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By Jim K · Posted
I disabled the optical camera in device manager.. leaving only the IR. This has fixed the issue for me...but only because I never use the optical camera. After each monthly update re-enable the optical just to see if it's fixed...but nope! It's annoying though how this issue hasn't been acknowledged by Microsoft. -
By ad47uk · Posted
Linux is a different kettle of fish to macOS and Windows, if it ran the software I required, I may have looked at it, instead of the Mac, also the Mac is a pretty powerful machine that uses less energy than x86 machines. I never in my widest dreams thought I would ever buy a Mac, the price and restrictions of the hardware, I always liked machines that I could update internally, one reason why I never liked laptops. But here I am, a nice little Mac mini M2 pro. I doubt i will replace it for a long time, if I ever do, it does what I need. -
By Steven P. · Posted
106 years ago! A comic strip from 1919 predicted — eerily and accurately — what would happen if our phones fit into our pockets. W. K. Haselden’s ‘The Pocket Telephone: When Will it Ring?’ was published in “The Mirror” when barely 1/3rd of American homes even had telephones. (A double irony: most of us are viewing this on our “pocket phones”.) -
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By Usama Jawad96 · Posted
It's a feature, not a bug: Windows Hello face unlock no longer works in the dark by Usama Jawad Windows Hello is a security mechanism offered by Microsoft in compatible Windows PCs that allows customers to use biometric authentication mechanisms such as facial or iris recognition, fingerprint, or a PIN to access their accounts. Although it's a great feature when it works correctly, that is not always the case. Now, Microsoft has changed the way this feature works, and people aren't exactly pleased. As spotted by Windows Central, Windows Hello hasn't been working as people would expect since at least April's Patch Tuesday update. Since then, the mechanism requires both an infrared (IR) sensor and a color webcam to function correctly. Previously, Windows Hello relied on IR sensors to create a 3D facial map, just like the iPhone. IR sensors work quite well in low-light environments, but Microsoft does not allow customers to rely on them anymore due to a patch for a security vulnerability. It is important to note that most webcams don't illuminate the environment on their own and rely on external light. This essentially means that Windows Hello simply doesn't work in low-light environments for many users. In our own testing, Windows Hello seems to be working in low warm light, shown below: However, it now fails to work in an even dimmer environment, such as that with red light: That said, it seems that Microsoft has not implemented the change perfectly. Users have reported that if they disable their webcam through Device Manager, Windows Hello falls back to using IR sensors only and continues to function the way it used to. While that may act as a workaround for users right now, it'll be interesting to see if Microsoft patches this loophole down the line, too; it certainly wouldn't be surprising now that it's more widely known. Source: Windows Central
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