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Lilbits: More new Intel chips, PC shipments are up, and Qualcomm’s new in-screen fingerprint reader is bigger

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Lilbits: More new Intel chips, PC shipments are up, and Qualcomm’s new in-screen fingerprint reader is bigger

In addition to launching new 35-watt Tiger Lake processors for gaming laptops and new 6-10 watt chips for low-cost, low-power notebooks for the education market, Intel had some other big announcements today. The company launched a new line of 11th-gen Tiger Lake chips with vPro technology for business-class security, management, and performance features. Intel also […]

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Qualcomm’s new fingerprint sensor is bigger, faster, supports 2-finger authentication

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Until recently most smartphones with fingerprint sensors used optical fingerprint recognition to let you login by placing your fingertip on a certain spot. But ultrasonic fingerprint sensors use sound waves instead, which allows them to be placed in a display rather than on the back or side of a phone. Now Qualcomm has unveiled a […]

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Samsung acknowledges Galaxy S10 fingerprint flaw, promises a fix

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After a Samsung Galaxy S10 owner in Britain reported this week that the fingerprint sensor on her phone could be fooled simply by adding a screen protector to the phone, Samsung has acknowledged the issue and promised to fix it with an upcoming software update. The Galaxy S10 is Samsung’s first smartphone to feature an […]

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Smartphone might not need proximity sensors to… sense proximity

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Smartphone might not need proximity sensors to… sense proximity

When you hold a smartphone to your ear, you don’t usually have to worry about touching the screen with you cheek and accidentally ending a call. That’s because most smartphones have proximity sensors that can turn off the display and disable touch input when the phone is near your face. But Elliptic Labs has developed software that […]