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TSplus Named a Top 100 Publisher in ComponentSource Awards 2026
[Paris, France – September 11, 2026] - The recognition reflects TSplus's strong global sales performance through ComponentSource, one of the world's leading software distributors and resellers. TSplus, French developer of secure remote…
Fontana to publish Nobel-prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's unfinished novel
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1970 © Nobelstiftelsen Fontana Books will publish Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's unfinished novel, written while he was imprisoned in the USSR. Join thousands of book industry professionals who rely on The…
Google rolls out pay-per-use AI licensing program to publishers
Once a publisher joins the “AI contribution pilot,” they receive an extra AI earnings widget via their Search Console dashboard. This displays a monthly earnings number (with some history), though no other information on how payouts…
MUP to publish Allison Leigh's 'riveting' account of how misogyny shaped six giants of modern art
Allison Leigh (with paintings by John Hathorn) Manchester University Press will publish Allison Leigh's “riveting” account of how misogyny shaped six giants of modern art. Join thousands of book industry professionals who rely on The…
West Midlands Police publishes list of every suspect in their cells
More than 130 defendants are spending their Sunday in a West Midlands Police cell. The force detained people on suspicion of offences including dangerous driving, burglary, fraud, criminal damage, assault and possessing drugs on Saturday and…
What's behind the AI industry's latest warnings of doom?
The AI industry seems to be having its loudest debate yet about whether its technology poses an existential threat to humanity. The current discussion began after AI researcher Jacob Coxon said that he's resigned from Anthropic because he's worried…
Kids still write in 'AI-dominated world': 150 children publish books at Abu Dhabi fair
At the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, 150 children saw their own books published for the first time, in the largest such launch that youth publishing platform Learner Circle has held to date. The children wrote and developed the stories…
Readers reply: what have been the most prescient or accurate predictions of the future?
‘Fingertip shopping will be one of the many homemakers' conveniences. This video console will be channelled into the store of her choice …” I've always been fascinated by this 1967 video (not 1969, as the label says) which…
Weekly Market Pulse: The House
Things have been going pretty well for Scott 'The House' Bessent after his intervention to buy the yen at the end of July. The inflation reports last week really weren't that bad, but Warsh and others on the FOMC have said they wanted to see…
U.S. Open 2026 live updates: Men's final latest as Ben Shelton takes on Alexander Zverev
The 2026 U.S. Open men's singles champion will be crowned today at Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Ben Shelton (8) — trying to become the first American man to win a Grand Slam since Andy Roddick in 2003 — will square off against the No. 1…
JJ McCarthy Trade Market Trends Down on Kalshi
Another day, another JJ McCarthy trade price update. This time, Kalshi's NFL trade market is trending down, meaning McCarthy is likely staying with the Minnesota Vikings beyond when the market settles. Kalshi prices a McCarthy trade at 38%. A 5%…
Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting
The Republicans fear slowing down AI development could give China the edge. The Republicans fear slowing down AI development could give China the edge. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Terrence O'Brien is the Verge's weekend editor. He's covered…
Sony planned a digital future for PS, but its final disc plant still has years ahead
Sony corrected reports claiming its disc production would collapse by 90% The company's final disc plant will reduce output by 10% Sony still plans to stop producing new physical games in 2028 Sony has denied reports suggesting it plans to abandon…
LG AI Research seeks to address industrial challenges with 'expert' AI models
LG AI Research, an artificial intelligence (AI) institute of LG Group, has unveiled “expert” AI models based on its EXAONE large language model, which are already delivering tangible results by addressing practical challenges…
'They're likely to get squeezed': AI slop books are flooding online marketplaces-and it's coming at the expense of paychecks for human authors
In March, the book publisher Hachette yanked the horror title “Shy Girl” from its scheduled U.S. release after hefty allegations that the novel's author Mia Ballard used AI to write the book. While Ballard denied using AI for the…
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