Smartphone users who leave app permissions set to “always” are feeding a steady stream of location coordinates to data ...

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has canceled its contract for a surveillance tool that allows ...

Smartphone owners who granted “always allow” location access to a weather widget or prayer-time app may have unknowingly fed their precise coordinates to a commercial data broker that sold the ...

Irene Okpanachi is a Features writer covering Android devices, laptops, portable projectors, VR headsets, software, and AI recorders for Android Police and Talk Android. She has five years' experience ...

A new survey from the University of Michigan asks parents about their use of technology to track their adult children, ages 18-25, including using "always on" location tracking on their smartphones.

Unwary crime suspects could be tracked by investigators who had access to their phone location records.

The FAA recently launched the DISCOVR API, a new capability that gives authorized public safety agencies access to additional information about drones operating in their area. When a drone broadcasts ...

A Rhode Island man has been charged with stalking after he allegedly spent a year and a half harassing a Boston woman online, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Space Vixaisak ...

Following four betas, Google is ready to launch Android 17 for Pixel devices. There are a handful of big additions and changes, while today’s release coincides with the June 2026 Pixel (Feature) Drop.

Seven of the eight people accused of orchestrating plans to threaten University of Michigan leaders, police and businesses with a wave of crimes designed to force the university to sever ties with ...

It is easy to forget how much of an impact the smartphone has had on our daily lives and our society. About 91% of Americans ...