Stephen E. Arnold: Facebook Fails Discrimination Test

Facebook Fails Discrimination Test While racism and discrimination still plague society, the average person does not participate in it.  The Internet exacerbates hatred to the point that people believe it is more powerful today than it was in the past.  Social media Web sites do their best to prevent these topics from spreading by using …

Stephen E. Arnold: Hedge Fund Fraud Kills Newspapers?

Hedge fund Alden siphoned 100s of millions from newspapers in scheme to gamble on other investments, suit says The lawsuit’s account of millions of dollars in newspaper funds being spent to finance Alden’s independent investments hit hard in DFM newsrooms struggling after job cuts. Some worksites have endured staff reductions of more than 40 percent …

Stephen E. Arnold: #GoogleGestapo Facebook Foundering – And Stalking…

Facebook Floundering Again? It is no shock to say that Facebook has had some rough months lately. Amidst controversy over their handling of fake news and algorithms that seem to avoid friends, the company’s biggest problems are actually internal. The social media giant’s culture is beginning to gain a lot of attention, and not for …

Stephen E. Arnold: Can Presscoin Defeat Fake News including Crap News Network, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and More?

Can Presscoin Keep News from Going Fake Fake news is a topic that has everyone on all sides of the aisle concerned. However, One innovative idea merging fake news and big data might have solved the problem. We learned more from a recent The Next Web story, “PresscoinL The Largest Crowdfunding Effort to Address the News Crisis.” …

Stephen E. Arnold: CIA Seeks Universal Text Translator [Robert Steele: CIA Remains Stupid, Has Not Learned a Damn Thing Since 1986]

Universal Text Translation Is the Next Milestone for AI As the globe gets smaller, individuals are in more contact with people who don’t speak their language. Or, we are reading information written in a foreign language. Programs like Google Translate are flawed at best and it is clear this is a niche waiting to be …

Stephen E. Arnold: Global Banks – We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Research!

Financial Research: Rumblings Get Louder Regulations are having causing small tremors in the high altitude research business. I read “U.S. Asset Managers Shake Up Equity research as Banks Cut Back.” The write up offered several pieces of intelligence which might be considered “real” news. I highlighted this headache inducing statement for the providers of high …