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Random Apple Music playlists are showing up in people's libraries and nobody knows why

Some people are finding other people's playlists in their Apple Music libraries, sparking privacy concerns.

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YouTuber's wild $20k quest to preserve the Nintendo eShop could be the only legal way to save game history, and that sucks

We shouldn't have needed The Completionist's absurd mission to save the 3DS and Wii U libraries in the first place

GamesRadar

Nvidia GTC 2023 Keynote Live Blog

Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference (GTC) for the spring of 2023 kicks off with a keynote covering all the latest happenings in the world of graphics, AI, and more.

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Libraries in five London boroughs to benefit from £60m funding

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced the sum to help ‘level up’ access to the arts for different areas across the country

Evening Standard

What is the ‘steal now, crack later’ quantum computing threat?

The capabilities of quantum computing have been rapidly developing over the last decade, and are expected to mature over the next. By 2030, in fact, the industry widely expects commercial quantum computing offerings to be available in the mainstream. While the business use cases of quantum computing are being contemplated,…

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SS Great Britain to get over £700,000 for urgent repairs

South West to receive a £9 million boost for museums, libraries and cultural venues

Bristol Post

More than £450,000 awarded to Wollaton Hall for water damage repairs

Nottingham will benefit from the government's Cultural Investment Fund to the tune of £594,347, with funding being allocated to Wollaton Hall and the city's library service.

Nottingham Post

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School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content

Longstanding disagreements about content in school libraries often focus this year on books with LGBTQ themes

The Independent UK

Manchester libraries and Salford and Bury museums to get boost to funding

“Culture helps us create lifelong memories with our families and friends, provides entertainment and joy, and allows us to explore the world around us in new and exciting ways. "

Manchester Evening News

North East museums and libraries set to benefit from £60m government Cultural Investment Fund

Beneficiaries of the Cultural Investment Fund have been announced today by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer

Chronicle Live

Government announces almost £60m in cultural funding for regions outside London

Seventy museums, public libraries and other venues in places including Walsall, Barnsley, Bradford and Stoke-on-Trent will receive investment.

The Independent UK

It seems as if Wayne Brown doesn't know what a library is

The Auckland Mayor’s comments belittle the skills, expertise and commitment of library staff and undermine the library profession more generally, says Anne Goulding

Newsroom.co.nz

Tennessee's drag ban rehashes old culture war narratives

Tennessee recently passed legislation that bans drag from being performed in public spaces, as well as in the view of children. Although Tennessee is the first state to enact such a ban, it is unlikely to be the last, as others with conservative legislatures are currently considering similar action. Some…

The Conversation

The once thriving shopping parade that became 'Manchester's biggest eyesore'

Doomed Eastford Square was once an integral part of its Collyhurst community

Manchester Evening News

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: When did libraries become the bad guys?

Hillsborough County, Florida’s fast-growing suburbs in the south and east face many problems. A rogue library system isn’t among them. We’re not sure where Michael Owen, a newly-elected Republican county commissioner, is going with this campaign. But no one should want Hillsborough to reprise an ugly chapter by entangling itself…

Daily Record

Seven Perth and Kinross libraries saved from proposed closure

Perth and Kinross Council has committed funding to keep the libraries open this year but will review how affordable and sustainable they are

Tribune News Service

A Pa. library posted a children's drag queen book on Facebook. Then the calls and threats came

PITTSBURGH — The Moon Township librarians rushed around the normally quiet library one December day locking the doors hours before closing. The phones relentlessly rang off the hook as callers on the other end threatened violence and called the librarians groomers and pedophiles. Eventually, the phones were disconnected.

Chicago Tribune

Legislation aims to deter book bans at public libraries by withholding grants

Legislation aimed at discouraging public libraries from banning books has been introduced in the Democratic-controlled Illinois General Assembly amid largely partisan battles around the country over what books and school curricula are suitable for children.

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80 former Congress members mishandled classified documents

WASHINGTON — Documents with classified markings were found mingled in material donated to libraries or universities by as many as 80 former members of Congress, the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday.

Reason

"Book Bans," "Social Media Censorship," and Our Tongues

One often hears school libraries' decisions to remove certain books labeled "book bans." Some object: Such removals don't actually ban the book; the book remains available at bookstores, and often at public libraries. It's just that the school system has decided not to make the book available to its students…

The Independent UK

Author Joanne Harris calls for more investment in libraries and the arts

She spoke out after receiving an OBE for services to literature from the Prince of Wales.

Liverpool Echo

Campaigner says 'libraries are levellers' as another is closed

The council previously reversed a plan to close libraries due to public backlash

Chicago Sun-Times

School libraries are still essential, even in this digital age

Before students consider themselves readers, they must first see themselves as successful at reading. We greatly diminish those odds by removing school libraries and educators dedicated to that endeavor.

Reason

Brickbat: Reading Is Fundamental

In Georgia, the Forsyth County school system has agreed to pay the legal fees of a group of mothers who sued to overturn a system policy that banned them from reading books from school libraries at school board meetings. The settlement came after a federal court issued an injunction against…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on children’s reading: a gift that should be for all

Editorial: With stressed families less likely to have time and money to spare for books, young readers are losing out. It’s time to boost school libraries

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