegas, you’ll see two types of wearable technology, shown in two very distinct areas of the show floor. The first type is the fitness-tracking device, designed to measure your steps, your strides, your strokes and your stamina. These wearables boast the latest sensor technology to measure everything from the impact your feet make on the …
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