In 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense created ARPANET, the precursor to today’s internet. Around the same time, the SWIFT protocol used for money transfers was also established. These are both early ...

In today’s tech-driven economy, data is essential for gaining new insights, making decisions, and building products. In fact, there is so much data out there, that the quantity of it is doubling every ...

This week we begin with a Thread of the Day by Aaron M who conjures up the topic of fallacies largely held throughout the automotive world. - The Ford Focus is a "P.O.S." Now that you've read a few ...

At this point in the deafening media cycle around the story, it’s probably unnecessary to summarize the going Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, but briefly and just in case: Facebook recently ...

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

Here at Snopes, we encounter our fair share of logical fallacies, or errors in reasoning, that tend to be more persuasive than they ought to be, and are based on poor or faulty logic. In previous ...

“If Contreras’ fallacies are accepted and Congress acts on them, patents will no longer attract investment. This will add enormous damage over the top of damage already levied on our innovation engine ...

The gambler’s fallacy is an important example of betting jargon and one that describes a common and problematic mindset that may impact your decision-making when gambling online. This is also known as ...