Sometimes the hacker life really is rewarding, some forty people (so far) have banded together to shower that first person who cracks the 5s fingerprint sensor with booze, cash and even a dirty book!

Larry Ciaccia, the former CEO of AuthenTec, which Apple acquired in 2012, says the company had been working on embedding sensors in glass, plastic, and even underneath laptop trackpads.

As far as security goes, 'Eve' is said to possibly sport a fingerprint sensor, something that could also potentially be used to authorize payments made online. Overall, ...

Update 3/18: A set of commits posted this month give us a better picture of where we can find the fingerprint sensor on the Ekko and Bard Chromebooks.The first added some new strings that describe ...

The two biggest additions are support for a fingerprint sensor and the Google Assistant. But the device is also expected to have improved trackpad tech and one of Intel’s Kaby Lake processors.

Claiming a “higher sensitivity” fingerprint sensor than those used in some other products, you need only to press down lightly at the edge of the notebook, and if the print has been stored ...

Pass the phone over a sensor, input your fingerprint, ... was on public radio for 8 years and has written over 5000 articles and columns as well as authoring or co-authoring 14 books.

The iPhone 13 may bring back Touch ID with an in-display fingerprint sensor -- but if Apple does bring it back, I hope it's as good as the Galaxy S21's.

Not the first time for Google. This isn’t the first time a Google update has messed with the Pixel’s fingerprint sensor. Android 14 QPR2 Beta 2 caused similar issues for some users.

It’s 2024 and the vast majority of Chromebooks don’t have fingerprint sensors. Biometric authentication has become the norm on smartphones, but most ChromeOS users are still typing in a password.

The Touch ID fingerprint sensor in many iPhones and iPads - and even the current MacBook Pro - is a handy timesaver and security feature, but sometimes it goes wrong. Our essential troubleshooting ...