False Reassurance
The Covid crisis has generated an extraordinary amount of what I like to call “false reassurance.” Consider how many times you heard something general like the following some time in 2020. Everything is going to be ok. We will get through.....»»
New study confirms Noble False Widow spiders bites can result in hospitalization
NUI Galway study confirms that the Noble False Widow spider does have public health implications.....»»
False Kid Porno Raid Gets Media Play
A Buffalo, NY, man gets an early morning visit (and alleged contusions) from the ICE: His left his Wi-Fi network open, and extremely poor FBI work (according to this AP report) led to a raid on his home because that's where the IP address led. While.....»»
Three Students Sue Lambda School Alleging False Advertising
Lambda School -- incubated at Y Combinator -- raised $130 million in venture funding from several investors including Google Ventures. Its original business model involved six-month virtual computer science courses for $30,000, remembers TechCrunch,.....»»
Three students sue coding bootcamp Lambda School alleging false advertising and financial shenanigans
Lambda School has attracted a lot of attention, and raised some $130 million in venture funding from an impressive list of investors, for its novel approach to coding education: offering six-month virtual computer science courses for $30,000, with t.....»»
Swann Xtreem security camera boasts 6-month battery, heat and motion sensing
The Swann Extreme security camera has a six-month battery life and heat-sensing capabilities to reduce false alerts......»»
A false facial recognition match sent this innocent Black man to jail
Nijeer Parks was innocent. That didn't stop police from arresting him based on a false facial recognition match......»»
Warning of space junk impact with SpaceX capsule was false alarm
A review has been launched after a warning to the four astronauts on the SpaceX capsule of a potential collision with orbiting space junk turned out to be a false alarm......»»
False alarm: No space junk threat after all to SpaceX crew
SpaceX's four astronauts had barely settled into orbit last Friday when they were ordered back into their spacesuits because of a potential collision with orbiting junk......»»
How Faulty Software Landed Dozens of UK Postmasters In Prison
The Associated Press reports: In a ruling that reversed one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, 39 people who ran local post offices had their convictions for theft, fraud and false accounting overturned Friday because o.....»»
German prosecutors charge more VW managers in emissions scandal
The suspects, who were not named, are accused of aiding and abetting fraud in combination with tax evasion, indirect false certification and criminal advertising......»»
Post Office Workers Convicted of Theft Due To Faulty Software Have Names Cleared
Britain's Court of Appeals has cleared a group of 42 sub-postmasters and postmistresses for theft, fraud and false accounting. They were convicted, with some imprisoned, after the Post Office installed faulty software in the branches where these offi.....»»
SpaceX denies claim that Starlink and OneWeb satellites almost collided
SpaceX says collision-avoidance system works fine despite OneWeb's false claim. Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. (credit: SpaceX / Flickr) SpaceX has accused satellite-broadband rival OneWeb of spreading a false st.....»»
Charter Hit With $19 Million Fine for False Advertising About Windstream Bankruptcy
Charter Hit With $19 Million Fine for False Advertising About Windstream Bankruptcy It’s an enticing strategy, but a cautionary tale. Charter has been hit with a $19 million fine for false advertising during the Windstream bankruptcy reorganizatio.....»»
Study warns of "oxygen false positives" in search for signs of life on other planets
In the search for life on other planets, the presence of oxygen in a planet's atmosphere is one potential sign of biological activity that might be detected by future telescopes. A new study, however, describes several scenarios in which a lifeless r.....»»
Charter must pay $19 million for tricking customers into switching ISPs
Charter mailed false ads to convince users Windstream was going out of business. Enlarge / Pinocchio. (credit: Getty Images | malerapaso) A judge has ordered Charter Communications to pay $19.2 million to Windstream for lying to customers in o.....»»
The US Is Finally Trying to Unlock the Power of Wave Energy
After decades of false starts, the federal approval of a new testing site off the coast of Oregon could give the technology a much-needed jolt......»»
Landslides: New early warning systems reduce false alarms
Many slopes in the Campania region of Italy are covered with layers of volcanic soil, the result of repeated eruptions over the course of millennia. As the impacts of climate change worsen, including the occurrence of very intense and short rainfall.....»»
Stranded endangered false killer whale divulges a dietary first
Researchers found something unexpected inside a rare false killer whale that stranded dead on Maui in February 2021, and it could ultimately help the endangered species. The whale was an insular false killer whale, the most critically endangered spec.....»»
Shifting Attention To Accuracy Can Reduce Misinformation Online
Abstract of a new paper posted on Nature: In recent years, there has been a great deal of concern about the proliferation of false and misleading news on social media. Academics and practitioners alike have asked why people share such misinformation,.....»»
On social media, most people do care about accurate news but need reminders not to spread misinformation: study
Stopping the spread of political misinformation on social media may seem like an impossible task. But a new study co-authored by MIT scholars finds that most people who share false news stories online do so unintentionally, and that their sharing hab.....»»