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I built an Android journal app in Google AI Studio; its AI spots patterns I'd never see

It was a fun late-night project, and I had a convincing, native Android app working before I called it a day

Supreme Court agrees to early hearing of journalist Abhishek Upadhyay’s plea against FIR

The plea by journalist Abhishek Upadhyay claimed that the FIR was based on concocted allegations against him and was an attempt to harass him for his independent journalistic works

Veteran Nashville Music Journalist and Author Vernell Hackett Dies at 77

During her career, Hackett worked with artists including Chris LeDoux and Dale Ann Bradley.

What’s journalism worth in disasters and emergencies? A lot, says a new UN report

A single New York Times article on a disaster generated an additional $500,000 in official aid. That’s just one of the findings on the critical role a free press plays in saving lives, according to a new UN report released on Tuesday.

Former Supreme Court judge flags ‘silence’ of journalists over media laws

Former Supreme Court judge B. Sudarshan Reddy called upon journalists to mount a collective fight to protect their rights by seeking wider support from society

Press clubs unite to strengthen journalists’ rights

Hawk Fire evacuation zone expands south into Somersett, northwest Reno - Reno Gazette Journal

Hawk Fire evacuation zone expands south into Somersett, northwest Reno Reno Gazette Journal Hawk Fire now 10,000+ acres, 0% contained | Fire Watch | 2news.com KTVN ‘Extreme danger’: West Reno Hawk Fire prompts evacuations This Is Reno University Updates on the Hawk Fire Universit

Even biodiversity-friendly policies may not halt declines in Europe's common birds and butterflies by 2050

As part of its efforts to map out Europe's science-policy interface for biodiversity, a paper on the correlation between governance objectives for safeguarding the biosphere and on-the-ground realities for select species groups has been published. The work is in the journal Natur

'Aliens: The Video Games' author Mike Diver on overlooked Alien games, tracking down retro game developers, and the future of the Xenomorph (interview)

The history of Alien video games is long and twisty, but Mike Diver — veteran writer, editor, critic, and journalist — decided a few years ago to make a complete chronicle of Xenomorph -filled games his next big adventure. Ahead of Aliens: The Video Games ' August 30 release, we

The Sunday Papers

Sometimes, Sundays are only for rounding up videogame criticism and journalism. I try to cast a wider net when my turn comes to deliver the Papers, because I figure you've probably been reading about videogames all week, and would appreciate e.g. an essay on the mating habits of

Workplace social media reduces staff turnover, study finds

Social media used inside organizations may help engage employees and increase staff retention, according to a paper in the International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies that examined this phenomenon in China. Employee engagement refers to a worker's emotional and motivational

Book Review: ‘The Time Tax,’ by Annie Lowrey

In “The Time Tax,” the Atlantic journalist Annie Lowrey takes aim at bureaucratic red tape.

Book Review: ‘The Black Shield,’ by Wilbert L. Cooper

In an evocative new memoir, the journalist Wilbert L. Cooper explores the history, and paradoxes, of race and policing in Cleveland, his hometown.

Court turns down Trump’s request to reconsider its refusal to hear Carroll suit against him

The Supreme Court on Monday morning turned down President Donald Trump’s request to reconsider the justices’ denial of review in a civil suit brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll, which yielded a $5 million verdict against the president. The announcement came as part of the seco

DOJ signals it will appeal ruling requiring removal of some redactions in Epstein files

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday signaled its plans to appeal a ruling requiring the department to unredact various documents from the Epstein files in a suit brought by attorney and independent journalist Katie Phang. The preliminary injunction, entered in June, orders

Bacteria from ancestral wheat microbiomes help protect plants against root rot fungus

In the journal npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, researchers from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) and the University of São Paulo (USP) describe the role of three bacteria in suppressing a soil-borne wheat pathogen that causes root rot. The study paves the w

Molecular trick opens the door to a new generation of glass

Researchers at TU Dortmund University, Paderborn University, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the University of Oxford have developed a new method for selectively modifying the internal structure of specific types of glass. The study, published in the journal Nature Material

Hotel stigma may drive Chinese hospitality graduates away from careers

Research published in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development analyzed interviews with more than 300 Chinese hotel interns to examine how perceptions of hotel work affect whether graduates pursue a career in the industry. The findings suggest that neg

How Trump intervened in the DOJ case against Live Nation

The Department of Justice spent more than a decade building a case accusing Live Nation of illegally dominating the live event industry by thwarting competition to keep ticket prices high. But according to a Wall Street Journal investigation, President Trump urged senior DOJ offi

MIT researchers engineer bacteria that could program plants for self-defence

Researchers at MIT have found a way to grow bacteria to function as signal-senders that might allow plants to "sense and respond to environmental conditions such as drought or attack by pests". The study was published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology and details a novel way

GenAI cannot accurately grade student essays in higher education, study finds

New research from Cardiff University and the University of Melbourne has investigated whether GenAI could mimic human marking when evaluating written student work. The results have been published in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education.

AI has young writers between a rock and a hard place

Buzzwords, clichéd phrases, formulaic sentences, and most notoriously—the use of the em dash. These are all signs readers and writers alike have learned to look out for when trying to spot whether something was written by AI . Authors and journalists have faced the brunt of this