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ក្រុមហ៊ុន Apple Inc. ប្រកាសចែកទូរស័ព្ទ iPhone ឥតគិតថ្លៃចំនួន ៧៥០គ្រឿង ដែលលក់មិនបានដោយសារតែទូរស័ព្ទមានស្នាមឆ្កូតតិចតួច
Publisher’s rating: False
آیا قطع اینترنت در شرایط اضطراری پروتکل‌های جهانی دارد؟
Publisher’s rating: پروتکل جهانی برای «قطع اینترنت» وجود ندارد اما میثاق‌های جهانی مانند اساسنامه اتحادیه جهانی مخابرات جمهوری اسلامی این امکان را می‌دهد که نقض آشکار حقوق بشر و سلب آزادی بیان ایرانیان و سرکوب دیجیتال مردم معترض در آبان ۱۳۹۸ را توجیه حقوقی کند.
Arnhem heeft in het geheim 33000 slimme lantaarnpalen geplaatst.
Publisher’s rating: In de gemeente Arnhem staan geen slimme lantaarnpalen die gezichten kunnen herkennen of burgers op een andere manier controleren. Wel heeft de gemeente circa 3000 lantaarnpalen waarvan het licht automatisch gedimt wordt als er door de sensor geen beweging waargenomen wordt.
A Japanese journalist found an iPhone 13 in 1980
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
A Japanese journalist found i phone 13 in 1980 !!
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Fact Crescendo found the claim misleading: the video was from the 2023 Japanese series “The Woman Who Knew Too Much,” not a real discovery in 1980. The review says the video itself identifies the scene as fiction.
هل فتح الباب أمام استيراد أجهزة "ستارلينك" بشكل مؤقّت قانوني؟
Publisher’s rating: غير صحيح
در مواقعی که نیاز است، محدودیت (فیلترینگ و سانسور در فضای مجازی) در تمام دنیا وجود دارد.
Publisher’s rating: گمراه‌کننده
A Japanese journalist found an iPhone 13 in 1980
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Fact Crescendo found that the video was from the 2023 Japanese series “The Woman Who Knew Too Much,” not footage of a journalist finding an iPhone in 1980. The review notes that the iPhone series began with the original iPhone’s release in 2007.
iOS 18 will introduce a new feature displaying “Read from notifications” and “Actually open” times under text messages.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says iOS 18 does not include the claimed “Read from Notifications” and “Actually Opened” timestamps. It reports that the circulating image had been shared by meme accounts since 2016. [S1]
Apple plans to start charging users for FaceTime
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Apple plans to start charging users for FaceTime
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
ఈ వీడియో భారతదేశంలో హైవే నిర్మాణంలో భవన నిర్మాణ సామాగ్రి తరలించడానికి డ్రోన్లను వాడటాన్ని చూపిస్తుంది.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Video featuring Shiv Nadar, the founder of HCL Technologies, delivering a motivational talk
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review identifies the speaker as Dr. Velumani, founder of Thyrocare Technologies, not Shiv Nadar. It says a reverse image search and the original video of the same talk supported that identification.
Fact check: Videos of politicians playing Minecraft are likely AI-generated
Publisher’s rating: The videos appear to have been created with an AI-assisted voice and video generator, which is then synchronised with Minecraft gameplay.
شبکه ملی اطلاعات، بیش از ۷۵ درصد پیشرفت داشته‌است.
Publisher’s rating: غیرقابل اثبات
YouTube would replay ads if users divert their gaze from their screens.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found that the image depicting YouTube replaying an ad when a viewer looks away was a satirical design by application developer Soren Iverson, not a real YouTube feature. It reports that YouTube has no mechanism to force viewers to watch ads in their entirety. [S1]
YouTube has introduced a feature forcing users to rewatch advertisements if they look away
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found that the image was a satirical design by application developer Soren Iverson, not a YouTube feature. It also reports that YouTube had no mechanism to compel viewers to watch ads in their entirety.