Google's AI Writes Poetry After Reading Thousands of Romance Novels

Google's AI has written several poems after reading thousands of romance novels. May 19, 2016

New Version of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code Being Released for Young Adults

Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is getting a new look and some editing for a young adult audience. The book will be released in September, before Inferno hits theaters. May 18, 2016

Hamilton Author Lin-Manuel Miranda's Inspiring Commencement Speech at University of Pennsylvania

Hamilton writer Lin-Manuel Miranda gave an excellent commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania. He discusses the power of story and its link to creativity. May 18, 2016

Scripps Buys Cracked for $39 Million

Scripps has acquired the humor brand Cracks. Cracked runs a website, apps and a podcast and creates original video. May 17, 2016

Veronica Roth Ventures Into Science Fiction in Carve the Mark

Veronica Roth's next series will be science fiction. It starts with Carve the Mark which arrives in stores early next year. May 17, 2016

Women Writers Dominate 2015 Nebula Awards

Women won in all category but one at the 2015 Nebula Awards. The winning novel is uprooted by Naomi Novik. May 16, 2016

Han Kang and Deborah Smith Win 2016 Man Booker International Prize

Han Kang and Deborah Smith won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for the novel, The Vegetarian. May 16, 2016

Tell-All Book by Anonymous Congressman Climbs Amazon Bestseller List

A tell-all book by an anonymous congressman has been climibng the bestseller list on Amazon May 15, 2016

Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks Writing New Black Panther Comics Series

National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses writing the new Black Panther comics series for Marvel and his take on the character. May 15, 2016

NBCUniversal to Acquire DreamWorks Animation

NBCUniversal has announced plans to acquire DreamWorks Animation. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2016. May 14, 2016

Leonard Riggio to Retire as Barnes & Noble Chairman

Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio is retiring from his position as Chairman of Barnes & Noble. He will remain on the Board. May 14, 2016

Dead Writers Perfume Smells Like Old Books

Sweet Tea Apothecary has created a fragrance called Dead Writers Perfume. It smells like old books. May 14, 2016

George R.R. Martin Releases New Chapter From The Winds of Winter

George R.R. Martin has released a new chapter from Winds of Winter, written from the point of view of Princess Arianne of Dorn. May 12, 2016

Instagram Unveils New Logo and App Design

Instagram has unveiled a new look for its logo and its popular photo sharing app. May 11, 2016

Moist, Crevice and Slacks: Study Reveals the Most Repulsive English Words

The word moist is absolutely despised by Americans, as are the words crevice, slacks and phlegm. A new study looks at word avulsion in America. May 7, 2016

Free Comic Book Day 2016 is Saturday May 7th

Alan Tudyk discusses Free Comic Book Day 2016 and his and Nathon Fillion's new comic Spectrum which is part of their web series Con Man. May 6, 2016

Walt Whitman's Manly Health Tips

Walt Whitman is one of the best known American poets. He also gave some health advice in articles for the New York Atlas. May 4, 2016

Australian Entrepreneur Craig Wright Claims He Created Bitcoin

Australian entrepreneur Craig Steven Wright claims he is the person behind Bitcoin. Some are disputing his claim. May 2, 2016

Facebook Reportedly Developing a New Camera App

Facebook is reportedly developing a new camera app. It will open directly to a camera. April 26, 2016

The Verge Launches Gadget Blog Called Circuit Breaker

The Verge has launched a new gadget blog called Circut Breaker. It is billed as the world's best. April 25, 2016

Don DeLillo's Zero K Arrives in Bookstores in May

Don DeLillo's new novel Zero K arrives in bookstores in May 2016. It is published by Scribner. April 25, 2016

Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill Defends Doctor Strange Casting Decision

Screenwriter C. Robert Cargill is tired of getting grief over the casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One in the Doctor Strange movie. He discusse the reasons for the decision. April 25, 2016

Singer Songwriter Prince Dead at 57

The Oscar and multiple Grammy Award winning singer songwriter Prince was found dead in his home at the age of 57. April 21, 2016

PicsArt App Raises $20 Million in Funding

The PicsArt app has raised $20 million in funding to target growth in China and Japan. April 20, 2016

Verizon and Hearst Enter Agreement to Acquire Complex

Verizon and Hearst have announced a joint agreement to acquire Complex in a 50/50 ownership structure. Rich Antoniello will remain CEO. April 18, 2016