Your phone’s light sensor can spy on you

Dale Arasa 01/19/2024

MIT researchers discovered the dark side of smartphone light sensors; it can help hackers track your movements! Malicious individuals can use artificial intelligence models to reconstruct images of what’s happening in front of your screen. For example,…

Phone unlocking leads to arrest of robbery, rape suspects in Davao del Sur

Eldie S. Aguirre - @inquirerdotnet 04/02/2023

DIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — Police in Davao del Sur province are calling on the victims of a gang mainly involved in robbery and rape cases to come out and file charges against its members…

Take your eyes off your mobile phone, says inventor, 50 years on

Reuters 03/30/2023

Del Mar, United States — The problem with mobile phones is that people look at them too much. At least, that’s according to the man who invented them 50 years ago. Martin Cooper, an American engineer dubbed the…

Motorcycle rider’s photo shows what more than meets the eye: A touching portrait of sacrifice and family

Immae Lachica 11/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines— What photos can do is truly magical.  In this case, a photographer had a beautiful chance of capturing touching messages from his motorcycle rider’s cellphone.  Dominic Sales, a teacher by profession from Antipolo City,…

No apple for your lechon? Check out this alternative

Immae Lachica 12/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— What is a Christmas celebration without a feast? And what’s a Christmas feast without the famous lechon (roasted sucking pig)? Having lechon on the table is tradition for most Filipino families. And when the…

Need a mental break from work? Don’t check your phone, says new study

08/21/2019

If you want to take a break and recharge from mentally challenging work, then it is best not to look at your phone, according to a new study in the United States. Carried out by researchers at…

How to become a phone photography enthusiast

Immae Lachica 06/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Are you into photography, but you do not have a good camera to carry around? You need not worry because Phoneography Cebu has got you covered. This group in Facebook has united more…

Sinulog security: Police to implement mobile phone shut down

Nestle L. Semilla 11/23/2018

The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (RPO-7) will again be asking telecom companies to shut down their mobile phone signals in Cebu City and neighboring areas during the Sinulog 2019 celebration. If implemented, this will already…

20-year-olds caught with cell phone, shabu

Benjie B. Talisic 09/02/2018

A young man had the misfortune of facing a SWAT team who learned of his alleged theft of a cell phone owned by a woman along MJ Cuenco Avenue, Cebu City Sunday morning, Sept. 2. Senior Insp.…

Netizens praise wounded stranger after finding lost phone in Consolacion

Raul Constantine Tabanao 04/13/2018

Not all heroes wear capes. This was proven true after a man found a lost mobile phone near a  food park along the National Road in Barangay Pitogo, Consolacion town, Cebu on Saturday evening (April 7). Dr.…

How FB collected phone call, text logs

AP 03/27/2018

The news that Facebook’s Android app has been collecting call and text histories is yet another black eye for the social media giant. But just why was Facebook able to siphon off records of who its users…

Heightened security for the Holy Week

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 03/24/2018

Security measure is in place in Cebu port terminals as part of the “Oplan: Semana Santa” for the Holy Week celebration in Cebu. Cebu Port Security Division, Supt. Arche Guinitara of Cebu Port Authority (CPA) said that…

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