Today's antipersonnel land mines are small and often have plastic casings that standard metal detectors cannot register.

ADELPHI, Md. – Army scientists achieved a major milestone in quantum sensing technology that could transform how electromagnetic signals are detected on the battlefield. For the first time, scientists ...

Apple is reportedly testing an iPhone anti-snatching feature that would lock stolen devices using motion signals and checks for familiar locations. Apple appears to be taking a leaf out of Android’s ...

Apple is developing a new feature that will lock your iPhone if it's snatched from your hand by a thief, according to Apple code seen by 9to5Mac. The option will use the gyroscope, accelerometer, and ...

Apple is reportedly working on a feature that will automatically lock an iPhone if it is stolen from the user’s hands. The feature is expected to work like Android’s Theft Detection Lock by using a ...

The IRS stopped $7 billion in fraudulent refunds in calendar years 2024 and 2025, and it could prevent more fraud if it had earlier access to key information returns, according to an audit report from ...

Google previewed Android 17 at I/O 2026, and the anti-theft and privacy features are the standout additions. Most security features require you to turn them on before they can protect you — which ...

Android 17 introduces biometric authentication for the “Mark as lost” feature, ensuring that even if a thief has your PIN, they cannot disable device tracking or regain access to your phone.

I’ve been writing about smoke detectors for a few years. That often involves researching fire statistics, so when I see something like the fact that the death rate from a fire is 60 percent lower in ...

A Brooklyn case has ignited a debate around the prevalence of deed theft, in which scammers fraudulently take ownership of people’s homes. Here’s what we know. By Mihir Zaveri and Wesley Parnell See ...

Deed theft has come to the forefront of NYC politics after Council Member Chi Ossé was arrested last week for protesting an eviction. Ossé said that the Bed-Stuy eviction was a result of deed theft, ...

A high-tech car theft ring that can steal vehicles in under a minute — without keys, smashed windows or hot wiring — has been exposed in a sweeping federal indictment, exposing a sophisticated ...