Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

'As a 27-year-old working journalist who challenges oppression and interrogates transphobia daily, I am embarrassed at Rep. Kaptur’s name on my resume.'

Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.

Forbidden Legacy now available, opining about Earth, upcoming events, and more

In July 2026, I wrote an article titled "Why You Should Skip Amazon Prime Days" to coincide with Amazon's Prime Day "sales" event, and on 6-7 October 2026 Amazon is running another such bogus event: Prime Big Deal Days. I'm amused by Amazon apparently leaning into the 6-7 meme, but other than that, I invite you to revisit the earlier article to learn why to give purchases on Amazon a pass. The immediate answer is that many listed sale prices are not actually discounted; the long-term answer is that Amazon is a sales behemoth that destroys industries by forcing creators and companies to adhere to its policies to their own detriment. Again, please read the earlier article, then turn elsewhere to shop for games that interest you. ****Want more diatribes like this one?**** Get Board Game Beat’s free posts by email — original reporting, designer interviews, and industry news, with no tracking, no ads, and no spam. Yes, please!

As thousands of people took to the streets across France on Tuesday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu denied there had been any 'police repression.'

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OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.

A new edition of the acclaimed game of cutthroat capitalism in the nineteenth century opium trade.

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At least one LGBTQ establishment in Texas says the social media giant has incorrectly disabled its social media account, potentially hurting business.

Beloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it.

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Just hours after Paramount Skydance Corp. issued $52 billion of debt to fund the biggest Hollywood buyout ever, investors were nursing hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, triggering a flurry of...