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New HR Study Reveals Published Authors Command 2x Higher Rates and 86% Hiring Preference in Professional Services

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — A groundbreaking new study from The Evolution of Publishing Institute reveals that published authorship creates a dramatic “Author Authority Premium” in professional services, with published authors commanding overwhelmingly higher preference rates, premium fees, and enhanced credibility compared to non-author counterparts with identical qualifications. The Read More

SecuGen Corp. Announces Unity 20 USB-S: A Versatile, Platform-Agnostic Fingerprint Reader for Developers

The Unity 20 USB-S is a smart, all-in-one fingerprint recognition system that provides fingerprint image capture, template extraction and matching SANTA CLARA, Calif. /California Newswire/ — SecuGen is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Unity(tm) 20 USB-S, a fully programmable fingerprint reader designed for developers and system integrators Read More

Creator behind AI actress responds to backlash: ‘she is not a replacement for a human being’

Tilly Norwood looks and sounds real, but she’s not real at all. Created by Eline Van Der Velden, the CEO of the AI production company Particle6, the “actress” has garnered interest from studios with talent agents eyeing to sign her. Variety reports, Van Der Velden explained at the Zurich Summit Read More

Can your Halloween decorations get you into legal trouble?

Halloween-loving homeowners have been known to show little restraint when decorating for the holiday, putting up taller and taller skeletons each year, or finding new and creative ways to scatter fake entrails and viscera across their lawns. But can Halloween decorations ever go too far, in terms of breaking the Read More

Trump announces ‘100% tariff on all movies’ made outside United States

President Donald Trump made a major announcement on Monday morning regarding films made outside of the country. In a post to Truth Social, the president said: “Our movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing ‘candy from a baby.’” He Read More

Bad Bunny to headline Super Bowl 2026 halftime show

Bad Bunny will bring his Latin trap and reggaeton swagger to the NFL’s biggest stage next year: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show in Northern California. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Bad Bunny will lead the halftime festivities from Levi’s Stadium on Feb. Read More

Selena Gomez stuns in first wedding photos with Benny Blanco after private ceremony

Selena Gomez is officially a married woman. The multi-hyphenate singer, actress, and beauty mogul tied the knot with producer-songwriter Benny Blanco in a private ceremony on September 27, 2025, and shared the first breathtaking photos from their wedding day on Instagram. In the images, Gomez radiates old Hollywood glamour in Read More

REVIEW: Nation of Language’s ‘Dance Called Memory’ navigates sadness through indie pop

(KTLA) — It’s been five years since indie pop band Nation of Language debuted (during the pandemic, no less) with their stellar, “Introduction, Presence.” In that time, the Brooklyn-based outfit has cultivated its own sonic lane by combining a dreamy, somewhat ’80s synthscape with earthy, modern live instrumentation to create Read More