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Face ID

Apple Adds New Face ID Functionality
Apple Adds New Face ID Functionality
June 05, 2018  |  Apple

Through a new Face ID setting, Apple’s latest iOS 12 potentially allows more than one person to use the feature on a particular iPhone X....

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Apple Granted Patent For Vein Image Detection For iPhones
Apple Granted Patent For Vein Image Detection For iPhones
May 17, 2018  |  Apple

Apple has been granted a patent for vein image detection that can be used in the iPhone. According to Apple Insider, the patent — first...

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HSBC Gives Corporate Customers Access To Face ID
HSBC Gives Corporate Customers Access To Face ID
May 10, 2018  |  Banking

Banking and financial services provider HSBC has started enabling its corporate customers to access mobile banking using a facial scan. According to a report on BankingTech, HSBC’s...

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Samsung Working On 3D Facial Recognition
Samsung Working On 3D Facial Recognition
March 16, 2018  |  Mobile

A new report says Samsung is working on 3D technology to compete with Apple’s Face ID. According to news from 9to5mac, an article in The Korea Herald...

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Senators Urge Halt On Airport Face ID Program
Senators Urge Halt On Airport Face ID Program
December 22, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Two U.S. senators urged federal authorities to stop the planned expansion of a $1 billion airport facial scanning program. According to Reuters, Senators Mike Lee,...

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Person Present: The Future Of Card Not Present Identity Verification
Person Present: The Future Of Card Not Present Identity Verification
December 13, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

“Who are you?” It’s a philosophical question with a million different answers depending on who’s asking. In payments, it is a practical question with just...

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Frightful Five: The Apple Update That Pays
Frightful Five: The Apple Update That Pays
December 07, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with...

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The Unexplained Edition: Bitcoin, Apple And The Gap
The Unexplained Edition: Bitcoin, Apple And The Gap
December 04, 2017  |  Data Dive

On Dec. 5, 1872, 145 years ago tomorrow, the Mary Celeste was discovered drifting aimlessly off the coast of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean....

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Frightful Five: Apple Speaker Delayed While Alexa, Google Assistant Charge Ahead
Frightful Five: Apple Speaker Delayed While Alexa, Google Assistant Charge Ahead
December 01, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon’s Alexa just keeps getting smarter. Soon she’ll be making herself at home at work with new business-oriented skills, and she’s about to start powering...

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