Location Data

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  Google Launches Emergency Location Service Feature for Android Smartphones in India

  Google has activated its Emergency Location Service (ELS) in India for compatible Android devices. Uttar Pradesh has become state in the country to operationalise the functionality by integrating it with its 112 emergency number. Android users can send their "precise" location to emergency service providers by calling or texting the number. The fea...

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  Pornhub User Data Reportedly Stolen by Hacker Group ShinyHunters, Threaten to Expose

  Pornhub is reportedly facing an extortion attempt after hackers linked to the ShinyHunters group claimed to have stolen data of more than 200 million Premium users. The attackers have threatened to publish the data unless a Bitcoin ransom is paid. While samples shared with the media appear genuine, questions remain around how recent the data is and...

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  TRAPPIST-1e Methane Signal Likely False, Webb Data Suggests Airless Planet

  The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, located about 39 light-years from Earth, hosts seven rocky worlds orbiting a cool red dwarf star. While several of these Earth-sized planets lie in the star’s habitable zone, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest their atmospheres may be too thin to support life. Earlier hints of methane aro...

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  400 Cheque Books, 200 Sims: Inside Rs 40 Crore IPO Scam In Mumbai

  The ED conducted searches at multiple locations in Mumbai as part of investigations against a company that duped investors after providing false assurances to set up data and digital learning centres in small towns, an official said on Tuesday.

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  Your Phone's GPS Knows More Than Your Location, IIT Delhi Research Warns

  GPS guides us to places or helps us track our online orders. But the "fine-grained" data collected by it on Android smartphones can reveal far more than just the location, quietly exposing a person's activity and environment.

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  Android Phones Susceptible to ‘Pixnapping’ Attack That Steals 2FA Codes, Messages and More, Researchers Say

  Android devices are susceptible to a new type of attack that can covertly steal two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, private messages, location timelines, and other data. Security researchers have devised this new attack, called Pixnapping, which can exploit loopholes and security flaws in Android without requiring any system permissions. As per ...

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  All About DIGIPIN, India's Unique Geo-Coded Addressing System For Location Accuracy

  DIGIPIN is safe and does not compromise privacy, as no personal data is associated with it.

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  Haryana Sees 95% Drop In Active Fire Locations From Last Year

  Haryana has recorded a 95 per cent reduction in active fire locations related to paddy crop residue burning compared to the previous year, according to data presented at a high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi.

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  GPS Interference Is On Rise. Here's What Can Be Done About It

  GPS interference is on the rise, so you might be wondering how it works. And can anything be done about it? And perhaps most importantly do you need to worry?

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  New Analysis of 1977 Wow! Signal Reveals Stronger Cosmic Mystery

  The famous 1977 “Wow!” signal — a mysterious radio burst detected by Ohio’s Big Ear telescope — has been reanalyzed using modern computing techniques. Researchers digitized old telescope records, finding the signal was about four times stronger than first thought, peaking at 250 Janskys. The recalculations also refined its frequency and s...

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  Rivers Across 8 States Flow Above Danger Mark As Heavy Rain Continues

  Several rivers across Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal are flowing above danger levels, posing a risk to the people living in the low-lying areas.

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  "Creepiest Date": Bengaluru Woman Claims Man Tracked Down Her Address, Sent Her Gift

  The woman shared the experience on social media, recounting how she had matched with the man on a dating app, exchanged numbers, but was shocked to receive the surprise delivery.

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  How Pigs, High-Tech Tools Can Help In Search For Mexican Drug Cartel Victims

  First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic bags or wrap them in blankets. They cover them in lime or burn them.

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  From Antarctica To Brussels, Hunting Climate Clues In Old Ice

  Ice dating back millions of years can be found deep inside Antarctica, close to the South Pole, buried under kilometres of fresher ice and snow.

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  NASA's New Horizons Proves Deep-Space Navigation via Stellar Parallax

  NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft accomplished a world-first by performing a deep-space stellar navigation test using stellar parallax. On April 23, 2020, while 438 million miles from Earth, it imaged nearby stars Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359. From the spacecraft’s distant viewpoint, the stars appeared slightly shifted compared to Earth-based obs...