For decades, manufacturers have struggled to find ways to make their devices more secure without making them more costly or inconvenient. After all, if it was too expensive no one would pay for it, ...

Fingerprint authentication will become a lot more common on smartphones of all prices as sensors get cheaper—and Google’s integration of the technology in the next version of Android will make it much ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Seeking to bring fingerprint authentication technology to the mainstream consumer markets, fingerprint sensor developer AuthenTec Inc. is preparing a major one-two punch. AuthenTec ...

Samsung could be working towards full-screen fingerprint sensors for smartphones. A newly discovered patent application from the company describes a display setup comprising a full-screen fingerprint ...