Apple’s Touch Bar on its newer MacBook Pro models is just about useless, but there’s something right next to it that’s awesome. It’s a tiny little fingerprint scanner that you might not have even ...

CES 2017 brought a number of new and updated notebooks, with Intel’s seventh-generation CPUs and Nvidia’s Pascal graphics architecture making their way into the mainstream. One of the most anticipated ...

Modern Windows PCs often include some kind of biometric hardware, mainly in the form of facial recognition (using infrared cameras) or fingerprint scanning. Both of these features let you use Windows ...

PCs, both laptops and even desktops, are finally getting on the biometrics bandwagon. While most new laptops mostly use Windows 10's Hello face recognition, there is a growing number that use ...

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 ...

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With the pandemic undermining traditional work structures and forcing many employees to work from home, many of us have developed an interest in on-the-go working methods. Some people use smartphones ...

Unlocking your Windows PC with just a fingerprint is not limited to those with high-end laptops or the latest hardware. Even if your device lacks a built-in fingerprint sensor or an IR camera, you can ...

Windows Hello lets you sign in to Windows 10 with facial recognition, a PIN, or your fingerprint. Not all Windows 10 computers are compatible with Windows Hello, but compatibility can be added. Using ...

Are you frustrated that your fingerprint works to log into Windows 11/10, but gets rejected by the UAC when trying to install an app or make any changes? If so, we understand how bothersome it can be, ...

I'm not too concerned. The fingerprint reader on my work-issued Thinkpad is absolutely fucking worthless and is never able to identify me, so it won't do an attacker much good if they manage to add ...