Despite what every spy movie in the past 30 years would have you think, fingerprint and face scanners used to unlock your smartphone or other devices aren’t nearly as secure as they’re made out to be.

Researchers armed with a $2,000 budget and 13 smartphones, laptops, and other devices found it's possible to bypass fingerprint authentication with duplicate prints made on a cheap 3D printer. Their ...

A decade ago, Bloomberg LP, the financial-information giant, introduced a new feature on its flagship terminals and put itself at the forefront of an emerging tech trend all at once. The feature, a ...