Yes, The Big G is following you: Google admits it tracks users when location history is turned off

Google has confirmed that it still tracks users even after they turn off the “Location History” setting on their device. It comes just one day after the practice was revealed by an AP investigation. The clarification is mentioned on a Location History help page, which Google changed on Thursday. The once erroneous wording has now […]

Gran Turismo Sport, revisited: More tracks, more cars, more everything

Sony When Gran Turismo Sport arrived for the Playstation 4 at the end last year, I wrote that it was a great game. Any lingering problems I’d had with the way Polyphony Digital had been simulating tire physics disappeared, plus it looked and sounded better than any prior installment of the franchise. But it also […]

Tommy Hilfiger tracks, rewards you for wearing its smart clothes

How do you convince everyday people to serve as unofficial ambassadors for a fashion brand? Make smart clothes, apparently. Tommy Hilfiger is launching a Tommy Jeans Xplore garment line that uses embedded Bluetooth smart tags (connected to the company’s iOS app) to provide “one-of-a-kind rewards and experiences” to buyers. The more you wear the clothes, […]

Pentagon’s microwave weapon stops vehicles in their tracks

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Sophisticated Android malware tracks all your phone activities

An advanced type of malware can spy on nearly every Android smartphone function and steal passwords, photos, video, screenshots and data from WhatsApp, Telegram and other apps. “ZooPark” targets subjects in the Middle East and was likely developed by a state actor, according to Kaspersky Lab, which first spotted and identified it. ZooPark has evolved […]

Schwarzenegger’s head on caterpillar tracks drags down UK lender

Shares in British lender CYBG dropped 7 percent after the bank pledged to increase provisions by $ 498 million for repaying customers mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). According to CYBG, a mid-sized bank that owns Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and the app-based bank B in the UK, an awareness campaign launched by British financial regulatory […]

This high-tech sock tracks my infant’s heart rate and oxygen level in real time — and it gives me peace of mind when she’s asleep

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you’ll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. Kristin John The Owlet Smart Sock 2 tracks an infant’s heart rate and blood oxygen level in real time using a cozy, noninvasive sock. The Smart Sock wirelessly connects to […]

Can Georgia's New Linebacker Stop Alabama in its Tracks?

Alabama freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa unveiled his wondrous passing ability in college football’s national championship game on Jan. 8, ruining the Georgia Bulldogs’ title hopes. Season after season, the Crimson Tide is a formidable threat, combining one of the country’s best defenses with a stout running game to win five national championships in the past […]

Here’s every way the London Tube bomber tried to cover his tracks — and failed

Metropolitan Police On September 16, 2017, Ahmed Hassan was arrested by police officers in Dover, in southern England. Less than 24 hours before, a bomb had partially detonated on the London Underground, injuring 30 people.It had been Hassan who planted the bomb — and he was apprehended as he was waiting to board a ferry […]

Everything you need to know about skeleton, the Olympic sport that sends athletes hurtling head first down icy tracks at 90 miles an hour

Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Skeleton is a Winter Olympics sport that dates back to the 1880s. Events take place on a track made of ice. In Pyeongchang, the skeleton track is 1,376 meters long.  Skeleton athletes push sleds as fast as they can, then jump on and speed head first down the track, using minor shifts […]