Google's Assistant wants to give you a daily dose of good news
3 months agoBad news outweighs good news in the media, in general. This is often because good news is fairly mundane, while bad news is explosive. Consuming too much negative news can be overwhelming, especially as many of those stories cant be actioned on by users. Google is launching a new feature called "Tell me something good" which highlights good news. Assistant will show you news that highlights "Solvable" problems and empowers you. Google acknowledges that a balanced news diet should be important, so it is working on mixing this sort of journalism that exposes things like how " Georgia State University coupled empathy with data to double its graduation rate and eliminate achievement gaps between white and black students" within its regular Google news app. It's an experiment worth trying because it's good info about good work that may bring some good to your day. Read more