SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple on Thursday reported a $20 billion profit in a record-setting quarter and said sales of its newest iPhone X smartphone were better than expected. Revenue in the final three months of last year increased 13 percent to $88.3 billion, according to the California-based technology giant. “We’re thrilled to report the biggest quarter in Apple’s history, with broad-based growth that included the highest revenue ever from a new iPhone […]
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Vietnamese researcher shows iPhone X face ID ‘hack’
HANOI, Vietnam (Reuters) — A researcher in Vietnam has demonstrated how he apparently fooled Apple Inc’s face recognition ID software on its new iPhone X using a mask made with a 3D printer, silicone and paper tape. An announcement on Friday (November 10) by Bkav, a Vietnamese cybersecurity firm, that it had cracked Apple’s Face ID, and a subsequent video apparently showing an iPhone being unlocked when pointed at a mask, were greeted with some […]
Chinese iPhone case sellers putting hope in the new iPhone X
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Wen Qinle, a 29-year-old mobile accessory shop owner in China, who has been in the business for ten years, said that he had stocked-up forty cases and one hundred screen protectors for Apple’s iPhone X which launched on Friday (November 3). The businessman is expecting the latest iteration of the iPhone to help lift sales after Apple said pre-orders for the the ten-year edition handset have been “off the charts”, following […]
New iPhone brings face recognition (and fears) to the masses
by Rob Lever Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Apple will let you unlock the iPhone X with your face — a move likely to bring facial recognition to the masses, along with concerns over how the technology may be used for nefarious purposes. Apple’s newest device, set to go on sale November 3, is designed to be unlocked with a facial scan with a number of privacy safeguards — as the data will […]





