A Week in History, August 6-12. Nixon's 1974 Resignation + Paladin App Neglects Fact-Checking

Micro-learning history apps that advertise heavily on social media, such as Paladin, are increasingly popular, with tens of thousands of users, but buyer beware. Paladin is clickbait, full of embellishments and exaggerations by unchecked artificial intelligence and hyped-up marketing copy, not solid historical learning.