AI companies are bulk-buying rare and out-of-print books, scanning them, then destroying the originals for training data.

There's a backlash against book destruction — and a better way to scan them.

From S.R. Ranganathan’s five laws to the NEP 2020, Indian libraries are evolving into hybrid digital hubs where librarians ...

Emerging evidence suggests that only certain types of training produce meaningful benefits, and those benefits may differ ...

Artificial intelligence labs are in a new arms race to buy up millions of rare books, slicing them open, scanning the pages and pulping the remains — sparking concerns that the last remaining copies ...

“Think of yourself as looking after a piece of history,” says Eric Pedersen, senior specialist at Peter Harrington Rare Books. “Every rare book is a surviving witness to its time, and our ...

Through the partnership, Rhenus customers can book alternative fuel and battery-electric transport solutions on a single-shipment basis or through larger, ongoing or retroactive agreements. The ...

Neuromancer by William Gibson and The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner are among the most prophetic sci-fi books that predicted the future.

Recent years have seen a boom in books on climate change. This collection spans from techno-optimism to philosophical pessimism.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, and The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin are among the best ...

Pamela Dicso was born with one leg shorter than the other, a difference that put her through eight surgeries across her childhood and teenage years. "I don't know what was worse, the physical pain or ...

Non-D&D tabletop RPG releases hit game store shelves this week led by Chaosium's Innsmouth hardcover, the first dedicated 7th ...