Month: February 2025
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…
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Trump admin pulls hundreds of videos from CFPB’s YouTube channel
Nearly 400 videos that were posted on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s YouTube page have been removed, as the Trump administration continues to pare back the agency, including its team of skilled technologists. The CFPB YouTube page, which has 15,000 subscribers and was created in 2011, has had every one…
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OpenAI’s board ‘unanimously rejects’ Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company
OpenAI’s board of directors has responded to Elon Musk’s bid to buy the company. In a statement on X, OpenAI chair Bret Taylor said, “OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr. Musk’s latest attempt to disrupt his competition.” Taylor suggested that concession was off the…
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At 767 inches, this is the world’s largest mobile LED monitor at almost half the size of a giant IMAX screen
Photonics unveils world’s largest mobile LED screen JUMBO162 can withstand wind speeds up to 61 km/h This 162-square-metre mobile LED screen can be transported by truck Photonics has introduced the JUMBO162, the world’s largest mobile LED screen. With a massive 17 x 9.5-metre 4K display, it surpasses the company’s previous…
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Sorry – Netflix says it’s actually not integrating with the Apple TV app
After seemingly working with the Apple TV app for some users, Netflix says it wasn’t planned The streaming service calls the integration that some folks saw ‘inadvertent’ Further, Netflix doesn’t expect to adopt the integration in the future One of the major benefits of the Apple TV app – on…
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Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
Starting on February 26th, 2025, Amazon is removing a feature from its website allowing you to download purchased books to a computer and then copy them manually to a Kindle over USB. It’s a feature that a lot of Kindle users are probably not aware of, given books can be…
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