Forget Pegasus, camera on your Android phone can spy on you

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Forget Pegasus, camera on your Android phone can spy on you WhatsApp snooping via Israeli spyware Pegasus has shown smartphones have become new-age surveillance tools and now, security researchers have identified that selfie camera in your smartphone can easily spy on you. Check out Mumbai's 'first home system' autorickshaw To provide a unique and comfortable ride to passengers, an auto-rickshaw driver in Mumbai is the talk of the town as he has equipped his vehicle with most of the basic facilities one can think of. How weather determines air quality? This month, Delhi-NCR has seen dramatic variation in pollution levels, suffering noxious smog one day and enjoying crisp sunshine just 24 hours later. Clearly, even though pollution is mainly a by-product of fossil fuel emissions and other human activities, weather determines air quality on any given day more than any other factor. Fear, turmoil in Lebanon as its financial crisis worsens On one of Beirut's main commercial streets, store owners are cutting salaries by half or considering shutting down. Shops advertise sales, but still can't draw in customers. The only place doing a thriving business: the store that sells safes, as Lebanese increasingly stash their cash at home. Camel herding in Western Sahara a passion with pedigree In the Oued Eddahab desert in Western Sahara, Habiboullah Dlimi raises dairy and racing camels just like his ancestors used to but with a little help from modern technology. House where Hitler was born to be turned into police station The house where Adolf Hitler was born will be turned into a police station, Austria's interior ministry announced on Tuesday, after years of legal wrangling as the government looks to prevent the building from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine. Smoke blankets Sydney as wildfires spread across Australia Hazardous smoke blanketed Sydney on Thursday as wildfires burned across eastern and southern Australia. Thick smog shrouded Australia's most populous city, leaving its iconic skyline barely visible two days after smoke created serious air quality issues. How Southern Africa's deadly drought leaving millions hungry Residents call this drought-stricken community a 'forgotten town.' The flat, dusty roads to Vosburg are surrounded by withered fields. The streams feeding the community of a few thousand people have gone dry. "Bear" the dog helps find koalas injured in Australian bushfires An obsessive compulsive dog who was abandoned as a puppy has a new mission: helping find and save koalas injured in Australia's recent devastating bushfires. Disputed Western Sahara becomes kitesurfing spot In the heart of disputed Western Sahara, a former garrison town has become an unlikely tourist magnet after kitesurfers discovered the windswept desert coast was perfect for their sport.

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