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Google’s Android-based earthquake detector had a false alarm
Google has disabled its Android earthquake detection feature in Brazil after many smartphone users in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro received false emergency alerts on Friday morning, Android Police reports. The alerts of a nonexistent 5.5 magnitude earthquake were sent to devices around 2AM this morning, and pinpointed earthquakes in the country’s Ubatuba and Baixada Santista regions. According to…
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Docker Desktop blocked on Macs due to false malware alert
Docker is warning that Docker Desktop is not starting on macOS due to malware warnings after some files were signed with an incorrect code-signing certificate. The first reports of the malware alerts surfaced on January 7, 2025, when macOS users received an unexpected ‘Malware Blocked’ message preventing them from opening the Docker containers management app. “Malware Blocked. “com.docker.vmnetd” was not…
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X’s Grok directs to government site after sharing false election info
X has updated its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. The AI assistant will now say “For accurate and up-to-date information about the 2024 US Elections, please visit Vote.gov,” when users ask election-related questions. The change was introduced after election officials from Minnesota, New Mexico, Michigan, Washington, and Pennsylvania sent a…
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TikTok Is Pushing Old and False News as ”Breaking” Alerts
The popular social media platform TikTok has reportedly been delivering outdated and factually inaccurate content to its users presented in news-like alerts, according to the Financial Times. The alerts included a warning labeled “BREAKING” about a weeks-old tsunami in Japan posted nearly a month after the actual tsunami occurred. Other alerts pushed inaccuracies, such as LA Dodger star Shohei Ohtani…
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