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"My Wife Tracked Me, for Journalism"

Last month a reporter for the New York Times tracked her husband using Apple AirTags, Tiles, and a GPS tracker. (With his permission...) "I was prepared for her to violate my privacy for the sake of journalism," that husband writes today. "But what.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotMar 7th, 2022

Lost bag with AirTag saga is over -- but United still hasn"t explained itself

A woman who tracked her lost luggage with AirTag has been reunited with her belongings, but only after she gained significant media attention.Valerie Szybala recently took to Twitter to document how United Airlines lost her luggage, then proceeded to.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJan 4th, 2023

CISO roles continue to expand beyond technical expertise

Marlin Hawk has tracked and analyzed the profiles of 470 CISOs year-over-year to understand the changing dynamics in this critical leadership position. The research shows the CISO seat to be relatively industry-agnostic—with 84% of CISOs having a c.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsDec 21st, 2022

AirPods recovered after Find My tracked down thieving hotel employee

A hotel guest used Find My to help police track down her AirPods, after items were stolen from her room by an employee.Find My on an iPhoneOn June 20, during the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend, Sahar Mohammadzadeh discovered that her Louis Vuitton purs.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsDec 20th, 2022

COVID "motherhood penalty" affects academic research productivity

The pandemic had a disproportionate impact on female finance researchers, according to a new Texas McCombs study that tracked the posting of working papers produced by men and women in top-50 U.S. university economics and finance departments during t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 20th, 2022

Musk bans live location sharing, says he’ll sue creator of plane-tracking bot

Musk says son X AE A-XII was stalked, blames student who made @ElonJet Twitter bot. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Elon Musk said he's taking legal action against the creator of a Twitter bot that tracked his private jet.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 15th, 2022

Twitter suspends account that tracked Musk"s private jet, despite billionaire"s "free speech" pledge

Twitter has suspended an account that tracked the location of Elon Musk's private jet. The suspension comes despite Musk last month tweeting, "My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that i.....»»

Category: topSource:  cnnRelated NewsDec 14th, 2022

This stalkerware tracked thousands of Android and iPhones

A popular "stalkerware" app called Xnspy may be putting its victims' data at risk......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsDec 13th, 2022

iPhone 14 Crash Detection gets man to wife"s accident before ambulance

A man was notified of his wife's nearby car crash in an instant thanks to iPhone 14 Crash Detection, allowing him to arrive on the scene and provide help before paramedics arrived.iPhone 14 has Crash DetectionThe iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, Apple Watch.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsDec 13th, 2022

A husband-and-wife team solve the mystery of how worms develop their gut

Were it not for the COVID-19 pandemic, an important discovery about the development of nematodes—elongated cylindrical worms—might not have been made......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 8th, 2022

Meta avoids showdown over news content in US after journalism bargaining bill shelved

A threat by Facebook owner Meta to remove news content from its platforms appears to have been averted — for now — after US lawmakers omitted an antitrust bill it opposed from the text of an annual defense spending bill released late Tuesday even.....»»

Category: topSource:  cnnRelated NewsDec 7th, 2022

Meta threatens to remove news content over US journalism bargaining bill

Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers have added controversial legislation favoring news media to the annual defense authorization bill......»»

Category: topSource:  cnnRelated NewsDec 5th, 2022

Private buyers drive dealership buy-sell activities in first half of "22

Automotive News tracked 178 buy-sell transactions in the first half of 2022, involving 253 U.S. franchised dealerships trading hands. While the transaction count rose from the first half of last year, the number of stores acquired dipped......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsNov 21st, 2022

How to Track a Shark

When scientists tracked great white sharks to a mysterious mid-Pacific hangout, they nicknamed it the White Shark Café — are they eating, or meeting? What’s going on out there? Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) researcher Dr. Sal Jorgensen wanted eye.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  makezineonlineRelated NewsNov 20th, 2022

Next-gen Qualcomm chips make wireless earbuds, headphones better for gaming and spatial audio

Qualcomm's second-gen S3 and S5 platforms for wireless headphones will make head-tracked spatial audio and lossless CD quality the new standard......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsNov 17th, 2022

Researchers identify genetic mechanisms for protein decline in modern maize

Teosinte, the wild ancestor of maize, has three times the seed protein content of most modern maize strains. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters tracked down the mechanisms responsible for the declining seed protein content in.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 16th, 2022

Google to pay record $391m privacy settlement

The technology company tracked users' locations despite them opting out, a US investigation found......»»

Category: hdrSource:  bbcRelated NewsNov 15th, 2022

Safford purchase of 16 Brown dealerships biggest in 2022

Safford Automotive more than doubled when it acquired Brown Automotive Group. It's the biggest acquisition tracked so far by this year in terms of the number of new-vehicle dealerships trading hands......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsNov 12th, 2022

Husband buries wife alive, smashes Apple Watch to stop her calling for help

A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after burying his wife alive and breaking her Apple Watch with a hammer after she used it to call police.Chae An, a 53-year-old man living in Lacey, Washington, has now pleaded not gui.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsNov 3rd, 2022

Derek Jeter steps up to the plate in 2023 Jeep Grand Wagoneer ad campaign

"Eyes Wide Open" is a multiyear, multiplatform campaign featuring retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and his wife, Hannah, touting the attributes of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer large SUV. The first one-minute commercial will air tonight durin.....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 29th, 2022

Research links local news, civic health of communities

A new report from the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication's Agora Journalism Center found that Oregonians are unequally served by local news media and that some communities have few places to turn for local news. The report.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 21st, 2022