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Tradewind Recruitment Publishes Nationwide Research into the UK's Educator Retention Crisis
The findings arrive at a critical time for the sector. Government data from the Department for Education shows that between 10 and 15 percent of newly qualified teachers leave within their first year, with 30 to 33 percent departing within five…
A death knell': Over 20 news publishers allege OpenAI scraped their articles
Newspaper publishers across the country are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for allegedly scraping their websites to train their flagship artificial intelligence models. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York…
Lawsuit accuses AI security company of publishing hallucinated findings
MeetingTV, an online videoconferencing and webinar startup, is suing Palo Alto Networks and recently acquired threat-intelligence firm Koi Security over a security research report that linked its infrastructure to a Chinese hacking operation. Why…
'Everybody got the rug pulled out from under them': Xbox are putting third-party Game Pass deals 'on pause', claims publishing veteran
Microsoft are easing off on third-party game deals for the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, according to one fairly seasoned industry figure, while they 'figure out' what to do with their gaming business in general. The seasoned industry figure…
Google accepts need for 'new value exchange' with publishers
Google has said it is exploring new “value exchange models” with publishers and accepted the need for independent regulation of AI. The tech giant's paper, A Pragmatic Approach to AI Governance in America, has defended the use of…
Australians are hungry for new history books - but historians are pressured not to publish locally
Even after decades of history wars, Australians still have a keen appetite for Australian history. According to recent research by UNSW, 83% of Australians believe history is relevant to society today – but only 57% feel we know much about…
Publisher's Platform: The genome doesn't lie
When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often…
Confusion and anger as publisher moves journalists to pay-per-click contracts
Journalists at a leading popular culture publisher have reacted with “anger” and “confusion” to news their pay has become entirely dependent on the amount of traffic they personally drive. Valnet, a “digital media…
Google AI changes could deal further blow to publisher Discover traffic
Google has started replacing publisher links in its Discover feed with AI-written posts summarising related stories. The new feature, deployed sporadically so far, follows Discover changes which have already downgraded publisher posts in favour of…
Message from the Publisher: Looking forward to what's next!
Southeastern Wisconsin is a pretty great place to live. It's easy to lose sight of this fact as we go about our days and are confronted with the challenges of day-to-day life. Sure, we may not enjoy construction-related delays, our summers can feel…
A Closer Look: Prediction Market Accuracy: Crowd Wisdom or Informed Minority? By Roberto Gómez-Cram, Yunhan Guo, Theis Ingerslev Jensen, and Howard Kung - SSRN Blog
Prediction markets have earned a reputation for striking accuracy, yet the engine behind that accuracy has remained surprisingly opaque. In their 2026 paper, Prediction Market Accuracy: Crowd Wisdom or Informed Minority? Roberto…
Online prediction market traders make millions betting on U.S. military operations
This is an updated version of a story first published on May 17, 2026. The original video can be viewed here. The war with Iran and the U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have carried the usual hallmarks…
Forbes Daily: Feds Probe Polymarket Over Deceptive Marketing Concerns
The U.S. government owes around $166 billion in tariff refunds. But the rebate process has been anything but simple. In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning President Donald Trump's “Liberation Day” levies, business owners like…
Football Extra Newsletter: World Cup group prediction results
The task seemed simple. The gauntlet was laid down. Some 22 of football's sharpest brains were asked to predict the finishing order of all 12 World Cup groups. However, as World Cup history tells us, nothing is quite as simple as it seems. Think…
Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering the Auto and Transport sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1154 GMT – Global air cargo demand rose 6% in May with growth in all regions except the Middle…
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