A crowdfunded illustrated anthology of remarkable women throughout history has begun a publishing trend—but is Good Night Stories entirely a good news story? Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
You didn't actually believe all those founder's myths about tech billionaires like Bezos, Jobs and Musk pulling themselves up by their bootstraps from some suburban American garage, did you? In reality, our corporate kings have been running the same playbook since the 18th century when... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-09-11 20:50:45 UTC ]
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You didn't actually believe all those founder's myths about tech billionaires like Bezos, Jobs and Musk pulling themselves up by their bootstraps from some suburban American garage, did you? In reality, our corporate kings have been running the same playbook since the 18th century when... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-09-10 14:30:56 UTC ]
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Exclusive: prominent Indigenous journalist, who recently left the ABC, says he is being targeted by News Corp paper which ran story about a ‘bullying’ incidentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastStan Grant... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-08-29 07:37:04 UTC ]
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Netflix is getting the band back together with Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, an anime adaptation of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series. The company has dropped the first teaser for the eight-episode show, which centers around the titular character and his attempt to win a battle of the bands... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-08-16 14:23:55 UTC ]
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Lifestyle and comedy publisher Betches, which chronicles dating and pop culture for a predominantly female audience, just introduced digital advertising to its newly redesigned website in late July. The move is part of a broader effort to diversify its business and signal a new chapter for the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2023-08-03 11:50:06 UTC ]
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The problem with studying the universe around us is that it is simply too big. The stars overhead remain too far away to interact with directly, so we are relegated to testing our theories on the formation of the galaxies based on observable data. Simulating these celestial bodies on computers... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-06-18 15:30:05 UTC ]
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You get free stuff, you get free travel, you get the nifty cool title of "brand ambassador," what's not to love about being an internet influencer? There's the consequences, for one. Not even just the warranted consequences of your actual actions, mind you, but also those arriving unbidden based... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-06-11 14:30:57 UTC ]
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We Americans love to have ourselves a big old time. It's not just our waistlines that have exploded outward since the post-WWII era. Our houses have grown larger, as have the appliances within them, the vehicles in their driveways, the income inequalities between ourselves and our neighbors, and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-06-04 14:30:20 UTC ]
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Some of us do our best thinking in the shower, others do it while on the toilet. Renee Descartes, he pondered most deeply while ensconced in a baker's oven. The man simply needed to be convinced of the oven's existence before climbing in. Such are the quirks of the most monumental minds humanity... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-05-28 14:30:30 UTC ]
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Seemingly overnight, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX, went from cryptocurrency wunderkind to wanted for questioning by the FBI. After years of unfettered success, the walls of SBF's blockchain empire came crumbling down around him as his tricky financial feats failed and his generalized... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-05-14 14:30:33 UTC ]
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Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara’s book, illustrated by Matt Hunt, is the first of the Little People, Big Dreams series to top the standingsA children’s biography of King Charles III has topped the UK book chart before the coronation on 6 May.Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara’s King Charles is part of the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-05-05 09:57:25 UTC ]
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"Birds fly South for the winter and North for the summer," has historically proven to be only slightly less reliable a maxim than the sun always rising in the East and setting in the West. Humanity has been fascinated by the comings and goings of our avian neighbors for millennia, but the why's... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-04-02 14:30:53 UTC ]
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As April rolls around and scattered showers might keep us indoors (or nudge us to a sheltered spot outdoors), it’s a great time to revisit the books we had been meaning to read. Whether you choose to read indoors or out—and I support both—a list of some intriguing books that will be released in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-03-31 11:47:44 UTC ]
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Science is the reason you aren't reading this by firelight nestled cozily under a rock somewhere however, its practice significantly predates its formalization by Galileo in the 16th century. Among its earliest adherents — even before pioneering efforts of Aristotle — was Animaxander, the Greek... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-03-12 14:30:52 UTC ]
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The certified B Corporation aims to reach an audience of 50 million girls by 2025 as it continues to publish new books and expand into new media and storytelling formats. On Monday the girl-centered media brand Rebel Girls announced an $8 million Series A funding round led by publishing giant... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2023-03-06 09:30:00 UTC ]
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Rebel Girls, the media company whose mission is to instill confidence in girls, raised $8 million in a new funding round, with Penguin Random House its lead investor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Deep Brain Stimulation therapies have proven an invaluable treatment option for patients suffering from otherwise debilitating diseases like Parkinson's. However, it — and its sibling tech, brain computer interfaces — currently suffer a critical shortcoming: the electrodes that convert electron... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-03-04 15:30:03 UTC ]
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Some of us are destined to lead successful lives thanks to the circumstances of our birth. Some of us, like attorney Bruce Jackson, are destined to lead such lives in spite them. Raised in New York's Amsterdam housing projects and subjected to the daily brutalities of growing up a black man in... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-02-19 15:30:33 UTC ]
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America's first astronauts from the 1960s were all pulled from the highest ranks of the nation's military. As such, NASA's first few classes tended to conform to a rather specific demographic theme — white, male, flattop haircut you could set a watch too. By the mid-70's however, the space... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-02-12 15:30:30 UTC ]
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The e-tail giant's plans to cut 18,000 jobs has resulted in a large number of layoffs at its Comixology operation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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