At RSAC 2026, a live demo showed how easily AI tools can bypass facial recognition systems once considered secure. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, focusing on privacy. With companies ...

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has detailed the company's latest plan to fight bots and it means that some accounts will need to "verify humanness," though the company is stopping short of widespread ...

Apple is reportedly facing technical challenges in placing Face ID sensors under the display, meaning the Dynamic Island will likely remain on the iPhone 18 Pro series. While rumors suggest the island ...

Vince Gaydarzhiev, a Bulgarian‑born engineer who worked on Face ID at Apple, founded Alcatraz in 2014 to bring Face ID‑style authentication into the physical world. Alcatraz builds biometric ...

Reddit may introduce Face ID to fight bots and fake accounts Reddit, which is one of the most widely used social media platforms, is now considering using Face ID-style verification and similar ...

Reddit is exploring a major shift in how it verifies its users, with CEO Steve Huffman revealing that the platform may soon ask some members to use biometric tools such as Face ID or Touch ID to prove ...

Reddit, like practically every other social media platform, has been struggling as of late with a deluge of bots and AI-generated content. In a study from last year, roughly 15% of posts on the ...

To block that, Apple introduced Stolen Device Protection, which leans more heavily on biometric authentication and adds an hour-long delay to certain actions, optionally only when you’re not in one of ...

Google's speculated biometric project, dubbed "Project Toscana," could finally give Pixel phones a true rival to Apple's Face ID. As on an iPhone, the system uses infrared rays to operate quickly and ...

Apple is developing a much thinner Face ID hardware module in an effort to reduce the space its facial authentication system takes up in the iPhone Air, a known leaker on China's Weibo social media ...

Recent leaks surrounding the iPhone 18 Pro suggest that Apple is preparing to introduce noteworthy updates to its display design, Face ID system, and the Dynamic Island feature. These potential ...

Robotics startup Lyte AI Inc. launched today as it announced that it has raised $107 million in funding. Founded in 2021 by former top members of the team behind Apple Inc.’s Face ID, Lyte is trying ...