Republicans claim a software glitch in Michigan incorrectly sent 6,000 Trump votes to Biden before local election officials caught the error The glitch was noticed and corrected by local election officials in Antrim County on Wednesday Unofficials results now show that President Trump won the historically red county by just 2,000 votes Michigan GOP Chairwoman … Read more
Gambler refused a £1.7m online blackjack payout by Betfred would have made £500million if he kept playing due to computer glitch, bookmaker tells High Court Andrew Green, 54, from Lincolnshire, won £1.7 million from Betfred in Jan 2018 The betting shop has refused to pay out claiming there was a ‘glitch’ in software Mr Green won the … Read more
The NHS Covid-19 app has finally been given an update to address the glitch causing phantom notifications which led to widespread alarm among users. England and Wales’s contact-tracing app is based on the software blueprint laid out for free by Apple and Google. Many people have reported receiving bizarre alerts which were said to be … Read more
Apple, Google and the UK Department for Health have still not fixed a glitch in the NHS Covid-19 app, which has resulted in thousands of users receiving phantom ‘exposure notifications’. The alerts have been popping up on both iOS and Android devices since last week, with the title: ‘Possible COVID-19 exposure’, ‘COVID-19 EXPOSURE LOGGING’ or ‘COVID-19 … Read more
A furious blame game is under way today after 16,000 coronavirus cases were missed due to a computer glitch – meaning thousands more potentially infected contacts were not traced. The extraordinary meltdown is believed to have been caused by an Excel spreadsheet containing lab results reaching its maxium size, and failing to update. Some 15,841 … Read more
That sinking feeling: Barges tip over and submerge while over are left high and dry after mechanical glitch at sluice gate DRAINS canal in just 90 minutes Boats were left stranded on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bath, Somerset, on Tuesday evening The canal level dropped by almost two metres in an hour and … Read more
Youngsters brilliantly troll BBC reporter with ‘glitch in the Matrix’ trick as he films report in Germany – and even the journalist has to praise their audacity Two young men pranked BBC cyber reporter Joe Tidy in Frankfurt, Germany The youngsters walked backwards in the background as he talked to the camera Mr Tidy said … Read more
Google’s right-wing blacklist: Ex-engineer at tech giant says glitch which blocked some conservative websites from appearing in their search may have exposed a secret internal list which suppresses certain outlets Google on Tuesday morning for several hours did not display conservative news The company says they’re aware of the incident but did not give an … Read more
Thousands of users report problems with WhatsApp as the messaging service suffers a technical glitch Issue with WhatsApp is causing user’s ‘last seen’ status to appear hidden The feature allows users to decide who can see when they were last active Error message appears if users try and change the setting back to ‘everyone’ By … Read more
A telehealth app glitch accidentally allowed users to view other patients’ video consultations Babylon Health admitted to exposing some users’ video consultations Three users in the UK were affected, the company says A glitch was introduced after the company added a new feature It has since been patched and affected users were notified By James … Read more