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[h=4]Secret 'stingray' cellphone trackers give us the willies[/h]Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed.
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[h=2]We know they know<span style="color: Red;">*</span>we know they use 'stingrays.' Now we know how often.[/h]About 6,000 times. That’s how often U.S. Marshals used a suitcase-sized device that tracks cellphones to hunt suspects throughout the country, USA TODAY has learned. The fact that they use these devices, known as stingrays, is a poorly kept secret. But no other law enforcement agency is known to have used them so often. (The Marshals Service confirmed its use of the devices to USA TODAY only in the process of trying to keep it secret.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Like a cellphone tower, stingrays can pinpoint a cellphone's location within a few yards, but — and here's where the controversy comes in<span style="color: Red;">*</span><span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>they also intercept information about other cellphones that happen to be nearby. USA TODAY's Brad Heath has the scoop.
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This animation explains how phone tracker technology, commonly known as stingray, is used by the police. USA TODAY
[h=2]Volvo kills the car key[/h]Goodbye metal car key; hello greater smartphone dependency. Volvo is taking electronic keys one step further with an app for Bluetooth-enabled<span style="color: Red;">*</span>smartphones that would not only unlock doors and start the engine, but also could be shared between phones. That means friends can borrow the car if<span style="color: Red;">*</span>you send them key access over the app.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>So while your pockets may be lighter, Volvo’s app could add to the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>cold sweat that breaks out every time your phone battery is low.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Volvo plans to test the new key in Sweden starting in 2017.
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Replacing car keys with an app may not be necessary, but Volvo is set on doing it anyway. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
[h=2]Obama put forth a plan to close Gitmo. But we still have a lot of questions.[/h]President Obama<span style="color: Red;">*</span>released a plan Tuesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for closing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the terrorist detention center at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and send the detainees elsewhere, including prisons in the United States. But questions abound. Q: Where in the U.S. would detainees go? A:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The Pentagon looked at 13 different facilities that could accommodate the detainees<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but didn't name them. Q: Why can't Obama just shut it down? A: Congress won't let him. Q: How many detainees are still there? A: 91,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>down from a peak of about 800 during the Bush era.
[h=2]14 new reports of possible sexually transmitted Zika virus, plus a new test[/h]Officials are investigating 14 new reports of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus in the U.S., the CDC said Tuesday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Several of the cases involve pregnant women, whose only means of infection was through a male partner who recently traveled to an area with Zika virus. Zika, as you probably know, is scary because it is linked to an uptick in birth defects in Brazil. We're happy, though, to point out a positive milestone in responding to the Zika outbreak: There is now a rapid test for it.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The tests, which can be performed on blood, amniotic fluid, urine or spinal fluid,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will provide results in just a few hours.
[h=2]Rooney Mara regrets her 'whitewashed' role as Tiger Lily in 'Pan'[/h]Rooney Mara is having a case of the shoulda, coulda, woulda. The actress — Oscar nominated for her performance in the lesbian love story Carol — feels "really bad" about playing Tiger Lily in Joe Wright's Pan last year. The character was originally Native American in J.M. Barrie’s 1911 novel, Peter and Wendy. "I really hate, hate, hate that I am on that side of the whitewashing conversation. I really do. I don’t ever want to be on that side of it again," Mara said. To be fair, that's a decision by the executives behind the camera — and Mara herself cautions against oversimplifying the issue by limiting it to one-off responses from actors. The statement comes as Hollywood's diversity issues have trended loud and clear with #OscarsSoWhite.
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