GPS
Why tracking your parents is about to be the next big thing
While most tracking app users are antsy parents who keep tabs on their kids, adult children tracking elderly parents could be the next big thing.
- Cindy Yin
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Nine bushwalkers rescued in the Blue Mountains
The bushwalkers were rescued in two separate operations as NSW Police launched a new platform to link the community directly to police dispatchers and first responders in emergencies.
- Nigel Gladstone
Millions use parental tracking apps but this psychologist isn’t sold
Children who know their parents are watching from afar can withdraw, and the parents can become obsessive, say experts.
- Wendy Tuohy
Farmers ‘crippled’ by satellite failure as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt
A failure in Australia’s GPS satellite system has halted the planting of winter crops and exposed “a critical risk to rural industries”.
- Mike Foley
Is yelling at my sat-nav a lost cause?
Tension can grow between a driver and their route-finder: Modern Guru recommends cultivating compassion for that in-car slave.
- Danny Katz
Inside Maxar, the eyes in the sky that bear witness to Russia’s aggression
With the latest images, governments are able to act “on the basis of facts instead of on the basis of fears,” said the satellite company’s technology officer.
- Jamie Johnson
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