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Amazfit GTS 4 Smartwatch Review
Technologyla-vanguardia17h ago

Amazfit GTS 4 Smartwatch Review

A review highlights the features of the Amazfit GTS 4 smartwatch, including over 150 sports modes, 24-hour heart rate monitoring, and integrated GPS, noting its affordability.

WorldNHK World9d ago

Man Re-arrested for GPS Tracking in Saitama Body Abandonment Case

A 53-year-old man, previously arrested for abandoning a woman's body, has been re-arrested for illegally obtaining her location information using a GPS device, violating Japan's Stalker Regulation Law. Police suspect he used the GPS data to ambush and abduct the woman.

Surge in GPS interference around Strait of Hormuz increases shipping risks
WorldFrance 24tvn2415h ago2 sources

Surge in GPS interference around Strait of Hormuz increases shipping risks

More than 1,100 vessels have been hit by GPS interference across the Middle East Gulf since the start of the conflict, according to maritime firm Windward. Experts warn these attacks pose severe risks to navigation and are contributing to the de facto blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Two Vultures Die Near Kavadarci, One Tracked by GPS
Environmentmeta-mk11d ago

Two Vultures Die Near Kavadarci, One Tracked by GPS

One black vulture and one griffon vulture have died near Kavadarci, North Macedonia. One of the vultures was equipped with a GPS tracker by the Bulgarian Fund for Wild Flora and Fauna, which helped determine the location of its death.

Former New Haven police chief charged with stealing $85,000 in agency funds
PoliticsThe Guardiancbc14d ago2 sources

Former New Haven police chief charged with stealing $85,000 in agency funds

Karl Jacobson, city’s police chief for three years, is accused of pilfering money from fund meant to pay informants An official who recently resigned as police chief of one of Connecticut’s largest cities was arrested on Friday on larceny charges after allegations that he stole more than $85,000 from two department accounts – money that was meant to pay for certain informants as well as a youth extracurricular program. Karl Jacobson, who abruptly retired from the New Haven police department in January, turned himself in on an arrest warrant. He was later released on a court-set bond of $150,000, a state prosecutor said in a news release. Jacobson faces two counts of larceny related to defrauding a public community. Continue reading...

Amazon van gets stuck on Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ mudflat path
BusinessThe Guardian18d ago

Amazon van gets stuck on Britain’s ‘most dangerous’ mudflat path

GPS led driver on to the Broomway in the Thames estuary, where dozens of people are known to have died An Amazon delivery van got stuck trying to drive along one of Britain’s most dangerous coastal paths as the driver followed GPS directions on to mudflats to try to get to an island in the Thames estuary used by the military, the coastguard has said. Rescuers were called to reports the van had been driven out on to the Broomway – a 600-year-old pathway across the flats to Foulness Island that has been called the deadliest in the country. Continue reading...