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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for March 30, 2026
A journey through the stars, a steamy Apollo and Cassandra retelling, a deal with a demon to win back an ex-girlfriend, and more of today's best book deals
Joel Kinnaman Is Off the Chain in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole
This article contains spoilers for Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, but not the killer’s identity In the first episode of Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole, it’s clear that Joel Kinnaman has had no trouble shaking off the nice guy persona he’s been adopting over the last seven years for Apple’s cult sci-fi show For All Mankind. Viewers […] The post Joel Kinnaman Is Off the Chain in Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole appeared first on Den of Geek.
5 Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Early Readers and Beginner Chapter Books
These laugh-out-loud funny early readers and beginner chapter books will help make new readers giggle and build a love of books.
April 7 is National Black Bookstore Day
The National Association of Black Bookstores will mark National Black Bookstore Day every year on April 7. Here's how you can support.
Media Authenticity Methods in Practice: Capabilities, Limitations, and Directions
As synthetic media grows, verifying what’s real, and the origin of content, matters more than ever. Our latest report explores media integrity and authentication methods, their limits, and practical paths toward trustworthy provenance across images, audio, and video. The post Media Authenticity Methods in Practice: Capabilities, Limitations, and Directions appeared first on Microsoft Research.
GroundedPlanBench: Spatially grounded long-horizon task planning for robot manipulation
Vision-language models (VLMs) use images and text to plan robot actions, but they still struggle to decide what actions to take and where to take them. Most systems split these decisions into two steps: a VLM generates a plan in natural language, and a separate model translates it into executable actions. This approach often breaks […] The post GroundedPlanBench: Spatially grounded long-horizon task planning for robot manipulation appeared first on Microsoft Research.
Project Silica’s advances in glass storage technology
Project Silica introduces new techniques for encoding data in borosilicate glass, as described in the journal Nature. These advances lower media cost and simplify writing and reading systems while supporting 10,000-year data preservation. The post Project Silica’s advances in glass storage technology appeared first on Microsoft Research.
PlugMem: Transforming raw agent interactions into reusable knowledge
It seems counterintuitive: giving AI agents more memory can make them less effective. As interaction logs accumulate, they grow large, fill with irrelevant content, and become increasingly difficult to use. More memory means that agents must search through larger volumes of past interactions to find information relevant to the current task. Without structure, these records mix […] The post PlugMem: Transforming raw agent interactions into reusable knowledge appeared first on Microsoft Research.
3 Mysteries to Read Instead of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME
These mysteries with autistic characters center the experiences of autistic people, and put thought into their depictions of neurodivergence.