Japan’s Eiko Kadono, author of ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service,’ still believes in the magic of books at 91

Eiko Kadono, the 91-year-old author behind Japan’s most famous and beloved children's fantasy books, has a little trouble ...
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National Museum of Asian Art Renews Partnership With National Institute of Japanese Literature, Expands Digital Access to Rare Books

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has renewed its memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL), part of the National Institutes for the ...
The Next Web

Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.

Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement ...
NDTV

CBSE Explains Phased Implementation Of Third Language: Books, Assessment, Rules, Exceptions

CBSE Third Language Explained: The assessment of R3 will be internal based only. CBSE Third Language Explained: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has explained the implementation of the ...
TechCrunch

Spotify launches the ability to purchase physical books in the US and UK

In February, Spotify made an exciting (and a bit unusual) move when it entered the world of physical book sales. As of this week, the new feature is officially live in the U.S. and the U.K., allowing ...
The Conversation

Using books as discussion prompts can help children with language delay

Since the pandemic, more children have been starting school without being “school-ready”. In 2022-23, 33% of all children starting reception in England did not have the skills needed for success in ...
Irish Central

Irish language TikToker's book published in the US gets Irish release date

When Laura Pakenham began sharing Irish language videos on TikTok, she did not expect that her passion would lead to a US book deal before an Irish one. Now, after being published in the US and Canada ...
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Java Holds No 3 in Tiobe Index as C# Wins 2025 Programming Language of the Year

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after the largest ...
InfoQ

InfoQ Java Trends Report 2025

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this eMag, we try to establish agentic AI ...
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A Language of Limbs

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New Scientist

Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

Language is one of the few faculties that still seems to be uniquely human. Other animals, like chimpanzees and songbirds, have developed elaborate communication systems, but none appears to convey ...