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October 17, 2016 08:45 pm GMT
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Your iPhone's fingerprint sensor might soon unlock your car
Your iPhone can already act as your wallet, camera and flashlight, but it may eventually replace one more everyday object: your car keys.
Buried in a report from Bloomberg about Apple scaling back its plans to build a self-driving car was this nugget: "Apple executives had imagined an electric car that could recognize its driver by fingerprint and autonomously navigate with the press of a button."
The idea of the iPhone unlocking and starting your car is pretty cool whether or not Apple actually builds a car. Apple has reportedly had a self-driving car in the works since 2014, and thus far hundreds of jobs have been terminated as the company struggles to choose a direction. Read more...
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