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China's premier digital publishing expo to debut cultural gaming section
A staff member demonstrates AIGC capabilities of Wukong image software at ZGC Science Fiction Industry Innovation Center in Shijingshan District, Beijing, capital of China, June 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong) China's premier digital publishing…
Plagiarist prof Jason Arday's life story is published tomorrow, and it gets more unbelievable by the page
A Cambridge University professor with an unbelievable story of overcoming systemic oppression skyrocketed to stardom. Then, people started to realize his story actually was unbelieveable — in the true sense of the word — and his…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Just Published a 6,500 Word Essay Taking Direct Aim at OpenAI and Anthropic
The artificial intelligence war shows no signs of slowing. Earlier on Aug. 10, Meta Platforms (META +0.62%) CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a 6,500-word essay that appears to take direct aim at the large language model (LLM) leaders OpenAI and…
Non-fiction indie press Hurst Publishers awarded Mo Siewcharran grant
Jess Winstanley, publicist at Hurst Publishers Four organisations have been awarded Mo Siewcharran grants in its second 2026 round, including non-fiction independent press Hurst Publishers. The late Mo Siewcharran was a former director of marketing…
Academic publishers must not get stuck in 'war of AI against AI', STM chief exec warns
Academic publishers must combine automated screening with human oversight when investigating potentially fraudulent research submissions, according to Caroline Sutton, chief executive of the International Association of Scientific, Technical and…
Hinge to publish first audiobook based on true love stories
Nicola Dinan © Stuart Simpson Hinge has announced it will release its first ever audiobook as part of its ongoing No Ordinary Love campaign, to “celebrate the unexpected twists of real love stories”. The campaign originated as a…
America's manufacturing future starts with industrial hemp | Opinion
America is making a costly mistake by treating industrial hemp as just another crop. It is an industrial material that can strengthen manufacturing, create jobs, reduce dependence on imported raw materials, and help build more resilient supply…
Publisher's Platform: A White House adviser says the Cyclospora outbreak is manufactured hysteria. Taco Bell's parent company is on his list of culprits.
Sarah Despres and Susan Mayne got to this before I did, on LinkedIn, and they answered it better than I would have. Credit where it belongs. Both have been steady, sourced, unglamorous voices through this outbreak while a great many louder people…
Anthropic rolled out a feature that stops undetected AI-generated writing
It's going to get a lot harder to let Claude be a ghostwriter for everything from novels to homework. On Monday, Anthropic said new Claude models will embed an 'imperceptible watermark' directly into AI-generated text. The watermark doesn't change…
Scholar rebuts claims state subsidies caused China's industrial overcapacity
Western narratives alleging state subsidies caused China's industrial overcapacity are a deliberate attempt to smear the country and not tenable in face of solid data and facts, a Chinese scholar said. Writing in a commentary published on Tuesday…
Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym
By now, we all realize that Silicon Valley's AI labs have built the world's best hackers in the form of AI agents. Give the latest frontier models a task and they are so resourceful that they get it done, even if this means breaking out of their…
Why Greece's $1 billion feta industry could be at risk
Greece produces more authentic feta cheese than any other country. The cheese is so valuable, it's nicknamed 'white gold.' But two forces are threatening Greece's historical grip on feta. A pair of diseases has led to the death of hundreds of…
A&E wait times show slight improvement in latest weekly figures
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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. 0814 GMT – The humanoid-robot industry is moving toward initial commercialization, Daiwa analysts…
Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0041 GMT – Jarden pares its medium-term dividend outlook for Contact Energy as it adjusts to it possibly…
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