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Published fact checks by topic
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Technology
- Does Bluetooth need Wi-Fi to connect devices?
- Does microwaving food make it radioactive?
- Do microwave ovens cook food from the inside out?
- Is Bluetooth really named after a Viking king?
- Does Chrome's Incognito mode make you anonymous online?
- Could newly disclosed PHP vulnerabilities compromise 70% of websites?
- Is it true that Facebook's parent company Meta can use my photos?
- Do yellow arrows and circles in YouTube thumbnails increase views?
- Is it true that Fortnite stops working after bedtime?
- Can an E Ink screen keep an image visible without power?
- Do static QR codes have a built-in expiration date?
- Do SSDs store data on spinning disks?
- Does Bluetooth need an internet connection to transmit audio?
- Is 5 GHz Wi-Fi the same as 5G mobile service?
- Does a ceiling fan lower a room's air temperature on its own?
- Can you use Wi-Fi while airplane mode is on?
- Can repeatedly re-saving a JPEG reduce its image quality?
- Does 100 Mbps mean downloading 100 megabytes per second?
- Is all stainless steel non-magnetic?
- Can solar panels generate electricity on cloudy days?
- Can radar satellites image Earth's surface through clouds and at night?
- Does a higher-wattage light bulb always produce more light?
- Is a smartphone's water resistance permanent?
- Do more megapixels always mean better photo quality?
- Does GPS need an internet connection to determine your location?
- Is Bluetooth limited to a range of 10 metres?
- Are aircraft black boxes actually black?
- Does being connected to Wi-Fi guarantee internet access?
- Does private browsing make you anonymous online?
- Do all USB-C cables transfer data at the same speed?
- Will Sonos 27 require users to control their speakers with AI?
- Did Roborock demonstrate a robot vacuum that climbs and cleans stairs?
- Does Lenovo’s fanless AeroBlade laptop work without active cooling?
- Are Uber’s new London robotaxis fully driverless?
- Is the AI boom making phones, laptops and game consoles more expensive?
- Did Tesla start public Cybercab rides without steering wheels or pedals in Austin?
- Has Apple confirmed new iPhones will launch on September 9?
- Does Instagram’s “AI Content” label prove a photo was generated by AI?
- Did Nvidia announce RTX Spark Windows PCs for October 2026?
- Did ChatGPT, Claude and Grok suffer overlapping outages on September 3?
- Did Nvidia buy Hugging Face for $12.93 billion?
- Did Tim Cook leave Apple after stepping down as CEO?
- Has OpenAI proved that GPT-6 Astra is artificial general intelligence?
- Did Google launch voice-based AI features for Gmail, Docs, and Keep?
- Does Gemini 3.8 Flash have the same per-token price as Gemini 3.7 Flash?
World
- Are embassies the sovereign territory of the countries they represent?
- Did European libraries really chain books to prevent theft?
- Did Russia attack Ukrainian IT infrastructure before Ukraine struck Yandex data centers?
- Is it true that Latvia is running out of men?
- Are English and French the working languages of the UN Secretariat?
- Under the Vienna Convention, can a country waive its diplomat's immunity?
- Does the UN General Assembly allocate one vote per member state, regardless of population?
- Does a permanent UN Security Council member's abstention count as a veto?
- Can UN General Assembly delegates speak in a language outside the six official languages?
- Can individuals bring cases directly to the International Court of Justice?
- Under the Vienna Convention, do host-country police need permission to enter an embassy?
- Does World Heritage status transfer ownership of a site to UNESCO?
- Is an INTERPOL Red Notice an international arrest warrant?
- Does signing an international treaty always make it legally binding on a country?