Technological trends are often short-lived and have no lasting effect. New programming languages show up every year, ...

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C# wins Tiobe Programming Language of the Year honors for 2025 C# saw the largest increase in ranking in the index year over year, while Java held steady, C and C++ swapped positions, R and Perl rose, ...

A 200-year-old book distributor is closing. Here's what that means for public libraries January 7, 2026 • Baker & Taylor is one of very few companies that handle book distribution for libraries — ...