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The next big thing for Apple might be locking irresponsible drivers out of their automobiles.

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Apple is contemplating locking you out of your automobile for good cause, and your iPhone may be your new best drinking friend — and your safest one as well.

Hemant Singh – Mumbai Uncensored, 10th May 2022

Patently apple discovered a new patent. Apple appears to be seeking to improve its Car Keys function (which utilises NFC to transform your iPhone or Apple Watch into an electronic car key) by incorporating a breathalyser into your phone.

It is intended to discourage drinking and driving by locking a user out of their automobile if high levels of blood alcohol are detected by the phone, watch, or linked device.

It expands on an earlier patent, disclosed in early 2021, in which the iPhone and Apple Watch would access “database information” which would “includes information relating to human breath attributes such as typical ammonia concentrations, acceptable alcohol levels for driving, etc.” (e.g., so an user can compare infrared spectra acquired when the target element is that user’s breath and/or the person’s mouth to human exhalation data from the database).

In other cases, sampling the breath may not be sufficient to satisfy the app. The patent depicts scenarios in which a user is charged with performing a mental challenge, such as a dexterity exercise or arithmetic problem, to prove to the app that they are suitable to drive. So you’d better brush up on your mental arithmetic.

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Apple isn’t the only company considering turning the iPhone into a personal breathalyser. Third-party solutions, such as the BACtrack and AlcoDigital NEO, have been around for a while and use an iPhone’s processing capability to offer quick booze-level results directly to your phone.

They do, however, employ external attachments to obtain their measurements, which aren’t that far off the dimensions of the phone itself and come at a reasonable price.

At the moment, Apple’s earlier patents indicate that the suggested breathalyser capability could be utilised with either the iPhone or an external device – however how such technology would be prototyped for a handsets yet to be seen.

It’s great to see Apple at least addressing the dangers of drunk driving as it expands into the automobile market. In the United States, an estimated 28 persons per day are killed in drunk-driving accidents, with non-fatal crashes many times higher. Smart anti-drink driving programmes in the UK saw the number across the pond decrease dramatically since the 1970s, but an average of 230 drink-driving deaths are still reported each year.

However, the effectiveness of such a feature will still be dependent on a user’s self-awareness — they’ll still need to activate a breathalyser, fully conscious that a failing result will lock them out of their automobiles until they’ve sobered up. That possibility alone may be enough to put risky drivers off the idea entirely.

A patent, as always, symbolises the exploration and protection of an idea, rather than a statement of intent to create said notion. However, with two patents on alcohol driving issued in close succession, it appears Apple is taking this one seriously.

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बॉन्डी बीचवरील रक्तपात आणि मुंबईचे वास्तव: बांगलादेशी व रोहिंग्यांच्या अवैध घुसखोरीमुळे मुंबईकर चिंतेत

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Siddhant Mohite, Mumbai Uncensored News:

हैदराबादचा रहिवासी असलेला साजिद अक्रम आणि त्याचा मुलगा नवीद यांनी ऑस्ट्रेलियातील बाँडी बीचवर गोळीबार केला. या हल्ल्यात १५ जणांचा मृत्यू झाला असून, ४० जण जखमी झाले आहेत.

‘बाँडी बीचवरील गोळीबार हा हल्लेखोरांनी ‘इस्लामिक स्टेट’पासून (आयएस) प्रेरित होऊन केलेला दहशतवादी हल्ला होता,’ असे ऑस्ट्रेलियाच्या फेडरल पोलिस आयुक्त क्रिसी बॅरेट यांनी मंगळवारी सांगितले. ‘हल्लेखोरांच्या गाडीत ‘आयएस’ चे झेंडेदेखील सापडले,’ असे पंतप्रधान अँथनी अल्बानीज यांनी या वेळी नमूद केले.

ऑस्ट्रेलियातील प्रसिद्ध बाँडी बीचवर गोळीबार करणारा हल्लेखोर साजिद अक्रम हा मूळचा हैदराबादचा रहिवासी होता. तेलंगण पोलिसांनी मंगळवारी ही माहिती दिली. हैदराबादमध्ये पदवीपर्यंतचे शिक्षण घेतल्यानंतर साजिद नोव्हेंबर १९९८मध्ये रोजगाराच्या शोधात ऑस्ट्रेलियाला स्थलांतरित झाला. मात्र, तो हैदराबादमधील नातेवाइकांशी संपर्कात होता.

बाँडी बीचवर हनुक्काउत्सवादरम्यान केलेल्या बेछूट गोळीबारात १५ नागरिकांचा मृत्यू झाला होता. मृतांमध्ये १० ते ८७ वर्षे वयोगटातील लोकांचा समावेश होता. या हल्ल्यात ४० जण जखमी झाले. यातील २५ जणांवर अद्यापही उपचार सुरू असून, दहा जणांची प्रकृती चिंताजनक आहे. ५० वर्षीय साजिदआणि त्याचा २७ वर्षीय मुलगा नवीद यांनी हा गोळीबार गेल्याचे समोर आले आहे. पोलिसांच्या गोळीबारात साजिद ठार झाला, तर जखमी नवीदवर उपचार सुरू आहेत.

भारत आणि मुंबईसाठी सुरक्षाविषयक परिणाम: वाढती चिंतेची बाब

जरी हा दहशतवादी हल्ला ऑस्ट्रेलियात झाला असला तरी, त्यामुळे आपल्या देशातील अंतर्गत सुरक्षेतील त्रुटींबद्दल पुन्हा एकदा गंभीर प्रश्न निर्माण झाले आहेत—विशेषतः मुंबई शहराबद्दल, जे भूतकाळात अनेकदा दहशतवादी हल्ल्यांचे लक्ष्य ठरले आहे.

सध्या मुंबईत बांगलादेशी आणि रोहिंग्या घुसखोरांच्या संख्येत झपाट्याने वाढ होत आहे. रस्त्यांवरील भाजीपाला आणि फळांच्या गाड्यांपासून ते शॉर्माच्या दुकानांपर्यंत, खाद्यपदार्थांच्या गाड्यांपर्यंत, मांस आणि मासे विक्रेत्यांपर्यंत, त्यांची उपस्थिती संपूर्ण शहरात अधिकाधिक स्पष्टपणे दिसून येत आहे.

यामुळे मुंबईकरांसमोर काही आवश्यक प्रश्न उभे राहतात: आपल्या ओला-उबर टॅक्सी चालवणारे हे लोक कोण आहेत? स्विगी आणि झोमॅटोसाठी काम करणारे डिलिव्हरी बॉईज कोण आहेत? अर्बन कंपनीमार्फत दुरुस्ती, साफसफाई किंवा इन्स्टॉलेशनसाठी आपल्या घरात येणारे पुरुष कोण आहेत?

ते पडताळणी केलेले भारतीय नागरिक आहेत की, बनावट आधार कार्ड आणि खोट्या कागदपत्रांच्या आधारे शहरात राहणारे अवैध घुसखोर आहेत?

सुरक्षा तज्ञांनी इशारा दिला आहे की, अनियंत्रित अवैध स्थलांतरामुळे अंतर्गत सुरक्षेला संभाव्य धोका निर्माण होतो. ही चिंता केवळ अवैध वास्तव्याबद्दल नाही, तर दहशतवादी संघटना अशा नेटवर्कचा वापर लॉजिस्टिक्स, निधी, आश्रय किंवा स्लीपर सेलसाठी करण्याची शक्यता आहे.

बॉन्डी बीचवरील दहशतवादी हल्ला ही एक गंभीर आठवण आहे की, कट्टरतावाद लोकांच्या नजरेपासून दूर, अनेक दशके शांतपणे वाढू शकतो. मुंबईत प्रचंड लोकसंख्या, आर्थिक महत्त्व आणि कमकुवत पडताळणी यंत्रणांमुळे, आता नागरिकांना अधिक सावध राहणे गरजेचे आहे.

शहराची सुरक्षा धोक्यात येणार नाही याची खात्री करण्यासाठी अधिकाऱ्यांनी तातडीने पार्श्वभूमी पडताळणी, कागदपत्रांची तपासणी आणि विविध संस्थांमधील गुप्तचर माहितीची देवाणघेवाण मजबूत करणे आवश्यक आहे.

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Pune IED Case: Two ISIS-Linked Men Arrested After Returning to India

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In a major counter-terror operation, two individuals linked to a sleeper cell of the Islamic State were apprehended at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. Authorities intercepted the suspects upon their arrival from Indonesia, where they had been in hiding for over two years.

Identified as Abdullah Faiyaz Shaikh (also known by the alias “Diaperwala”) and Talha Khan, the duo were wanted in connection with a 2023 case involving the fabrication and testing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Pune.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had issued non-bailable warrants and had placed a reward of ₹3 lakh each for credible information leading to their capture. The arrests put a halt to an ongoing probe into a terror cell that was reportedly planning violent acts intended to disrupt communal harmony and wage psychological warfare in India.

During the 2022–2023 period, the suspects participated in bomb-making workshops and carried out controlled IED detonations in Pune’s outskirts. They were part of a broader module that included eight others already in judicial custody.

Following their arrest, both men were presented before a special NIA court in Mumbai and remanded into agency custody for further interrogation. They face charges under anti-terror laws including the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Explosive Substances Act, Arms Act, and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.

This crackdown is being hailed as a significant disruption to ISIS’s efforts to establish operational networks within India. Authorities are doubling down on surveillance and intelligence efforts to identify and dismantle any remaining sleeper cells.

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Bangladeshi Woman Arrested at Mumbai Airport for Living Illegally in India for 33 Years

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Mumbai, India – A Bangladeshi woman who had been living in India illegally for over three decades was arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after arriving from Kuwait. Authorities discovered that the woman, who had entered India around 1992, had been residing in the country without legal documentation for approximately 33 years.

The woman had allegedly married an Indian man and used the marriage to acquire forged identity documents, including an Indian passport. The passport, first issued in 2016, was renewed multiple times and used for international travel. She had reportedly spent the last six years working in Kuwait before returning to India.

During routine immigration checks, discrepancies in her documents were identified, prompting further investigation. Upon questioning, she admitted to being a Bangladeshi national and confessed to having used forged documents to obtain Indian citizenship and travel abroad.

She has been booked under various sections related to forgery, illegal entry, and misrepresentation of identity. The police are now investigating how she managed to obtain the Indian passport and whether others were involved in facilitating her long-term illegal stay in the country.

This incident has raised concerns about gaps in the verification process for official documents and the potential misuse of marital ties to obtain false identification.

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