Red Hat & IBM stand by Google in Supreme Court case against Oracle
It’s been almost 10 years since August 13, 2010, the fateful day when Oracle sued Google for copyright and patent infringement. The question of whether or...
How China Threatens Human Rights Worldwide
The Chinese government is not the only threat to human rights today, but it stands out for its reach and influence. The cause of human rights...
Help! Crumbs In My Bed Are Making Me Crazy
One of the best things about this job is how you’re constantly delighting me with the questions you ask! To wit: Last week, when we gathered...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 14, 2020
Sponsored by A People’s History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian, new in paperback from Algonquin Books. These deals were active as of this writing, but may...
How to Be More Decisive, and How It’ll Change Your Life
Have you ever felt like your overthinking and indecisiveness have held you back from what you really want in life? That happens to the best of us,...
Bringing the Baby Back to Life
Losing someone you love means learning how to love an absence, to make shape out of nothing. When the person you love isn’t someone who lived...
What If the Afterlife Sucks?
In Vikram Paralkar’s Night Theater, a surgeon exiled to a clinic in rural India has to deal with the inconveniences of the backwaters—cockroaches, corrupt officials, and...
5 Comics and Graphic Novels to Read if You Love THE EXPANSE
The Expanse was one of the best shows on television. Until Syfy did what Syfy does and cancelled it after only three seasons. For months, fans...
Leri Price Wins 2019 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
On January 8, the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation announced their 2019 winner: Leri Price, for her “sharp and unobtrusive” translation of Khaled...
Why Self-Help Books Feature Authors on the Cover
Self-help books have exploded this past decade, with offerings from renown celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and even the late Elizabeth Taylor. The genre focuses on...
