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Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the Chief of Staff for Riot New Media Group and a co-host of the Book Riot Podcast. She can be reached at rebecca@riotnewmedia.com. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection…
Blue Prince Didn't Use Any AI, Says Publisher
Over the weekend, The Indie Game Awards shook up its winner's circle by stripping Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of its Game of the Year Award over the publisher's use of AI. In its place, indie-darling Blue Prince was declared the new Game of the…
David Walliams suffers another career blow after publisher axe
Troubled David Walliams has been dropped from Waterstones Children's Book Festival days after being let go by his publisher. The children's author and comedian has been removed from the line-up for the Waterstones Children's Book Festival, the book…
BBC Reacts To Latest David Walliams Reports As He's Dropped By His Publisher
Open Image Modal The BBC has issued a public response to the recent media furore surrounding the comedian and actor David Walliams. Last week, the publisher HarperCollins announced it was severing ties with the Little Britain star, with a…
Fresh Content: Why Publish Dates Make or Break Rankings and AI Visibility
Marketing researcher and educator at Ahrefs. Mateusz has over 15 years of experience in marketing gained in agencies, SaaS and hardware businesses. When not writing, he's composing music or enjoying long walks. Get the week's best marketing content…
Blue Prince is 'the result of 8 years of development, fuelled my imagination and creativity' not AI says publisher
2025 has been a rather heated year for genAI and its ever-increasing use in videogames. Most recently, the year's awards darling Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was disqualified from the Indie Game Awards for making use of generative AI during…
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One of 2025's Buzziest Books Started as Fan Fiction. Is the Trend Here to Stay?
Books based off of fan fiction have steadily been on the rise, from modern classics like Fifty Shades of Grey to new hits like SenLinYu's Alchemised On a Dec. 19 episode of the Book Review podcast, New York Times journalists discussed some of…
GBC AG Analyst Coverage Report on Mexedia S.p.A. Società Benefit Completed and Published
Mexedia S.p.A. Società Benefit (Euronext Growth Paris: ALMEX, ISIN IT0005450819) (“Mexedia” or the “Company”) informs that the analyst coverage report prepared by GBC AG – one of the leading independent…
The Latest in OpenJDK and JCP Expert Group: Insights with Simon Ritter
Michael Redlich: Hello everybody. This is Michael Redlich. I'm the lead Java editor at InfoQ. I'm very happy to have with me Simon Ritter, who is the deputy CTO for Azul. He's also a member of the JDK 26 Expert Group along with Iris Clark, Stephan…
How Georgia Tech is preparing students for an AI-driven future
In a conversation with AJC president and publisher Andrew Morse at the AJC Headline House event earlier this month, Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera shared how artificial intelligence is transforming higher education. From coding…
Aberdeen MSP sends P45 to Starmer over predicted loss of oil and gas jobs
Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. An Aberdeen Central MSP has sent Prime…
Taiwan's drone push needs its powerhouse industries, former US commerce official says
While still investing in traditional defense capabilities, Taiwan is also turning to drone technology to keep Beijing's forces at bay. To expand the sector, though, it needs to have its powerhouse industries fully engaged, a former US commerce…
Spencer Jakab | How Strategists Tell the Future
Sadly, Wall Street strategists don't have that luxury. Between January and November they're free to opine on fuzzier stuff like the equity risk premium or which sectors might benefit from rate cuts. Come December, though, most are expected to…
GTA 6 delayed again, AI impacts hardware, and Half-Life 3: Analyst predictions for 2026 | Year in Review
Every year, we turn to a panel of trusted analysts to ask them what they expect to see in the industry in the year ahead, and ask them to assess their predictions from the previous year. This year we've spoken to Kantan Games' Dr. Serkan Toto…
The biggest games industry news stories of 2025 | Year in Review
Join us as we journey back through 2025 via the biggest games industry news stories of the year, including massive takeover deals, the closure of historic studios, big hardware launches, big hardware reveals, and a lot of bother about tariffs.
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