Jess Weatherbed

News Reporter Jess Weatherbed is a news writer, and part of The Verge UK-based team. While passionate about the future of technology, she originally trained as a prosthetics makeup and wig-making technician, fuelled by a love of animatronics and practical movie effects. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews across computing, PC gaming and streaming. Additional bylines can be found at GamesRadar, PCGamer, Creative Bloq and Space.com. It joins other media companies like News Corp, Axel Springer, The Financial Times, Vox Media, The Atlantic, and” The Associated Press in licensing content for training AI models like ChatGPT. Financial details for the deal have not been disclosed. Time COO Mark Howard says:

Biography:  https://www.theverge.com/authors/jess-weatherbed

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The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

100%

Examples:

  • Jess Weatherbed reports on technology and consumer electronics with a focus on the future of technology. She has previously worked at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews across computing, PC gaming and streaming.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

  • Jess Weatherbed has not disclosed any conflicts of interest.

Contradictions

96%

Examples:

  • The cause of the issue was a corrupt database entry on the device's file system. (<span class=

Deceptions

47%

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  • Apple Vision Pro launches in first countries outside the US. (<span class=

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