The Daily Populous

Monday August 5th, 2024 evening edition

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Donald Trump unleashed a tirade against Google during a Friday interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, accusing the platform of refusing to apologize for blocking some results related to his attempted assassination.

In the segment, in which Trump attempted to outline the dangers of AI before Bartiromo redirected him to the subject of big tech companies, Trump went after the search engine.

Noting that Facebook representatives called him to apologize for flagging some posts featuring photos of his assassination attempt with fact checks, Trump said, “Google, nobody called from Google,” before unloading on the tech company.

In the rant, slammed by the Harris campaign as “unintelligible,” Trump seemingly, though not clearly, accused the search engine of biased search result ranking, a complaint he espoused nearly six years ago.

Toward the end of the Fox segment, he also mulled stripping Google of its Section 230 protections and praised Elon Musk and X, as Musk throws cash behind a PAC supporting his re-election bid.

But Google continues to face attacks from the far-right, including accusations of suppressing Trump. »

Judge who authorized Kansas newspaper raid escapes discipline with secret conflicting explanation • Kansas Reflector

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It also raises concerns about the low standards set for judges by the Kansas Commission on Judicial Conduct.

In court documents, Cody said he emailed the search warrant applications to County Attorney Joel Ensey, whose office delivered them to the judge.

The disciplinary panel dismissed the complaint against Viar after receiving her response, according to a letter obtained by Kansas Reflector. »

Valve working on new project with a codename fans are linking to Half-Life

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Just before the website went down, it had been updated, and all references to Valve's "Project White Sands" had been scrubbed.

Original story: Brace yourself, Half-Life fans – rumours of Half-Life 3 have been resurrected once again, this time originating from the unassuming resume of a voice actor.

"Just a voice actor who probably has never heard of Steam nonchalantly mentioning they did work on Half Life 3.". »

RFK Jr admits to dumping bear carcass in New York's Central Park

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RFK Jr admits dumping bear carcass in New York's Central Park.

RFK Jr dumped dead bear in New York's Central Park.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr has posted a video on social media in which he admits that he dumped a dead bear cub in New York City's Central Park in 2014. »