Apple released a critical software patch to fix a security vulnerability that researchers said could allow hackers to directly infect iPhones and other Apple devices without any user action.
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Snopes→ Judge Loosens Apple’s Grip on App Store in Epic Decision
A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run app store, threatening one of the iPhone maker’s biggest moneymakers.
Logically→ Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are damaging to the environment.
Non-fungible tokens use huge amounts of energy, leading to high carbon emissions.
Logically→ Amazon Alexa can guide you through emergency CPR in the event of a cardiac arrest in the household.
Alexa's CPR-related help is informational and educational. It does not substitute professional training in first aid, medical advice, or treatment.
Logically→ Kitex Garments, a Kerala company, developed temperature-controlled underwear for Jockey International using NASA technology.
There is no credible evidence to verify whether Kitex Garments collaborated with Jockey to create clothing using NASA technology.
Snopes→ WATCH: World’s First Flying Car Makes 35-Minute Debut Flight
The aircraft turns into a sports car in under three minutes.
Snopes→ Brief, Global Internet Outages Blamed on Software Bug
Akamai, which runs one of the internet's main content-delivery systems, said the outage was not caused by a cyberattack.
Logically→ 5G can be used to shoot weaponized EMFs and produce deadly viruses.
5G technology cannot contribute to constructing deadly viruses. The publisher has retracted the study.
Logically→ Mining Bitcoins consumes more electricity annually than Argentina.
The environmental impacts of mining bitcoins are alarming experts because a large amount of electricity is being used in the process.
Logically→ 2021 will be the shortest year in a century.
The negative leap second could end up shortening the year, but the IERS shows no new leap seconds scheduled to be added or subtracted.
Logically→ Tim Berners-Lee is creating a new internet.
It would be inaccurate to call Tim Berners-Lee's startup a "new internet".
Logically→ Italian military satellite was used to switch votes from Trump to Biden.
The federal officials have rejected the claim that voting systems were breached during the 2020 election.
Logically→ Messaging app Signal is better than WhatsApp privacy-wise.
WhatsApp is to share its users' information with the parent company, Facebook, from Feb. 8. Signal, an open-source platform, collects no such data.
Logically→ Forwarded good morning pictures and videos contain phishing codes designed to hack into the phone and steal data.
There are no official warnings that the forwarded good morning messages contain phishing codes designed to steal data. So, the claim is baseless.
Logically→ IBM is going to buy Cloudera.
There is a posssibility of acquisition of Cloudera by IBM but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Logically→ NVIDIA has completed the $40 Billion acquisition of ARM Holding.
SoftBank and NVIDIA agreed on acquiring ARM for approximately $40B to build a new AI World accessible to all.
Logically→ A schoolboy from Jammu built the ‘COVID Care Jammu’ website.
A 14-year-old boy named Onkar Singh Batra from BSF senior secondary school in Jammu has developed the COVID-19 tracker website.
Truth or Fiction?→ Is Elon Musk ‘Giving Away Bitcoins and Etherium’ on Twitter?
On April 8 2020, an unidentified hacker used both real and illegitimate accounts to pelt Twitter with posts and bogus screengrabs made up to resemble tech magnate Elon Musk’s account. First brought to light by reporter Mason Pelt, the apparent p
Truth or Fiction?→ Did Nikola Tesla Describe Mobile Phones in 1926?
On September 19 2019, an Imgur user shared the following quote meme, attributing commentary that seemed to predict cell phones to futurist and engineer Nikola Tesla (misspelled once as “Nikolai Tesla” in the post): Did Nikolai Tesla inven
Snopes→ If You Used FaceApp, Do Russians Now Own All of Your Photographs?
Users should always consider privacy and security before uploading personal data to an app.
Snopes→ Will a Cooking, Cleaning Sex Robot Be Available by 2019?
Nope — a "satirical" web site just thinks misogyny is funny.
Snopes→ Did Mark Zuckerberg Buy a $150 Million Yacht?
A Turkish web site published, then deleted, a quickly-debunked story about Facebook's chief executive officer.
Snopes→ Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Damage and Create ‘Snowflakes and Crybullies’?
A story in an "alternative health site" falsely states mobile phones are causing people to go insane.
Truth or Fiction?→ Slaughterbots Video Shows Future of Autonomous Drone Weaponry-Fiction!
Slaughterbots Video Shows Future of Autonomous Drone Weaponry-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A video called “Slaughterbots” shows the future of autonomous drone weaponry, which can track and kill targets without any human assistance. The Truth
Truth or Fiction?→ An Interesting Talk by the Head of Daimler Benz -Inaccurate Attribution!
An Interesting Talk by the Head of Daimler Benz-Inaccurate Attribution! Summary of eRumor: A commentary titled “An Interesting Talk by the Head of Daimler Benz” has made the rounds in forwarded emails and discussion forums. The Truth: The &
Snopes→ Does Switching Your Twitter Location to Germany Block Nazi Content?
Changing your Twitter account's country to Germany does cause some far-right profiles to be withheld from view.
Snopes→ Can You Access Emergency Services by Pressing an iPhone’s Lock Button Five Times?
Users of the iPhones running iOS 11 can make use of the feature but should take some precautions.
Snopes→ Did Amazon Choose San Diego For Its ‘HQ2’?
A short-lived fake story about the giant tech company illustrated the dangers of sharing posts blindly.
Snopes→ DNC Staffer Faces Scrutiny Over ‘Cisgender Straight White Males’ Email
A manager in the DNC's technology department appears to have asked colleagues not to invite straight, white men to apply for job vacancies.
Snopes→ Are Facebook Users Secretly Following You?
Instructions for blocking Facebook users who are supposedly furtively following you are spurious.
Snopes→ Does Equifax’s Credit Monitoring Service Bar Users From Joining a Class-Action Suit Against Them?
After a massive data breach, the terms of service for an Equifax product spawned allegations that the company was trying to curb potential legal action.
Snopes→ Can the ‘FireChat’ App Send Messages Without an Internet Connection?
The app works as advertised, but it does have some distance limitations.
Snopes→ Does Zello Work Without Internet?
The Zello app can be useful in an emergency situation, it still requires the internet to function.
Snopes→ Did Facebook Shut Down an AI Experiment Because Chatbots Developed Their Own Language?
Facebook's artificial intelligence scientists were purportedly dismayed when the bots they created began conversing in their own private language.
Truth or Fiction?→ Electric Cars-Makes You Think: Commentary About Real Cost of Electric Cars-
Electric Cars-Makes You Think: Commentary About Real Cost of Electric Cars-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: Variations of a commentary titled “Electric Cars-Makes You Think” that compare “the real cost” of operating electric vs. ga
Snopes→ Is a Wisconsin Company Offering to Microchip its Employees?
River Falls-based Three Square Market is giving its workers the option of voluntarily having a microchip implanted in their hands.
Snopes→ Do Household Printers Leave an Invisible Tracking Code on All Your Printed Documents?
While not all printers do this, nearly all color laser printers — at the urging of the United States government — code hidden metadata into their pages.
Snopes→ Has Facebook Reversed its ‘Nipple Ban’?
Several Facebook users posted claims that the platform had reversed its ban on images of bare-chested women, but these were simply rumors.
Snopes→ Was Zomato Hit by Hackers?
The restaurant review web site and app confirmed that data for millions of users was compromised.
Snopes→ Did a Trump Campaign Web Site URL Reveal a Contempt for the Poor?
Online users exploited a bug on the President's campaign website to create fake URLs.