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US teenager creates smartphone app that helps locate missing people
Sara Du started her coding career two years ago, after reading news articles about kids much younger than her creating smartphone apps.
Relatives search for missing, grief pours out on social media after Paris attacks
Scores of appeals for missing people circulated on Twitter and green "I am safe" ticks appeared on Facebook profiles of many Parisians on Saturday, as an outpouring of shock and grief over Friday's deadly assault dominated social media.
Drones a game changer for US emergency responders
Drones are proving to be a game changer for US emergency responders who are increasingly using the technology to spot fires, detect toxic gas or to locate missing people or suspects, experts say.
Red Cross says data misuse ‘life and death’ matter for vulnerable
The Red Cross has warned that data misuse is a "life and death" issue for people in need.
Google, Facebook join Red Cross to find thousands missing after Nepal quake
German development worker Caroline Siebald and her boyfriend Charles Gertler, an American glaciologist, were on a rafting trip in Nepal when the earthquake struck and initially panicked about how to let their families know they were safe.
YouTubers hunt closure – and clicks – in US cold cases
Among the platform’s viral hits scoring billions of views is a niche of YouTubers who use sonar devices to search waterways for vehicles linked to US missing persons cases – and the bones they may hold.
New technology helps search teams find people in wilderness
More US teams are turning to tracking apps that combines cellphone GPS with digital maps detailing cliffs, caves, waterways and other hard-to-search terrain during rescue missions.
Social media trolls spread rumours
As word of the deadly terror attack in Manchester spread and police frantically tried to gather information about the explosion, online trolls were hard at work spreading disinformation about the nature of the threat and the whereabouts of children displaced by the bombing.
Google, Facebook and Twitter put out fake news on Las Vegas massacre
If the bloody massacre in Las Vegas was a test of the ability of Google, Facebook and Twitter to stop fake news, all three failed miserably.
Hackers hit South African government fund for children and missing people
Hackers attacked a South Africa’s justice department fund last week, the department said on Sept 30, but said it did not receive any ransom demands.
