(NewsNation) — More and more every day, it seems like smartphones can expand our knowledge on everything, including detecting potential earthquakes. Earthquakes? Yes. Recently, researchers from Google ...

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Accoridng to a new study, the Android Earthquake Alerts (AEA) system’s efficacy rivaled traditional seismic networks. © Océanos y dados, CC0, via Wikimedia ...

Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of earthquakes. In a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers from the ...

Why it matters: Between 2021 and 2024, Google leveraged the motion sensors on more than two billion Android phones to create a global network capable of detecting earthquakes and sending automated ...

The ubiquitous nature of modern smartphones has mostly downsides, from a wandering mind to chronic neck pain—but there are a handful of upsides to having such advanced technology in every pocket, too.