Google denies demoting The Pirate Bay in some countries

Google and The Pirate Bay have had an interesting relationship over the years, to say the least. This week, users pointed out that The Pirate Bay can appear significantly lower down in search results (and definitely not on the first page), depending on which country you are searching in. We reached out to Google, which […]

Google must stop demoting competitors in search results, EU rules

Enlarge (credit: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images) Google has been gut-punched by the European Commission for abusing its search monopoly to squeeze out other players on the Web. Europe’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, had been expected to hit Google with a fine of around €1 billion, but the actual number is far larger: €2.42 billion, the largest anti-monopoly fine ever […]

The Case for Demoting the Starting Pitcher

To love baseball is to be disappointed half of the time. Almost every season follows the same arc of woe: the search for starting pitchers during the offseason, the underperformance of an ace flamethrower who’s making eight figures and, oh yeah, the injuries that ensue when 6-foot-tall monstrosities reach back for mid-to-high-90s power every five […]