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Can you trust search engines?
Life, James Hein, Published on 14/08/2024
» So how do conspiracy theories start and how does the internet and major search engine players contribute to them? As I type this, depending on where you are in the world, if you type "assassination attempt" in your search engine, and in particular one associated with Alphabet, the autofill options will have everything except "Trump" in the result set. You can get Kennedy, Hitler, Putin and George Wallace, but not the most prominent one so far this year that was one of those "where were you when you heard" events that some people saw in real time on their TV. The reason Alphabet offered for not giving the result was something along the lines that their policy is not to show political violence. You can of course find a plethora of political violence videos and examples from their search results, just not for this particular instance. Another example if you type "President Donald", the autofill adds Duck and Reagan but not Trump. Or if you Google Donald Trump you get a bunch of Kamala Harris results.
Not every hero wears a cape
News, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2022
» Re: "Covid hysteria", (PostBag, Jan 12) and "Heedless manhunt, Omicron marches on", (PostBag, Jan 10).
Wisdom of a young entrepreneur
Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 29/10/2016
» An old, and perhaps not entirely optimistic Chinese saying, goes something like this: the first generation starts the business, the second makes it flourish, but the third tends to wreck it. But Korawad Chearavanont, the scion of one of Thailand's most powerful business families behind the CP Group empire, is determined to prove that adage wrong.
Steve Jobs resigns from Apple
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/08/2011
» Beloved visionary and the heart and soul of the world's most innovative and valuable technology company resigned today.