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How to design to alert users without overwhelming them

Information is cheap, but attention is expensive

Data-Informed Design by Kai Wong
Snow events declared in Waterloo region as winter storm wallops area
Two winter weather advisories remain in effect for Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County on Monday. The rain Sunday night has changed to snow on Monday and Environment Canada has issued yellow weather alerts for snow squalls and wind in th...
#weather #alerts #winter #Waterlooregion #Guelph #WellingtonCounty
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/weather-alerts-waterloo-region-monday-dec-29-9.7029047?cmp=rss
Freezing rain changing to heavy rainfall Sunday prompts 3 weather alerts for Waterloo region
Freezing rain is expected to begin midday Sunday, with as much as five to 15 millimetres of ice accretion. Later in the afternoon temperatures will rise and heavy rainfall is expected. The forecast could bring 20 to 40 millimetres of rain and freezing rain by Monday morning. A...
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-weather-alerts-9.7028705?cmp=rss
Blowing snow, cold and blizzard conditions: Weather alerts issued for large swaths of Alberta
Blowing snow advisories were issued for Albertaโ€™s two largest cities on Boxing Day, while large swaths of the province were also under various winter weather advisories or warnings.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-december-winter-weather-warnings-9.7028462?cmp=rss

BBC: AI app apologises over false crime alerts across US

A company behind an AI-powered app called CrimeRadar has apologised for the distress caused by false crime alerts issued to local US communities after a BBC Verify investigation.

CrimeRadar uses artificial intelligence to monitor openly available police radio communications, automatically generating a transcript and then producing crime alerts for users across the US.

BBC Verify has found multiple instances from Florida to Oregon of CrimeRadar sending misleading and inaccurate alerts about serious crime to local residents - as Thomas Copeland explains.

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c4g4v3yd28yo

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AI app causes distress across US with false crime alerts

An AI-powered app called CrimeRadar has apologised for the distress caused by false crime alerts issued to local US communities after a BBC Verify investigation.

#OBS downtime post-deployment on Dec. 1 was traced to a #Webrick gem version conflict. Immediate resolution and system improvements are underway to prevent recurrence. The team is improving #alerts, staging reliability, and cross-team communication moving forward. #Linux https://openbuildservice.org/2025/12/10/post-mortem/
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The Open Build Service (OBS) experienced a service disruption.

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You all might find this useful. #WA #roadinfo #travelmap #alerts

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WSDOT Real-Time Travel Map
https://wsdot.com/Travel/Real-time/Map/

WSDOT Real-time Alerts
https://wsdot.com/travel/real-time/alerts

Travel Center Map | WSDOT

The map provides traffic flow, travel alerts, cameras, weather conditions, mountain pass reports, rest areas and commercial vehicle restrictions.

Security operations teams today are strained under the weight of fragmented, multi-vendor tool ecosystems that impede response times, obscure visibility, and generate needless friction.

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Operational Complexity & Tool Sprawl in Security Operations

Tweet Security operations teams today are strained under the weight of fragmented, multi-vendor tool ecosystems that impede response times, obscure visibility, and generate needless friction. Recent research paints a troubling picture: in the UK, 74% of companies rely on multi-vendor ecosystems, โ€ฆ Continue reading โ†’

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LA Times: Toxic L.A. port fire burned for hours before emergency alerts were sent

"....However, it wasnโ€™t until 8:58 p.m. Sunday โ€” more than 38 hours after the order expired โ€” that many residents received a series of alerts informing them the order had been lifted...."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-25/delays-in-alerts-for-hazardous-fire-at-port-of-la-spark-concern

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Delays in alerts for hazardous fire at Port of L.A. spark concern

Time lags and errors in the issuing of shelter-in-place alerts during a massive hazardous materials fire at the Port of L.A. have, once again, raised concerns about the effectiveness of regional emergency alert systems.

Los Angeles Times