Biometric locks like face recognition are convenient to set up—but because of a legal loophole, law enforcement can bypass them more easily than a traditional passcode.

By KELVIN CHAN A little known security feature on iPhones is in the spotlight after it stymied efforts by U.S. federal authorities to search devices seized from a reporter. Apple’s Lockdown ...

Apple's Lockdown Mode is gaining attention after it blocked U.S. federal authorities from accessing a reporter's iPhone.

Apple says Lockdown Mode is an “optional, extreme” protection tool designed to guard against “extremely rare and highly sophisticated cyberattacks.” It’s not for everyone, but instead for “very few ...

Sick of always forgetting your login credentials? Windows Hello is a security feature that lets you ditch passwords and pins for facial or fingerprint recognition.

“The iPhone was found powered on and charging, and its display noted that the phone was in ‘Lockdown’ mode,” the government ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fingerprints are those little ridges on the tips of your fingers. They’re essentially folds of the outer layer of skin, the ...

However, the EliteBoard G1a marks a fresh form factor for modern all-in-one (AIO) PCs, which are usually monitors with integrated components. (The Apple iMac is one popular example.) Unlike ...

Researchers discovered a fingerprint on Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat, used by seaborne raiders over 2,000 years ago. The print was left in the caulking tar by one of the boat’s makers. Experts ...