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The article discusses the decline of consumer rights in a digital world, where buying films, music, books, and video games often means nothing more than obtaining an empty code, as illustrated by the upcoming physical release of Grand Theft Auto, which will only contain a download code. #DroitsDesConsommateurs #JeuxVidéo #Numérique (translated)

"I grew up with a strong sense of injustice all around me," she said in December 2003 in an interview with the Volkskrant in Tanzania, her then-base as president of the Rwandan tribunal. "As a child of 4, I was told that I could not go to the beach to swim. I felt my parents' fear, saw how they were treated by the whites. I noticed that at school we received old books and desks, the cast-offs from the white schools." #NaviPillay #Mensenrechten #Apartheid (translated)

During recent tumultuous protests in Belgium and France, much was destroyed, but interestingly, a bookstore remained unharmed, which prompts columnist Kitty Herweijer to reflect on the destructive tendencies of youth, despite the legitimate reasons for their discontent. #protest #onderwijs #geweld (translated)

Today at 1:00 PM, the Nobel Prize for Literature will be awarded, with the outcome still uncertain, but literature expert Joost de Vries speculates that the longer a writer is mentioned as a candidate, the smaller the chance that he or she will actually win. #NobelprijsLiteratuur #Literatuur #Boekennieuws (translated)

"NATO has already called for calm, which is wise. Look: the rhetoric is intensifying in the Kremlin, but there is no plan to block Kaliningrad at all. So the threats are part of the broader Russian strategy to undermine support for Ukraine in Europe. We must not be swept along. These texts are a form of propaganda. But they achieve no results; here in Lithuania, there is no great debate about it. We have seen this before." "Those big words about the use of nuclear weapons are mainly aimed at undermining European support for Ukraine," Budrys says in conversation with this site. #Litouwen #RussischeDreiging #Afschrikking (translated)

Three thousand unpublished books by amateur and other writers will receive a permanent place in the National Library, as a continuation of the Book Spectacle, an initiative of the Utrecht Library that offers unpublished works a platform. #onuitgegevenboeken #BibliotheekUtrecht #Boekenspektakel (translated)

The English writer and politician Jeffrey Archer, who passed away at the age of 86, led a tumultuous life marked by both political successes and legal scandals, and he published millions of books worldwide, often inspired by his own controversial experiences. #JeffreyArcher #Controverse #Biografie (translated)

Publishers have decided to stop the bundled sale of school books following a call from the Authority for Consumers and Markets, allowing schools to choose between only printed books, only digital teaching materials, or a combination of both. #onderwijs #schoolboeken #koppelverkoop (translated)

"If you manage to solve those implementation issues, it will have a significant impact. But especially for the unions, it will be: no pain, no gain. To really achieve results, less popular measures must also be taken." The king just means: there are no easy solutions, there first needs to be a willingness to make fundamental changes. #SociaalAkkoord #Bezuinigingen #SocialeZekerheid (translated)

King Willem-Alexander has shown his interest in the colonial past of the House of Orange-Nassau and received five books that examine his family's role in Dutch colonial history, despite the fact that the Oranges were historically not central to it. #kolonialisme #Oranje #geschiedenis (translated)

„AI maakt een productieve onderzoeker nóg productiever”Nou ja wel een beetje, heeft de Britse statisticus Nicholas Polson van de University of Chicago schoorvoetend toegegeven, toen The Washington Post hem deze maand confronteerde met twijfels aan zijn score van het afgelopen jaar: van ruim tweehonderd artikelen en veertien boeken was hij auteur of co-auteur. #KunstmatigeIntelligentie #Wetenschap #Publiceren

Statisticus Nicholas Polson, die in één jaar meer dan tweehonderd artikelen en veertien boeken publiceerde, heeft toegegeven AI te hebben gebruikt voor efficiëntie, maar zijn werkwijze wordt betwist door critici die vrezen voor de impact van kunstmatige intelligentie op de kwaliteit van wetenschappelijk onderzoek. #KunstmatigeIntelligentie #Wetenschap #Publiceren

De Canadese-Haïtiaanse schrijver Thélyson Orélien werd van de shortlist van de voornaamste Franse boekenprijs geschrapt na beschuldigingen dat zijn debuutroman 'C’était ça ou mourir' vrijwel volledig door AI zou zijn geschreven. #ThélysonOrélien #AIBeschuldigingen #Literatuurprijs