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 ...
PCMag

Paid Off Your Phone Early? Verizon to Ease 35-Day Hold to Unlock It

The carrier says it will add unspecified authorization mechanisms to its site to permit faster unlocks of phones that are ...

Verizon acknowledges “pain” of new unlock policy, suggests change is coming

Following our report last week that Verizon is forcing people to wait 35 days for phone unlocks after paying off device installment plans, Verizon is apparently trying to eliminate the inconvenient ...
The Clarion-Ledger

North, Central Mississippi phone numbers getting new area code. What we know

New phone numbers in Mississippi will get a new area code, starting now. Here's what to know about when, where and why the change is happening, how it could affect you. The Mississippi Public Service ...
Courthouse News Service

Maryland man argues arrest using cellphone tracking device violates the Fourth Amendment

The Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Courthouse, home of the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Virginia. (Acroterion/ Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — A Maryland man arrested after police ...
The Verge

Verizon’s prepaid services add a 365-day wait to unlock phones

Visible, TracFone, Straight Talk, and Total Wireless customers will have to wait longer to switch to a new network. Visible, TracFone, Straight Talk, and Total Wireless customers will have to wait ...
ZDNet

I ditched Google Maps for a free alternative that doesn't track me (or drain my phone battery)

Privacy-first: no tracking or data collection. Offline maps and turn-by-turn directions save battery. Free, open-source app for Android and iOS. Every month, Google ...
Hosted on MSN

Moment track athlete's phone swiped whilst filming a TikTok

A phone snatcher picked the wrong target after stealing a phone from a track athlete while she was filming a TikTok in London. Elizabeth Lopez Aguilar, 24, was filming a video in front of the London ...
Reuters

FCC revises Verizon phone unlocking rules after significant fraud issues

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission revised a long-standing rule that required Verizon Communications (VZ.N), opens new tab to unlock its mobile phones 60 days after ...
clickondetroit.com

‘Can you track his phone?’: 911 audio of Sherrone Moore’s wife after his firing from Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Newly released 911 audio reveals what Sherrone Moore’s wife said happened in the moments after the former Michigan football coach was fired. Here is the audio: Moore was dismissed ...
The New York Times

C.I.A. Source Inside Venezuelan Government Helped Track Maduro

The spy agency also used stealth drones to monitor the whereabouts of the Venezuelan leader. By Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt A C.I.A. source within the Venezuelan government monitored the ...
Fox 12 Oregon

Father rescues 15-year-old daughter by tracking her cell phone after she was kidnapped on Christmas Day, authorities say

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas. (KBTX/Gray News) - A father in Texas rescued his teen daughter by tracking her cell phone after she was allegedly kidnapped by a man on Christmas Day. According to the ...