I'm struck by ABC News smuggling uranium into the US, reminding me of George Stalk’s observations about Indian security being much tighter than American checks, including multiple body frisks and intense random screenings.
ABC News managed to smuggle uranium into the US. Reminds of when George Stalk was talking about the security checks in India being much tighter than in the US. He was body-frisked twice, and barely escaped a third random check.
I’m noting the launch of Google News India, a new localized edition for regional news aggregation. This update, discovered via Kiruba Shankar, marks a significant step in the expansion of Google’s customized news services for Indian users.
I found Google News to be a significant improvement for tracking daily headlines. It's an exciting development in how I consume information online, making the process of staying informed much more streamlined and efficient.
I’ve shared a link to the News of the Weird archive, which curates bizarre, unconventional, and often hilarious true stories from global news sources. It’s a long-running collection of the world's most eccentric and strange human behavior.
I found Douwe Osinga’s Google News Map, an early visualization tool that plots news stories onto a geographical map. It offers a spatial way to browse global headlines by connecting reporting directly to its location.
I evaluated the beta version of Google News and found it currently unimpressive, though I predict it will follow Google’s typical trajectory to become a de facto search standard for news content.