Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of earthquakes — and now, the company is admitting to a massive misstep in its system. In a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers from the search giant described using motion sensors from its two billion-strong Android network between the years 2021 and 2024 to detect and alert users in almost 100 countries around the world. Known as "Android Earthquake Alerts" (AEA), this early warning system has, per the paper, used the smartphones' accelerometers to to inform billions of people […]

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