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A Silicon Valley biometrics company says it has developed a fingerprint sensor that can sit under glass so smartphone screens don’t need a cutout or extra button to accommodate the sensor.

The Synaptics FS9100 sensor can sit under a millimeter of glass and still provide accurate fingerprint readings, so it should be easier to integrate one under a display.

At present, most fingerprint sensors have to sit above the glass, necessitating a cutout in the face of the phone or a dedicated button that houses the sensor. That’s the case on market-leading handsets like the iPhone 7 and Samsung Galaxy S7.

And while there are some fingerprint sensors that work under glass, that glass needs to be thinner than 1mm, so the glass needs to be shaved in the area of the sensor.

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Google’s parent company does not yet have the courage to build a car with no steering wheel or pedals, preferring to put its self-driving technology into existing cars from traditional auto manufacturers.

Thats the conclusion of news site The Information in a report published Monday citing people close to Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle project.

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Apple had a tough 2016. Early in the year, the tech giant became entangled in a legal battle with the FBI over the company’s refusal to help the agency unlock the phone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. Apple argued that doing so would open a back door that would put other iPhone users at risk of privacy breaches. 

Apple also had a somewhat disappointing financial year with annual sales dropping for the first time since 2001, when the company released the iPod.  On the hardware side, Apple did release a refreshed version of the iPhone and the MacBook Pro, but both received mixed reviews. 

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Many companies follow a traditional organizational structure that has the CEO at the top of a pyramid, managers in the middle, and all other employees at the bottom. While this may be efficient for some matters, it may also stifle the flow of communication and creative ideas.

In order to deal with this problem, some companies have chosen to completely flip the organizational structure in order to fully embrace the lean journey.

Inverting the leadership pyramid

The traditional leadership pyramid, with the CEO at the top and workers at the bottom, was created because it was believed that only a small number of people are capable of understanding the complexities that go along with large-scale management.

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