News & Reviews:   biometric sensor

Besides upgrading its Galaxy S smartphone series, Samsung is bringing the latest versions of its earbuds next year. According to a new patent, the Korean tech giant might include an unexpected technology on the next-generation Galaxy Buds, and it's a biometric sensor.

Fingerprint sensors have been on smartphones for years, but most people probably don't know how they work. Well, the average fingerprint sensor is optical, meaning that it's sort of like a camera. We've seen plenty of cases where people can hack fingerprint sensors to steal fingerprints before and now there's a new case with the Xiaomi Mi 9T.