Last month, Wired published an article with a headline that sounds like absurdist science fiction: “Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It.” Two security specialists had figured out how to hack into a Jeep Cherokee’s onboard computers. As an experiment, writer Andy Greenberg took one out on the road, at which point the hackers commandeered the car’s air conditioner, radio, windshield wipers, and—most distressingly—its accelerator and brakes. If they’d wanted to wreck the car or kill the driver, they easily could have. Continue reading at 'Slate'
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Nicole Chung was writing a memoir about losing her father; then her mother died. She discusses COVID, U.S. health care and her revised memoir, 'A Living Remedy' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-03-31 13:00:51 UTC ]
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At a long-awaited hearing last week, a federal judge sounded skeptical of the Internet Archive’s program to scan and lend library books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Cloud gaming libraries normally get larger, but Amazon Luna's appears to be shrinking — for now, at least. 9to5Googlenotes that the paid Luna+ tier will lose 53 games in February. Many of these are older or niche titles you won't necessarily miss, but that does mean losing classics like No More... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-02-06 16:53:46 UTC ]
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Australian independent publisher’s application to strike out parts of Murdoch’s reply also failed ahead of defamation trialFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLachlan Murdoch’s application to have... Continue reading at The Guardian
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In surveys spanning from Q1 to Q3, Digiday+ Research found a difference growing between how publishers make money from direct-sold ads and programmatic ads. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2022-10-17 04:01:00 UTC ]
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that there are as many definitions of “feminism” and “science fiction” as there are people who identify as feminists and science fiction enthusiasts—in fact, that is part of what makes both of these communities attractive to many people. However, by 1981,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The story of how a respected auto executive became a criminal suspect, then a fugitive. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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Three of the sport’s governing bodies recently announced that they’re officially changing the name to “quadball,” both out of trademark concerns and a desire to distance themselves from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling in light of her... Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2022-08-13 08:00:00 UTC ]
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Tracy Flick, the ambitious high school student from Tom Perrotta's "Election," is now an assistant principal in the sequel, "Tracy Flick Can't Win" Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2022-06-07 13:57:02 UTC ]
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New legislation in Kentucky gives complete control of public library board appointments to county judge executives. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2022-04-19 13:08:55 UTC ]
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In a move that has alarmed library leaders, Kentucky bill SB 167—which came back from the dead last week with a veto override—will empower local politicians to “appoint whomever they want to library boards and block major library spending.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Her essay collection was removed from contention in the category of best lesbian memoir after she went on Twitter to defend a forthcoming Sandra Newman novel from charges that it was transphobic. Continue reading at The New York Times
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In They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of My Parents, Iranian American author and Vice journalist Neda Toloui-Semnani reconstructed the story of her parents as young, leftist Iranian activists radicalized at Berkeley in the late ’60s and who came to see communism as the political answer... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2022-02-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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In a move to keep the publishing company independent, founder Sara Miller McCune has signed over her voting share and company control to the SAGE-SMM Trust. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Cameron Janes, an Amazon veteran who has overseen Prime Video, retail and Kindle ventures left the company earlier this week. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
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Lewandowski suggested Trump knew he lost but raised suspicions about the 2020 election to protect his ego, ABC journalist Jonathan Karl writes. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
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The comics giant has issued lawsuits in a bid to hold on to the copyright of heroes including Spider-Man and Iron ManMarvel has filed a series of lawsuits in a bid to retain full control of characters including Spider-Man and Iron Man.The complaints, which were obtained by the Hollywood... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-09-27 14:40:42 UTC ]
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Hayley Mills, star of 'Pollyanna' and 'The Parent Trap,' is now 75 and has written a memoir about her life as a child actor under Walt Disney's watchful eye. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-09-02 13:00:20 UTC ]
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Locast, a company that claimed to improve access to local TV stations for people who can’t get the signal via traditional means, has been dealt a blow by a New York Court. It lost a courtroom battle with CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox, which said the company was violating copyright. Deadline reports the... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-09-02 11:15:37 UTC ]
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A company purporting to improve access to local TV stations for people who can’t access the signal via traditional means has been dealt a blow by a New York Court. Locast has lost the courtroom skirmish started by CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox, which said that the company was violating their copyright.... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2021-09-01 10:42:15 UTC ]
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