Android phones have brought anticipated earthquake warnings to 98 countries

Android smartphones around the world have actively helped provide earthquake alerts using their acceleration sensors. Between 2021 and 2024, these phones sent thousands of successful warnings to people living in regions subject to the earthquake in 98 countries. Since 2020, Google has included its Android Earthquake Alert (AEA) system in its phones to detect seismic…

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iOS devices more exposed to phishing than Android

The mobile threat landscape continues to grow at an alarming rate as cybercriminal groups shift tactics and target mobile devices at the earliest stages of their attacks, according to a recent report from Lookout. The report highlights the reasons behind a 17% QoQ increase (QoQ) in enterprise credential theft and phishing attempts, a 32% QoQ…

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Building Life With Generative AI

UK – DECEMBER 23: Raindrops on glass (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images) Tim Graham/Getty Images It seems ridiculous to think that you could reduce something like amino acid interactions and the resulting proteins to the level of something like Minecraft. In fact, I don’t think most of us have even thought about how generative AI…

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Everyone in Canberra agrees action is needed on AI. But what to do and how? And at what cost? | Australian politics

Despite the commissioning of another process on how Australia could manage artificial intelligence, the Labor government will soon stop studying and start making key decisions about how (and how much) regulate rapid hot air balloon technology. Like many regulatory questions in technological space – see the ban on social media under 16, the response long…

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