Chris Williams

Chris Williams is a senior editor at The Register's Situation Publishing. He primarily covers semiconductors, security, and software development. Chris has more than two decades of experience in online and print media.

Biography:  https://www.theregister.com/Author/Chris-Williams/

64%

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

70%

Examples:

  • Microsoft is cheerily popping up adverts over Chrome on Windows PCs
  • netizens are told they can use Chrome to interact with Bing's OpenAI GPT-4 chat bot, allowing them to ask questions and get answers using natural language.
  • The author has a bias towards Microsoft and their products. They encourage users to make Bing the default search engine in Chrome.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • Microsoft is also using pop-ups to promote Bing and its AI capabilities.
  • Microsoft is promoting their own product (Bing) by encouraging users to make it the default search engine in Chrome.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Microsoft recommends clicking a 'Change it back' button on its browser alert screen to undo the tweak.
  • Redmond displays a message underneath that reads: Wait don't change it back! If you do, you will turn off Microsoft Bing Search for Chrome and lose access to Bing AI with GPT-4 and DALL-E 3.

Deceptions

80%

Examples:

  • Microsoft pops up adverts over Chrome on Windows PCs.
  • The author encourages readers to install the Bing extension and change their default search provider. They also mention that Microsoft will turn off Microsoft Bing Search for Chrome if this is done.

Recent Articles

Microsoft Resumes Pushing Bing as Default Search Engine in Google Chrome on Windows 10 and 11 with Pop-ups

Microsoft Resumes Pushing Bing as Default Search Engine in Google Chrome on Windows 10 and 11 with Pop-ups

Broke On: Saturday, 16 March 2024 Microsoft is resuming its efforts to push Bing as the default search engine for Google Chrome users on Windows 10 and 11 by introducing pop-ups that look like malware but are not. If you click 'Yes', Microsoft will set Bing as your default search engine.