Inside Anthrocon: How furries and fandom boost downtown Pittsburgh

Anthrocon, the world’s largest furry convention, returns to Pittsburgh, bringing thousands of fans and millions in visitor ...

U.S. Anime Conventions Are Pricing Out Fans With Higher Entrance Costs

With rising costs and high employment, U.S. anime conventions may see declining attendance this year as fans find themselves ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Spring AI 2.0 Goes GA, Giving Java Developers a More Mature AI App Stack

Spring AI 2.0 advances the Java framework for generative AI apps with a Spring Boot 4 baseline, cleaner agentic tooling, Model Context Protocol support and vendor-backed integrations including Azure ...
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Java Factory Pours Flavor 52 Campaign, Brews Weekly Discovery

Creative is by Cool Nerds Marketing, teamed with in-house efforts. The weekly drop becomes the marketing event. Scarcity is not a supply-chain problem. Scarcity is the strategy, Sam Blaney, EVP, Two ...