Newsletter

Are Hearing Aids the Next Hot Tech?

They're featuring translation abilities, health metrics, sound isolation, and more

Transformative Agreements Transform OA

Deals shift APCs from funders and back to institutions as the "hot potato" gets passed

Interview: Josh Nicholson, Scite.ai

An interesting new startup shows how timing is critical to feasibility

The "Tomatometer" Is Unreliable, Too

Like Altmetric, the "Rotten Tomatoes" system shows how scoring is problematic

Facebook Is Bad at Publishing

Would normal publication practices help to make social media safe and pleasant?

Let's Drop the Idea of "Generations"

Thinking of people as "of a generation" obscures much, and is probably misleading

Is the Worm Turning for NFP Publishers?

Commercial deals of late and new innovations in access models suggest a change is afoot

Digital: Designed for Distraction

Is the current digital design paradigm to blame for the popularity of the PDF?

AI as Ungoverned Protozoan Life

When it encounters reality, its biases and limitations can do real harm

Reverse-Flips and Lax Monitoring

Two interesting insights may indicate that when it comes to OA, "it's complicated"