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Tribal hamlets in Namakkal district to get road after 75 years of Independence

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launches road project for tribal groups, inaugurates classrooms, libraries, and digitized document system.

The Hindu

Gram panchayat libraries will become more child friendly, says Priyank

Government upgrades gram panchayat libraries in Karnataka to promote reading among children, enhancing library supervisors' role.

The Hindu

Ivanti Pulse Secure was using decade-old Linux and outdated libraries — no wonder it was such a popular target for hackers

Hackers are having a field day with Ivanti products thanks to outdated operating systems and libraries.

TechRadar

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Palworld dev says it's alright to stop playing: "If you're no longer playing Palworld, we still love you, and we hope you'll come back for round 2"

"Play lots of games, try different genres, and frequently flick through indie libraries to find hidden gems"

GamesRadar

OPINION - Dim the streetlights and cancel Christmas – London's councils are going broke

No one ever wrote a folk song about local authority finances. Not even Lib Dem Glee Club will touch it. But when the money runs out, the rubbish piles up and the libraries shut their doors, voters quickly start to notice.

Evening Standard

Report: NVIDIA Forms Custom Chip Unit for Cloud Computing and More

With its highly successful A100 and H100 processors for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) applications, NVIDIA dominates AI datacenter deployments these days. But among large cloud service providers as well as emerging devices like software defined vehicles (SDVs) there is a global trend towards custom silicon. And, according…

AnandTech

‘Reading is so sexy’: gen Z turns to physical books and libraries

Book sales boom as readers escape the ‘oversaturation and noise of the wild west digital landscape’

The Guardian - UK

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German Libraries Up Defences Against Far-right Attack

Defaced and destroyed, books torn up and political messages scrawled across their pages: the evidence of an alleged far-right vandalism spree at a city library in Berlin covers an entire table.

International Business Times

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #96

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

Ballotpedia

How a decade of austerity has squeezed council budgets in England

Analysis of 13 years of data shows why there are more potholes and fewer libraries and swimming pools

The Guardian - UK

Books and looks: gen Z is ‘rediscovering’ the public library

Young people are using the hallowed institutions at higher rates than older generations. And they’re not just there to read

The Guardian - US

Are You a Librarian in a Public or School Library? Or Do You Know One Who Might Be Willing to Talk with Me?

I'm writing up a longish blog post about some controversies related to the "weeding" of books in public libraries and in public school libraries—which is to say, removal of books from library collections—and I'd love to talk to librarians who actually have some experience with this process. I've reviewed Rebecca…

Reason

OPINION - The British Library hack is a national outrage – and the Government must pay to save it

It is a national outrage that the British Library has been unable to fulfil its function over the past three months following a savage cyberattack – and that its functioning is likely to be severely limited for many months to come.

Evening Standard

Review finds libraries in England suffer ‘lack of recognition’ from government

Proposals include the creation of a libraries minister and a high-profile libraries laureate to be the sector’s public champion

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on the future of libraries: an old question of human dignity in a new form

Editorial: A cyber-attack on the British Library has shown how vulnerable digital archives are. It has reinforced the value of physical books and librarians

TechRadar

7 things the Nintendo Switch 2 needs to get right

What features can Nintendo realistically implement with the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2?

The Conversation

Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries

A phone fixation may seem at odds with an attraction to books. But the latter may offer a much-needed reprieve from the former.

The Guardian - AU

‘The incentive to steal isn’t there’: the lost cause of tracking library theft

Few Australian libraries know how many items are stolen – be it the Bible or DVDs – and many no longer have an overdue fee

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Libraries for the future: Europe’s new wave of ‘meeting places for the mind’

From Ghent’s De Krook to Helsinki’s Oodi, recent civic constructions have shared a vision of the library as a living room for the modern city

The National (Scotland)

‘Shocking and unacceptable’: Nearly 250k Scots using libraries and cafes to keep warm

NEARLY a quarter of a million people in Scotland have turned to using cafes, libraries and community centres to keep warm, a charity has warned.

The Conversation

2 colonists had similar identities – but one felt compelled to remain loyal, the other to rebel

Through the early 1750s, two men in the British colony of Rhode Island – Martin Howard and Stephen Hopkins – had similar backgrounds and led strikingly similar lives. They knew each other, were both supporters of libraries with successful legal careers, and were politically active.

The Guardian - UK

Charity launches support scheme for at-risk libraries in wake of budget cuts

Around 650 libraries will benefit from Libraries Connected programme, as almost one in five council leaders fear bankruptcy this year or next

The Guardian - AU

Libraries in regional towns are building community on a shoestring budget

Despite a record increase in public library funding by the NSW government, most operate on the cost of a few new books per resident a year

The Guardian - UK

Millions wasted on attempt to create nationwide UK library website, campaigners claim

Former Waterstones boss Tim Coates among those to criticise government, Arts Council and British Library bid to create a ‘single digital presence’ for libraries

The Independent UK

Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Iowa law banning some books from school libraries and forbidding teachers from discussing LGBTQ+ issues

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