The jury is still out on whether palm reading can predict your future, but it may help you remember lost passwords. Enlarge Image The password (ABHL) is shown hiding in the lines of a persons hand. Samsung A recently spotted Samsung patent application (PDF) proposes the use of palm scanning as a method of identification …
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Using your face to unlock a phone is no longer something limited to sci-fi flicks or futuristic novels. Apple’s iPhone X ($285 at Amazon) uses a complicated camera system to achieve such a feat. Not to be outdone, OnePlus recently announced its latest smartphone, the OnePlus 5T, would also boast a face unlock feature. Now playing: Watch this: OnePlus 5T …
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Apple’s main supplier in China used student workers illegally to manufacture parts for the newly launched iPhone X, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. Six high school students said they regularly worked 11-hour days for Foxconn, a longtime manufacturing partner of Apple, at a factory in Zhengzhou. Students are classed as interns, making their overtime hours illegal under Chinese law, the …
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Chances are, you’ve probably never heard of OnePlus. But ask an Android aficionado and you’ll likely get a smile. That’s because OnePlus has spent the last three years creating a company almost exclusively catering to savvy and hardcore Android users. It’s done so by packing premium features and specifications into smartphones that are significantly cheaper than traditional flagship offerings from the likes …
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Samsung fans who have been jealously, or at least curiously, eyeing the iPhone X’s Face ID unlock feature maybe shouldn’t pin their dreams on the Galaxy S9 getting 3D facial mapping, too. This comes from a report in Business Korea, citing sources inside and outside the company. The Galaxy S8, S8 Plus and Note 8 already have the face unlock functionality, …
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Apple is reportedly working on a rear-facing 3D sensor system for its 2019 iPhone, according to Bloomberg. If true, this type of hardware could bring big improvements to the iPhone’s powers to fuse the real world with the world on your screen. Enlarge Image The iPhone X uses its own kind of 3D sensing tech. Juan Garzón/CNET Apple’s already using …
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Apple is working on a new iPad that’ll have the same facial recognition feature as its iPhone X, according to Bloomberg. The device could be out as soon as 2018. Apple typically unveils its new line of iPads in June. In next year’s launch at least one of its tablets could have Face ID to unlock the device, according to …
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If you’re hoping for a fancy new fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy S9, early rumors will let you down. Samsung has reportedly ditched plans to incorporate an integrated in-display fingerprint sensor in the Galaxy S9, according to South Korean news outlet The Investor. That fingerprint scanner is a little too close for comfort to the camera. Josh Miller/CNET Although we praised …
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Many of us cradle our iPhones like highly prized possessions. New tests suggest you’ll want to baby the new iPhone X even more. Gadget warranty company SquareTrade ran Apple’s latest high-end handheld through a series of robotic torture tests and found that in addition to being the most expensive iPhone yet, the X is also the company’s most delicate. “Despite Apple’s …
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Unlocking the iPhone X has always been about your face, not your fingerprints. That’s what Apple SVP of hardware engineering Dan Riccio told TechCrunch in an interview, denying that Apple had looked into placing the fingerprint reader within the iPhone X’s screen or on its back. Earlier rumors and reports noted that Apple had ditched Touch ID after early experiments embedding it into the display didn’t …
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