December 2024
January 2025
Google Unveils Gemini 2.0: AI Assistant with Enhanced Capabilities and Local Computing
Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, an AI assistant capable of completing tasks like online shopping (without checkout) and integrated into Project Mariner and Project Astra for smart glasses, alongside Gemini Flash 2.0 for local computation.
Google Unveils Gemini 2.0: AI Assistant with Enhanced Capabilities and Local Computing
Google unveiled Gemini 2.0, an AI assistant capable of completing tasks like online shopping (without checkout) and integrated into Project Mariner and Project Astra for smart glasses, alongside Gemini Flash 2.0 for local computation.
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44% Bias Score
Assad Regime's Collapse Weakens Iran, Raises Instability Concerns
The collapse of Syria's Assad regime, a key Iranian ally, significantly weakens Iran's regional influence and raises concerns about internal instability due to financial strain and potential political upheaval.
Assad Regime's Collapse Weakens Iran, Raises Instability Concerns
The collapse of Syria's Assad regime, a key Iranian ally, significantly weakens Iran's regional influence and raises concerns about internal instability due to financial strain and potential political upheaval.
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48% Bias Score
Google Achieves Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Error Correction Below Critical Threshold
Google's new quantum processor, "Willow," successfully reduced the error rate in quantum computations below a critical threshold by combining multiple physical qubits into more stable logical qubits, a crucial step toward practical quantum computers despite needing significantly more qubits for larg...
Google Achieves Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Error Correction Below Critical Threshold
Google's new quantum processor, "Willow," successfully reduced the error rate in quantum computations below a critical threshold by combining multiple physical qubits into more stable logical qubits, a crucial step toward practical quantum computers despite needing significantly more qubits for larg...
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40% Bias Score
"Notre-Dame Reopening: A Blend of Religious Revival and Political Spectacle"
"The reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris featured a procession for its Virgin Mary statue, daily masses with high attendance, and a televised mass watched by millions, coinciding with a politically significant gathering of world leaders, including Macron, Trump, and Zelenskyy."
"Notre-Dame Reopening: A Blend of Religious Revival and Political Spectacle"
"The reopening of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris featured a procession for its Virgin Mary statue, daily masses with high attendance, and a televised mass watched by millions, coinciding with a politically significant gathering of world leaders, including Macron, Trump, and Zelenskyy."
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52% Bias Score
Syria's Interim PM Promises Equality Amidst Ongoing Conflict and Opposition Gains
Syria's interim prime minister pledged equal rights for all citizens and called for the return of refugees, while the opposition seized control of Deir al-Zour, a major eastern city, leading to increased regional instability and international concern.
Syria's Interim PM Promises Equality Amidst Ongoing Conflict and Opposition Gains
Syria's interim prime minister pledged equal rights for all citizens and called for the return of refugees, while the opposition seized control of Deir al-Zour, a major eastern city, leading to increased regional instability and international concern.
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40% Bias Score
Controversial Tactics Secure Return of Sara Sharif Murder Suspects
Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool, and Faisal Malik, suspected of murdering Sara Sharif, fled to Pakistan on August 9th, 2023, but were apprehended on September 13th, 2023, following a controversial operation by Pakistani police involving the detention of their relatives and the fabrication of charges ag...
Controversial Tactics Secure Return of Sara Sharif Murder Suspects
Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool, and Faisal Malik, suspected of murdering Sara Sharif, fled to Pakistan on August 9th, 2023, but were apprehended on September 13th, 2023, following a controversial operation by Pakistani police involving the detention of their relatives and the fabrication of charges ag...
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56% Bias Score
Bank of Canada Cuts Rates, Signals Slower Pace of Cuts Ahead
The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 3.25 per cent on Wednesday, its fifth cut since June, amid rising economic uncertainty and slowing growth, signaling a potential slowdown in the pace of future rate reductions.
Bank of Canada Cuts Rates, Signals Slower Pace of Cuts Ahead
The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 3.25 per cent on Wednesday, its fifth cut since June, amid rising economic uncertainty and slowing growth, signaling a potential slowdown in the pace of future rate reductions.
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16% Bias Score
Ancient Mesopotamian Emotion Map Challenges Modern Understandings
A study analyzing one million words of ancient Mesopotamian texts (934-612 BC) reveals unique emotion localization, with happiness and love in the liver, anger in the thighs and feet, and suffering in the armpits, challenging modern understandings of emotional experience.
Ancient Mesopotamian Emotion Map Challenges Modern Understandings
A study analyzing one million words of ancient Mesopotamian texts (934-612 BC) reveals unique emotion localization, with happiness and love in the liver, anger in the thighs and feet, and suffering in the armpits, challenging modern understandings of emotional experience.
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32% Bias Score
South Korea's Political Crisis Deepens After Ex-Minister's Suicide Attempt
South Korean ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted suicide in his prison cell in Seoul after being arrested on Sunday for his role in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law. The incident has deepened South Korea's political crisis, with a second impeachment attempt ag...
South Korea's Political Crisis Deepens After Ex-Minister's Suicide Attempt
South Korean ex-Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted suicide in his prison cell in Seoul after being arrested on Sunday for his role in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law. The incident has deepened South Korea's political crisis, with a second impeachment attempt ag...
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36% Bias Score
Massive Fraud in German Post-Flood Aid: €9 Million Claimed
German authorities uncovered a massive fraud scheme involving €9 million in fraudulent claims for post-flood reconstruction aid following the July 2021 floods; 80 police officers searched 18 properties, arresting two main suspects and 20 family members.
Massive Fraud in German Post-Flood Aid: €9 Million Claimed
German authorities uncovered a massive fraud scheme involving €9 million in fraudulent claims for post-flood reconstruction aid following the July 2021 floods; 80 police officers searched 18 properties, arresting two main suspects and 20 family members.
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60% Bias Score
Protesters Demand Biden Publish ERA to Protect LGBTQ+ and Women's Rights
On December 10th, protesters in Washington D.C. were arrested after demanding President Biden publish the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to protect women's and LGBTQ+ rights, marking the ERA's 101st anniversary and highlighting the threat of a potential second Trump administration.
Protesters Demand Biden Publish ERA to Protect LGBTQ+ and Women's Rights
On December 10th, protesters in Washington D.C. were arrested after demanding President Biden publish the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to protect women's and LGBTQ+ rights, marking the ERA's 101st anniversary and highlighting the threat of a potential second Trump administration.
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64% Bias Score
Schumacher Family Blackmail Trial Implicates Former Nurse
A nurse previously employed by Michael Schumacher's family is implicated in a £12 million blackmail plot involving the unauthorized release of private photos and medical data, with a former bodyguard and two others standing trial for allegedly demanding the money.
Schumacher Family Blackmail Trial Implicates Former Nurse
A nurse previously employed by Michael Schumacher's family is implicated in a £12 million blackmail plot involving the unauthorized release of private photos and medical data, with a former bodyguard and two others standing trial for allegedly demanding the money.
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56% Bias Score