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fact or fiction

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How to guard against radiation with a cactus
  • fact or fiction

Cacti eat radiation: fact or fiction?

More than a third of people polled believe that cacti absorb harmful radiation. Strong electric fields are indeed harmful, but cactus protection works very differently to how you imagined.

  • Alexey Andreev

  • February 2, 2023

  • Android

All apps on Google Play are safe: Fact or fiction?

There’s no malware in the official Android store, right? We get to the bottom of this claim.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • September 11, 2019

  • iOS

A malicious website can infect my iPhone. Fact or fiction?

Some say you can get malware on your iPhone simply by visiting a dangerous Web page. We examine the rumor to get at the truth.

  • Sergey Golubev

  • September 4, 2019

  • iphone

Fact or fiction: Hyphens break iPhones

Does saying “hyphen” five times to your iPhone really crash it — or is that just another myth?

  • Marvin the Robot

  • February 15, 2019

  • fact or fiction

Fact-check: “BFF” security check in Facebook

Rumor has it that typing “BFF” as a Facebook comment checks your profile security. We investigate the claim.

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • April 20, 2018

  • porn

Go to a porn site, get a virus — right?

Most computer infections come from visiting porn sites, or so some people say. Are they right?

  • Leonid Grustniy

  • April 2, 2018

  • advice

Fact or Fiction? Reversing your PIN can call the police in an emergency

Today, we will continue on with our mythbusting Fact or Fiction series with a tale surrounding a unique feature believed to be tied to ATM machines around the world. “If

  • Vladislav Biryukov

  • November 16, 2015

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