Explore the top Android 17 new features, from native app lock to seamless task continuity. See what's coming to your device ...

Phone security has evolved well past requiring PIN numbers and passcodes to unlock them. These days, phones have biometrics, a form of identification that uses a person's unique traits to grant them ...

A woman's face being scanned by a phone's front camera - Siarhei Khaletski/Getty Images Phone security has evolved well past requiring PIN numbers and passcodes to unlock them. These days, phones have ...

Millions of Android users could be eligible for a payment under a $135 million class-action settlement over allegations that Google's operating system caused mobile devices to send data without users' ...

The EU’s Entry/Exit System is causing delays, but a new app may help travelers move through faster. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now ...

There’s a cool factor to the whole concept of biometrics, of buying some product with your palm or face. But privacy professionals warn you may be giving up more than you’re getting. Many people have ...

Angela Lipps, seen here in a photo from her GoFundMe page, spent more than five months in jail for a crime she maintains she didn't commit after AI software linked her to a series of bank fraud ...

IdentityCare introduces a biometric primary credential platform designed to support Zero-Trust architecture, privacy-preserving verification, and post-quantum security readiness across enterprise and ...

After introducing the security measure in 2024, the Find Hub app (previously Find My Device) no longer requires biometric confirmation. Find Hub no longer asks for your fingerprint or PIN before ...

Biometric authentication—the ability to unlock your devices by using just your face or fingerprint—is one of the few smartphone features that, even today, leave me feeling like we’re living in the ...

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition. The agency is ...