Changing

Are we finally getting some good disability representation in fiction? Certainly, the publishing industry seems to have belatedly recognised the need to get disabled writers through the door. After a successful social media campaign, Amazon has recently introduced a “disability fiction” section. The Society of Authors now has a dedicated peer network for disabled and chronically ill writers. And in 2020, the Barbellion prize was set up to reward brilliant work by disabled authors. But does any of this mean that disabled…

Popular Australian kids’ TV show, Bluey, is an example of what parents (and their kids) love about local content. What are parents' favorite TV shows to watch with their kids? How important is it that kids' TV is Australian? Which are the best streaming services for children? …

| The final day of the Lake Como Comic Art Festival is upon us, where Bleeding Cool is coming from this weekend! But first, welcome to the Daily LITG. The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but at Bleeding Cool, you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more. The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. LITG: The true story of DC Comics' Changing Logo, in the ten…

Instacart Inc.’s plans to launch a public offering puts the grocery-delivery company up against this year’s volatile stock market and longer-term questions about how consumers shop for staples.San Francisco-based Instacart said late Wednesday that it confidentially filed for an initial public offering, less than two months after cutting its valuation by nearly 40%. By filing confidentially now, Instacart is positioning itself to go public as early as September, according to people familiar with the offering. Instacart…

The story of this year’s Google I/O actually started three years ago. At I/O 2019, onstage at the Shoreline Auditorium in Mountain View, California, Rick Osterloh, Google’s SVP of devices and services, laid out a new vision for the future of computing. “In the mobile era, smartphones changed the world,” he said. “It’s super useful to have a powerful computer wherever you are.” But he described an even more ambitious world beyond that, where your computer wasn’t a thing in your pocket at all. It was all around you. It…

Amitav Ghosh is a remarkably forward-looking writer. His latest novel Gun Island is a read for the new world. Though the book revolves around present issues that threaten our future, the writer has not given to despair yet. Despite the planetary destruction, chaos and the resultant suffering, he is hopeful. We sit at Mumbai’s iconic Taj Mahal Palace on a sultry afternoon and discuss it all—his latest book, Jnanpith win, friendships with Ram Chandra Guha and Vikram Seth, his love for the Sunderbans, fascination with…

‘You’re not complete as a woman unless you become a mother.’ With these brilliantly misleading words that every woman in India must have heard at some point of her life begins Pooja Pande’s book ‘Momspeak: The Funny, Bittersweet Story of Motherhood in India’. This spectacularly inane piece of wisdom is of course attributed to all the ‘aunties we know’ because who else would say such things, right? Pande’s book busts myths about motherhood in India, and therefore, it would make a wonderful gift for anyone…

Intel may be making some major changes to the architecture of its upcoming Meteor Lake chips, industry sources say. This could potentially give Intel an edge over competitors such as Apple. According to a new report from DigiTimes, Intel may switch from using its own 7nm process node to TSMC’s 5nm. Intel Meteor Lake refers to Intel’s 14th generation of processors that are set to release in 2023, following Raptor Lake this year. The chips will also represent the first generation of Intel chips that will feature a…

Google is hoping to make its performance reviews less of a burden to employees by making it so they only happen once a year instead of twice a year, requiring less paperwork, and changing the way employees are rated. According to a report from The Information, 47 percent of Google employees didn’t think that their time was well spent with the previous performance review system. It’s often hard to point to how internal changes can affect end users, but Google, as a company, has a reputation for either pulling the plug…

In recent years, the gambling industry has been transformed by technology, with advancements in digital gaming, virtual reality, and interactive displays. This has led to a more immersive experience for players, producing more excitement and accessibility. Casinos are rushing to keep up with the latest trends, which is good news for gamblers. Here is how some new UK casinos technology is changing the face of online gambling: Slot machines have evolved from mechanical to digital versions, which are more…