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Apple iPhone X Face ID feature has identical Murray twins in a digital spat

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The highly-anticipated iPhone X comes with new features such as Animoji, portrait lighting and the much-hyped facial recognition software. The device also comes with a hefty price tag and the highest yet for an iPhone - $1,000. But will the new iPhone X’s facial recognition technology be any match for the identical Murray twins? “I think it’s going to be so cool to not have to hit the home button every time to activate your phone. It’s much more secure, you’ll be able to pay for things with it a lot easier,” UBS Financial Services managing director Jonathan Murray told FOX Business’ Liz Claman. The Face ID feature replaces the fingerprint sensor and unlocks the device by taking a 3D scan of your face. “The notion of someone else, let alone my twin brother, getting access to my phone that’s scary,” David Murray said on FOX Business’ “Countdown to the Closing bell.” Tech publication Mashable conducted a test where it was able to trick Apple’s face-mapping technology using ide

British supermarket becomes first in world to use finger vein payment system

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A British supermarket became the first in the world to let shoppers use their veins to pay for groceries. Customers at the Costcutter shop at London’s Brunel University paid using their vein pattern to identify themselves. Sthaler CEO Nick Dryden, the company behind the technology, joined FOX Business on Monday to discuss his high-tech finger-vein scanner. The technology uses infrared light to scan people’s finger veins and then uses a biometrics to link to their bank cards. “You’re hemoglobin absorbs infrared and we get a very clear pattern of your vein structure, so much so that we can get one and a half thousand point map reference from your finger,” Dryden told Maria Bartiromo on Mornings with Maria. Dryden said the price of the technology is relatively inexpensive compared to retinal scanners. “It’s massively cheaper. It’s very practical, people don’t mind using their fingers. Some people have an issue using biometrics… but definitely more so if it’s a retinal scan. B