Google’s latest hardware offerings will come with a new option for authentication. On stage at an official event, Google engineering chief Dave Burke today announced a new fingerprint reader, dubbed Nexus Imprint and available on both the 6P and 5X. Burke described Imprint as a “seamless way of authenticating with your fingerprint,” requiring less than 600 milliseconds to recognize a fingerprint, and improving with each use.
Google’s Nexus event is here. We’re expecting two new smartphones — the Nexus 5X and 6P — along with a Chromecast or two. Stay right here for the news, reports, and everything else from today.
Facebook had previously hinted at some changes for its oft-ignored Notes tool, and now those changes are rolling out across the site and mobile apps. Essentially, your Notes now look like Medium-esque blog posts. “Notes are now an even better way to write a longer post and share with anyone – whether it’s a small group of friends or everyone on Facebook,” writes Facebook User Interface Engineer Isaac Salier-Hellendag. Users
(Reuters) – Hilton Worldwide Holdings said on Saturday it was investigating claims that hackers had compromised registers in gift shops and restaurants at a large number of Hilton Hotel and franchise properties across the United States. Cyber-security blogger Brian Krebs said in a post on Friday that Visa Inc had sent confidential alerts to financial organizations warning of a breach at a business between April 21 and July 27.Sources at
Leaked documents from Edward Snowden has revealed a number of surveillance programs conducted by the United Kingdom’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), including a program to spy on every individual’s internet browsing habits. According to the documents that were obtained by publication The Intercept, the purpose of the surveillance operation called Karma Police, was to “build a web-browsing profile for every visible user on the Internet.” This included every user across
Uber Technologies Inc, the company behind the popular ride-hailing service, said on Thursday it would shut down its unlicensed service UberPOP in Brussels after losing a court case brought by a taxi operator. The closure is the latest setback to be dealt to Uber in Europe, where the company has faced numerous lawsuits and protests by conventional taxi companies who see the service, which operates through an app, as unfair
By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of Defense Department and other U.S. government employees got away with about 5.6 million fingerprint records, some 4.5 million more than initially reported, the government said on Wednesday. The additional stolen fingerprint records were identified as part of an ongoing analysis of the data breach by the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Defense,
It’s a big moment – our new iPhone reviews are up. We’ve given both handsets a thorough examination, which will hopefully help you decide whether either of them are worth your hard-earned cash. We’ve got a full review on the iPhone 6S where we talk through new features such as 3D Touch, that new A9 processor and iOS 9. Then there’s also our review of Apple’s second ever phablet, the
