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According to a new rumor, both the Google Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet will feature a side-facing fingerprint scanner. This information has been revealed by lines of code, spotted by 9to5Google.Google Pixel Fold to offer a side-facing fingerprint scannerThis code has been designed to test the UI of side-mounted fingerprint readers. Google seems to be testing two specific devices with this style of the sensor. The first one is referred to as “Y-aligned”. That means that the fingerprint scanner is on the left-hand or…

Google has decided to bring back face unlock to the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. It does function a bit differently, though, as Google did not opt to include any crazy hardware for that purpose. In addition to face scanning, these phones also have an in-display fingerprint scanner.The Pixel 7 & Pixel 7 Pro offer both face unlock & fingerprint scannerAs a reminder, the last Pixel phones that offered facial scanning were the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. Google is not using a radar camera system (Soli) this time around.…

Pros Corrects skew from bound books Color and white-balance correction Separates pages from open books Cons ScanSnap software can be clunky USB-only interface Max 11x17 footprint is a bit small for coffee table booksI've written before about how my wife and I have used Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners to manage our paper sprawl. We originally planned to scan in our giant book collection, but wound up instead managing the enormous document bequeathment from my parents, which came to us when they got very sick and I was…

Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)The days of eavesdropping on the New York Police Department may be coming to an end.The NYPD says it wants to reimagine its current police communication system and transition to encrypted messages by 2024 according to a recent amNY report confirmed by Gizmodo. While law enforcement has spent years fighting to make encryption less accessible for everyday people, police think they need a little more privacy. Critics worry a turn towards encryption by law enforcement could reduce…

Realme C30 arrived in June and now it is joined by the Realme C30s. The phones are very similar with identical cameras, screens, and user interface, but the S model brings a new chipset and a side-mounted fingerprint scanner. The Realme C30s is powered by the Unisoc platform SC9863A. It has eight CPU cores, all of them Cortex-A55, split into two clusters - four performance units at 1.6 GHz, and the rest for efficiency at 1.2 GHz. There are two memory options - 2/32 GB and 4/64 GB. The predecessor Realme C30 had no…

Your file-keeping tool Google Drive can scan your documents too! Know where to find this Android phone scanner. When it comes to scanning documents quickly via your smartphone, the famous CamScanner app used to be the saver for all Android users. Open the app, keep the document within the camera range and get a scanned copy in PDF form within a few seconds. However, the sudden ban on several Chinese apps in India, back in June 2020 over concerns of national…

Google has announced rolling out Android 13 to Pixel smartphones on Monday, August 15. The company announced that the new OS version will be rolled out on Samsung, Xiaomi, Nokia, and more smartphones later this year. The Android 13 will let multilingual users assign specific languages to individual apps. It also comes with an updated media player that changes its appearance based on the music or podcast a user is listening to. According to the company, Android users will soon be able to mirror a messaging app from their…

Vivo could launch a new foldable smartphone soon, according to a tipster. The handset is said to be equipped with an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. It is tipped to be a vertical folding handset. The Chinese smartphone brand previously launched the Vivo X Fold in April in China. The smartphone is powered by the octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, paired with Adreno 730 GPU and 12GB LPDDR5 RAM. The Vivo X Fold also features a dual-screen, in-display 3D ultrasonic fingerprint scanner.Tipster Digital Chat Station…

According to a new report by Phone Arena, Android 13 Beta 4.1 actually massively improves the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro fingerprint scanner. That has been one of the major drawbacks of the two devices, since launch.Android 13 Beta 4.1 massively improves Pixel 6 & 6 Pro fingerprint scanner performanceHaving an unreliable fingerprint scanner on your phone is horrible, especially when you don’t have an alternative, like facial scanning. That was the case for the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro users, though.Google tried to fix the…

It's a perfect storm for Chinese mobile manufacturing companies operating in India.The Indian government is looking into cases of alleged tax evasion by three major Chinese mobile companies -- Oppo, Vivo India and Xiaomi -- and notices have been issued to them, respectively. The cases slapped against these companies range from allegations in what the government termed as income tax evasion and customs violations to fraud and money laundering.Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday informed the Upper House of…