Once upon a time, there was a bit of a fad for fingerprint authentication in laptops and desktop computers. It has long since ...

With the move to edge-to-edge screens and narrower bezels, there's just no room to put a fingerprint sensor on the front of a phone anymore. Phone makers have moved them to the side or back, or ...

While Apple and Samsung race to be the first company to perfect a fingerprint scanner that resides under a smartphone's display, a Chinese company called Vivo has already done it. Vivo is launching ...

The Schlage Sense Pro combines multiple new smart lock technologies and a cutting-edge design to make it one of the most ...

Beyond individual mobile phones, the technology has substantial implications for enterprise access and shared hardware environments.

Touch ID changed the way users authenticate themselves on their devices. Before the iPhone 5s, most users went without any passcode on their smartphones, with a select few opting for 4-digit pins.

Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level, or a ...