A computer scientist who helped bring Apple’s Siri to the world has invented a method for unlocking an iPhone by talking to it. The technology, revealed in an Apple patent application, would eliminate the need for a separate security step and allow users to be identified by voice at the same time they’re telling the device to perform a task.
The Apple employee found dead Wednesday morning in a conference room at the company headquarters shot himself in the head, the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday.
T.J. Rodgers, chip-industry legend and one of the more outspoken tech leaders in Silicon Valley, is stepping down as chief executive of Cypress Semiconductor, the company he founded and has been at the helm of for more than 30 years.
Q&A: Sean Randolph, senior director of the Bay Area Council’s Economic Institute, talks economy, manufacturing and housing in the Bay Area.
