PICOF 2026: Manila’s Free Comics Festival Opens Its Doors to the World
PICOF 2026 opens free in Manila, July 10–12, with 200+ exhibitors, masterclasses, and a Larry Alcala centennial tribute.
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Author: Mark Williams
AI Data Centres and the Green Moral Panic: What Publishing Gets Wrong About AI’s Environmental Impact
The viral claims about AI data centres and water use are real but missing context. TNPS examines what the numbers actually mean, what the regulatory precedents are, and why publishing’s green panic is selective to the point of dishonesty.
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I Asked Eight AIs About the Amazon AI-Books Panic. They Couldn’t Agree How Big Amazon Is
A viral chart and a straightforward question, put to eight freemium AI tools. The answers didn’t just disagree on conclusions – they disagreed on basic, checkable facts, with total confidence, every time.
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The AI Books Panic Chart Is Real. The Panic Isn’t
The chart has been doing the rounds this month, and because it’s of the kind that travels well precisely because it needs no caption – a red wave climbing against a pink one, a single dotted line marking the release of ChatGPT-3.5 – it even managed to penetrate the darkness of power-crisis-ridden The Gambia.
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The Iron Maiden Piracy Myth – AI and Publishing’s Missed Opportunities
The debunked Iron Maiden piracy myth resurfaces on LinkedIn. A look at what really happened, why AI fact-checking failed, and what publishers should learn.
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