I was watching one of my favorite TV shows, "Numbers". Built into the story line was a break-in at one of the character's home. They caught the theif by tracking a gps in a stolen laptop. One of the characters, who had been trying a far more complicated method of catching the theif, made the comment: "yeah, why didn't I think of that. GPS comes built into all laptops since 2005." I can't find any information about this on the internet. Do all laptops since 2005 really come with built-in GPS?
News media gets things wrong all the time. You see this with firearm related issues. You see this with politics. You see this with organized crime. You see this with ethnic, cultural, etc... news stories.
What they probably meant is that Law Enforcement Agencies are tracking stolen laptops by their IP Address, when they are connected to the internet, which would then work like a GPS system, telling them where the computer is located, because of the system relays and hubs throughout the cities and country.