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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The fingerprint reader on Apple Inc's top-end iPhone 5S received an early thumbs up for ease of use from two influential reviewers, helping dispel concerns about the scanning ...

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 ...

Check out our review of the Apple iPhone 5S smartphone. Everybody loves a new iPhone. Either you love it because you’re excited about the device; or you love it because you’re secretly an Android ...

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According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple has been working on in-screen fingerprint readers. But that feature won’t be ready for the new iPhone that will be announced next week. It could be ...

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 ...