GPS
August 2020
Land Rovers eyed by thieves in countryside crime spike during UK lockdown
Livestock, GPS equipment and quad bikes targeted as gangs took advantage of empty roads
June 2020
UK poised to invest £500m in satellite rival to EU's Galileo system
PM and chancellor back purchase of 20% stake in troubled US operator OneWeb
April 2020
Experts warn of privacy risk as US uses GPS to fight coronavirus spread
Mobile advertising companies can collect detailed data about Americans’ movements
February 2020
Berlin artist uses 99 phones to trick Google into traffic jam alert
Google Maps diverts road users after mistaking cartload of phones for huge traffic cluster
December 2018
- SpacewatchSpacewatch: new generation of GPS satellite lifts offGPS III satellites to provide more precise locations and be more resilient against jamming
November 2018
UK may never recover £1.2bn invested in EU Galileo satellite system
British armed forces will not get access to Galileo, a rival to the US GPS system, after Brexit
September 2018
Juncker scorns Chequers proposals in state of union speech
Key tenet of UK’s Brexit plan dismissed along with proposals for rival to Galileo satellite
August 2018
Theresa May pledges Galileo alternative if UK locked out of satnav system
PM seeks to raise pressure on EU with pledge of £92m for ‘sovereign’ navigation system
July 2018
EU may give UK unique Galileo deal after Brexit
Police and armed forces could be guaranteed uninterrupted access to satellite signal
June 2018
The GPS app that can find anyone anywhere
A UK-based startup has developed a geocoding tool that could revolutionise how we find places, from a remote African village dwelling to your tent at a rock festival‘It’s a misperception that we track people when the Strava app is not open’
James Quarles, head of social network Strava, responds to issues surrounding his company’s fitness tracking appSecurity row over EU Galileo satellite project as Britain is shut out
Fears over impact on Brexit talks with UK taxpayers having already contributed £1bn
May 2018
The Galileo space row shows the mess of Brexit in microcosm
Philip BallThe Observer view on the standoff over the Galileo project
UK will build own satellite system if frozen out of EU's Galileo – chancellor
EU split over exclusion of UK from Galileo after Brexit
Defence secretary unveils strategy to protect UK satellites
The Guardian view on the Galileo project: we must be partners not rivals
January 2018
Worried about Strava? It’s not the only app mapping our every move
Keza MacDonaldStrava suggests military users 'opt out' of heatmap as row deepens