Your phone is quietly tracking things you didn't know it could, and it's kind of cool

While motion sensors detect movement with accuracy, your phone's GPS and network data quietly record where you have been. You can see all the previous places you visited and how you visited them on a ...
The Washington Post

The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters

Federal immigration officers fanning out across Minnesota and other parts of the country are newly equipped with an array of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, thanks to a bill passed last ...
Wall Street Journal

Scientists Develop Way to Track Dangerous Space Debris Using Sonic Booms

Tens of thousands of human-made objects orbiting the Earth could pose a risk to life, infrastructure and the environment when they fall through the atmosphere. Typically the space debris is tracked ...
Android

This New Privacy Phone Doesn't Track You—But There's a Catch

Punkt has launched the MC03 as its latest privacy-focused smartphone. The device runs AphyOS which is based on Android 15 without Google services. It prioritizes user security by stripping out ...
Complex

Mike Jones Thanks Fans for Still Calling Phone Number, Says It's 'Connected With Me for Life'

For readers of a certain age, there’s a phone number that remains deeply ingrained in the subconscious, standing tall as, perhaps, the only number ever fully committed to memory: 281-330-8004.
Wired

You Can Track Plenty of Fitness Stats With Just Your Phone—No Wearables Required

When you think of counting your steps or tracking your sleep, you're probably going to think of attaching a smartwatch or some other wearable to your wrist—but you can actually monitor a bunch of ...
NBC News

Father tracks kidnapped daughter using phone's parental controls, authorities say

The father of a teenage girl who deputies say was kidnapped on Christmas Day found her using his phone’s parental controls, according to authorities in Texas. A 15-year-old girl was reported kidnapped ...
USA Today

Dad thwarts Christmas Day kidnapping with phone tracking, sheriff says

Texas sheriff's deputies credit a quick-thinking father and phone-tracking technology with saving a teenager from a violent kidnapping on Christmas. On the afternoon of Dec. 25, a 15-year-old girl ...
The Raw Story

Data guru startled as 'ballooning' numbers show GOP 'on track to lose'

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...
talkandroid.com

Here’s how to locate any phone number for free using Google Maps

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The New York Times

When the Phone Number in That TV Show Actually Connects Somewhere

Passing on the classic 555 number, “Stranger Things” is the latest show to offer Easter eggs for viewers who try to call a fictional character. By Victor Mather In the final season of the Netflix hit ...