The words “biometric fingerprint scanning” are never going to fill seats or win fans. It’s a technical phrase that sounds boring, and we’ve been seeing biometric scanners in odd electronics for years ...

Freelance writer Tracey Capen is former reviews executive editor for PC World. Notebook computers are a systems security manager’s nightmare — and with good reason. Every day, thousands of notebooks ...

A fingerprint scanner is a small electronic device that guards your computer from intruders. You place your fingertip on the reader; it scans your fingerprint and compares it to the prints stored in ...

From Disney World to the smartphone in your pocket, fingerprint scanners have become commonplace these days. Even budget phones sport the tech, sometimes alongside other biometric unlocking options ...

Has Apple managed the fine line between security and convenience? Some security experts aren't so sure. John Caspar, Hamburg commissioner for data protection and freedom of information, told German ...

On Dec. 12, Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA), a company that's bet heavily on building and selling fingerprint scanning technology for use in smartphones, announced that it has gone into mass production on 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 ...

Google's Pixel smartphones seem to have had an uncomfortable relationship with in-screen fingerprint scanners for a while now. Late last year, soon after the release of the Google Pixel 6 and the ...

There were no sensational new smartphones announced at CES this year, but there is one that is at least promising to do that very soon. No, not the Galaxy S9 or any foldable phone. Chinese OEM Vivo, ...

Samsung admitted that a flaw in its Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 fingerprint scanners could let unauthorized users unlock your smartphone if there's a screen protector present. The Korean tech giant ...

Owners of almost every Android smartphone, and iPhones up to and including the iPhone 8, could have a new security problem to worry about: Chinese hackers claim to be able to beat any fingerprint ...