Nigeria tackles publishing in predatory journals
Higher education institutions in Nigeria need to train academics to spot fraudulent journals, researchers say......»»
Descript raises $30M to build the next generation of video and audio editing tools
The popularity of podcasting and online video shows no signs of slowing down, and so we continue to see a wave of creators publishing a profusion of audio and video content to fill out the airwaves. Today, a company building a platform to make that w.....»»
Disney revives Lucasfilm Games brand to begin a "new era" of Star Wars titles
Before you get too excited, let's make one thing clear: this does not mean that Electronics Arts will be losing its exclusive Star Wars license, nor does it mean that Lucasfilm Games will immediately begin publishing its own full-fledged AAA titles a.....»»
Bethesda, Lucasfilm tease new Indiana Jones video game
First Indy game in over a decade coming from Wolfenstein: The New Order devs. Enlarge / Artist's conception of the gaming public eyeing the prospect of another movie-licensed game with suspicion... Bethesda will be publishing a new Indiana Jo.....»»
Analysis: Peer review process unlikely to be primary cause of gender publishing inequalities in scholarly journals
An international team of analysts reports evidence that suggests it is not likely that the peer review process is to blame for gender publishing inequalities in scholarly journals. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group d.....»»
Rare footage captured of jaguar killing ocelot at waterhole
In what may be a sign of climate-change-induced conflict, researchers have captured rare photographic evidence of a jaguar killing another predatory wild cat at an isolated waterhole in Guatemala......»»
Will America"s Next President Change Its Space Program?
America's next president takes office in three weeks and two days. What changes should he make to America's space program? An opinion writer at Bloomberg tackles the question: Donald Trump badly wanted to be the president who sent Americans back to.....»»
2020 Contributors of the Year: Lisa Loftis
Lisa Loftis brings 30 years of experience to bear in her monthly column, where she tackles every aspect of customer relationships. Learn more about Lisa. Continue reading........»»
Why on Earth Is Someone Stealing Unpublished Book Manuscripts?
A phishing scam with unclear motive or payoff is targeting authors, agents and editors big and small, baffling the publishing industry. From a report: Earlier this month, the book industry website Publishers Marketplace announced that Little, Brown w.....»»
Cyberpunk 2077 hotfix tackles save file corruptions and console crashes
Cyberpunk 2077 maker CD Projekt Red has rolled out another software patch to fix more bugs in its beleaguered game. More patches are on the way......»»
Team CoSTAR Trains Robots for Exploring Caves on Earth and Space
Spot tackles lava tubes as JPL prepares for the final DARPA SubT event Another DARPA SubT team that’s been doing it’s own in-cave practice to prepare for the final event next year is Team CoSTAR, from NASA JPL and Caltech. CoSTAR, of course.....»»
2,000 Parents Demand Major Academic Publisher Drop Proctorio Surveillance Tech
Digital rights group Fight for the Future has unveiled an open letter signed by 2,000 parents calling on McGraw-Hill Publishing to end its relationship with Proctorio, one of many proctoring apps that offers services that digital rights groups have c.....»»
The venture firm SOSV has hired former TechCrunch COO Ned Desmond to help grow its startups
Ned Desmond, a longtime publishing executive who spent more than half a dozen years at Time Inc. before becoming the chief operating officer of both TechCrunch and Engadget for more than eight years, has joined the investment firm SOSV as a senior op.....»»
Publishing Saw Upheaval in 2020, But "Books Are Resilient"
Book publishing in 2020 was a story of how much an industry can change and how much it can, or wants to, remain the same. From a report: "A lot of what has happened this year -- if it were a novel, I would say that it had a little too much plot," sai.....»»
Nigeria Orders Mobile Users To Link Phones To National ID Numbers
Nigeria's telecommunications regulator ordered mobile-phone users to link their devices to their national identity numbers, raising the prospect of millions of lines being blocked. From a report: Subscribers have until Dec. 31 to comply with the requ.....»»
Training methods based on punishment compromise dog welfare, study finds
Dogs trained using aversive stimuli, which involve punishments for incorrect behavior, show evidence of higher stress levels compared to dogs trained with reward-based methods, according to a study publishing December 16 in the open-access journal PL.....»»
Klima publicly launches its consumer-focused carbon offset app
Andreas Pursian, Markus Gilles, and Jonas Brandau, the three co-founders of Klima, an app focused on helping consumers understand and offset their carbon emissions, first found entrepreneurial success at Hyper. The mobile magazine publishing toolkit.....»»