These past few months have been a time that we would like to forget about. COVID-19 threw many people into a panic as it spread and was eventually declared a global pandemic, throwing our economy into recession. Many people have been stuck at home and in some cases doing absolutely nothing other than watching TV, […]
There is a war going on right now. The good news is that it is not what you think of when it comes to war but it could have consequences just as serious. It is the war against fake news. While fake news is not new the prevalence of the Internet has made it easier […]
Fact checking our politicians is one of the great things that has sprouted up from the Internet. Is Donald Trump lying or stretching the truth about something? It’s much easier to find that out now in the digital age than when say Grover Cleveland was president. According to the Washington Post last week Trump has […]
In today’s world of 24/7 news availability as well as the ability of anyone to offer commentary or record what is going on we don’t know quite who to trust. This has led to a rise in fake news and labeling news that one does not agree with as fake news. It has only been […]
The next great leap in the world of AI has come. It is now possible for a human to debate an AI (Artificial Intelligence). We’ve all been in those embarrassing situations when we get into an argument or a debate with someone who really knows the topic and just makes you feel inadequate. That person […]
The reaction to the recent data scandals that have embroiled Facebook have varied. Some people have continued on like normal, some have curbed their usage while others have taken more drastic steps like completely stopping using the platform. This has been, for the most part, up to the individual but that may not be an […]
There was a time when to break a news story it required multiple legitimate sources or catching someone in the act. In today’s world, thanks in large part to social media platforms like Twitter, that is not the case (Roseanne Barr, I’m looking at you!). Anyone anywhere can put out a story and potentially ruin […]
Fake news has been in the news a lot recently. While Nicely Done Sites does not propagate fake news the Internet has seemingly been overrun with it. Tech companies have been moving to try to combat fake news as it has gone from something that was more fun and innocent to something that has the […]
Information is valuable. Life or death decisions are made over it and when a decision is made with incomplete information the results can be catastrophic. In today’s information age being able to separate real data from fake data is one of the most important things a marketing department has to do. While no one will […]