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Hackers have concealed “phishing codes” in good morning images; receiving one could expose your private information – warning by Olga NikolaevnasF
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says there are no news reports or government advisories supporting the warning that good morning or good evening messages steal personal information. It notes that phishing links or malware can be hidden in files, but says deleting harmless greeting images will not prevent malware from executing.
Microsoft a annoncé son intention de désactiver les ordinateurs des personnes qui partagent du contenu « non grand public » en ligne, dans le but de lutter contre la « désinformation ».
Publisher’s rating: Non, la rumeur trouve sa source sur un site web bien connu pour propager de la désinformation. L'article auquel les internautes font référence dénature des propos du patron de Microsoft, Satya Nadella. Sollicité par la Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), un porte-parole de la multinationale américaine a également démenti tout projet en ce sens.
@Highlight යනුවෙන් ෆෙස්බුක්හි කොමෙන්ට් කිරීමේදී, ඔබ ෆේස්බුක් ගිණුමට වැඩියෙන්ම පිවිසෙන පුද්ගලයින් ඉහළින්ම දිස්වෙනවා ද?
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says @highlight notifies some friends about a post and can help draw attention to it; it does not reveal who visits a user’s profile most often. It also reports that Meta does not provide a way for Facebook users to monitor who views their accounts.
GCash will be removed from all app stores by Feb. 10, 2024.
Publisher’s rating: False
Новости БТ на иностранных языках набирают сотни тысяч просмотров на YouTube
Publisher’s rating: Искажение информации. На ютуб-канале Агентства телевизионных новостей сюжеты с иностранным переводом, как правило, набирают от пятисот просмотров до пяти тысяч.
ಭಾರತೀಯ ರೈಲ್ವೆಯ ಹೈಟೆಕ್ ಟ್ರ್ಯಾಕ್-ಲೇಯಿಂಗ್ ಯಂತ್ರದ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳು.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
วิดีโอหุ่นยนต์เกี่ยวข้าวในทุ่งนา
Publisher’s rating: False
The review found the purported rice-harvesting robot video was not genuine footage, but was created using AI tools to place a robot over human movements. It also reported visual irregularities in the clip and found another video with the same background featuring a different robot.
Robot Harvesting A Paddy Field !(Video)
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
A website claimed that Microsoft CEO had announced plans to disable the computers of any user who shared "non-mainstream" content.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE: This claim is made up out of whole cloth.
රොබෝ තාක්ෂණයෙන් ගොයම් කපන වීඩියෝවේ ඇත්ත කතාව!
Publisher’s rating: False
The review concludes that the video does not show a real robot harvesting rice. It says the footage was created with an AI tool that animates a robot using human movements.
Het WEF wil met vliegende microchips de mensheid onderwerpen.
Publisher’s rating: De Amerikaanse Northwestern University ontwikkelde in 2021 kleine elektrische microchips die net als de zaden van bomen meegevoerd kunnen worden met de wind. Het WEF heeft hier niets mee te maken, en de chips zijn niet als implantaten bedoeld. Harari deed geen uitspraak over het WEF als zijnde "ontwerper van alle toekomstig leven".
Videonun eğitilmiş gerçek bir sineği gösterdiği iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
மண்ணுலகில் முடியாது என்று ஒரு செயலும் கிடையாது. இவர் தான் டிக் டாக் செயலியின் நிறுவனர் மற்றும் தலைவர்
Publisher’s rating: false
Typing “@highlight” within a comment and if that text is displayed in blue, one can determine the strength of their Facebook profile
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says Facebook has no feature for assessing profile strength and that testing “@highlight” in a comment provided no insight into it. It concludes that the claim is unsupported.
Videonun Çin’de garsonluk yapan insansı robotu gösterdiği iddiası
Publisher’s rating: Yanlış
The person featured in this video is the founder of TikTok
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review identifies the man in the video as Chinese motivational speaker Chen Zhou, not TikTok founder Zhang Yiming. It says Zhou lost both legs in an accident when he was 13.
VIsuals of a high-tech track-laying machine of the Indian Railways
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the video shows a track-laying machine belonging to China Communications Construction Company, working on Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link project—not Indian Railways. It reports that the project began on 11 December 2023 and identifies the claim as false.