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 ...

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 ...

Some fifteen years ago, the Nokia brand was having an excellent run in the mobile phone market and the brand’s market dominance was thought to be insurmountable. However, the coming of Android OS and ...

Fingerprint scanners on smartphones have gone mainstream over the past few years. They are now not just limited to the top-of-the-line smartphones but are also available on the mid-range and budget ...

Although unlocking a phone with a fingerprint is no longer a novelty these days, Samsung improved on it with its ultra-sonic in-display fingerprint sensor. Instead of the traditional fingerprint ...

The company says the new 3D Sonic Max makes it easier and more secure to unlock a phone using an ultrasonic fingerprint. Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, overseeing a team covering ...

That joke might seem like a bad one, but it kinda fits when we talk of fingerprint scanners on smartphones. They started from the bottom after all, and now seem to have reached their home (or so we ...

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 ...