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Side Hustles in the Digital Age: Turning Online Passions into Revenue

Hobbies like gaming, digital art, and content curation can be monetized online, becoming accessible side hustles or full-time careers through platforms and marketplaces.

Wellness

4 hours ago

Intro to Personal Safety & Self-Defense Class | SF

One-hour empowerment self-defense class teaches awareness, intuition, de-escalation, verbal skills, and two physical techniques; free for adults with RSVP.

Digital life

fromZDNET

I answered the million dollar question about cloud storage services - here's my expert advice

Back up files to cloud storage to prevent data loss, enable access across devices, and follow the 3-2-1 backup rule.

Digital life

fromTechCrunch

Snapchat is going to charge for storage - here's how to save your Memories for free | TechCrunch

Snapchat limits free Memories storage to 5GB and requires exporting content or paying monthly storage plans to preserve excess Snaps.

OMG science

fromTravel + Leisure

October Has 6 Night Sky Wonders Including a Supermoon and 2 Meteor Showers

October's night sky offers visible meteor showers, planet–moon conjunctions, the Milky Way core near the horizon, and peak northern lights activity.

OMG science

fromFuturism

6 days ago

Scientists Say They May Have Just Detected a Wormhole From Another Universe

GW190521 may be an echo from a black hole merger in another universe that briefly formed a postmerger wormhole connecting to ours.

OMG science

fromsfist.com

Fireballs Seen In Evening Sky Thursday Over the Bay Were Just More Space Trash From Elon Musk

Disposable Starlink debris reentered over the Bay Area around 7:45 PM, producing a multi-piece fireball-like trail widely observed across the region.

UX design

fromMedium

4 days ago

Opaque systems, future of wearables, generative design, the agentic AI shift

Human-like conversational AI fosters misplaced trust, undermines critical thinking, and creates a self-reinforcing feedback loop increasing user reliance.

UX design

fromMedium

I Tested 5 AI Tools on 10 Real UI Design Prompts-Here's What Actually Works in 2025

First-pass AI design outputs vary widely; some tools produce usable, accessibility-aware UI solutions while others only generate aesthetic mockups.

Privacy professionals

fromDataBreaches.Net

22 hours ago

Legal Practice Board of Western Australia begins notifying data breach victims - DataBreaches.Net

Legal Practice Board of Western Australia is notifying individuals after Dire Wolf ransomware accessed additional health, financial, and personal data, including legal practitioners' information.

UX design

fromSmashing Magazine

21 hours ago

Intent Prototyping: A Practical Guide To Building With Clarity (Part 2) - Smashing Magazine

Designers should use Intent Prototyping to convert explicit intent into live, testable prototypes, preventing ambiguity and reducing design debt.

Tech industry

fromBusiness Insider

12 hours ago

Box CEO Aaron Levie says this is the biggest misconception about AI

AI will boost productivity and increase company headcounts rather than wholly replacing jobs, enabling workers to dramatically raise their output.

Privacy professionals

fromDataBreaches.Net

22 hours ago

The Identity Theft Resource Center Remains Open to Victims Amid Government Shutdown - DataBreaches.Net

Free identity-theft assistance and prevention resources are available from the Identity Theft Resource Center during the Federal Government shutdown.

EU data protection

fromTheregister

13 hours ago

Online attackers take Renault UK customer data for a joyride

Renault UK customer data was exposed after a third-party supplier's systems were hacked, including personal and vehicle identification details.

EU data protection

fromEuractiv

fromSocial Media Explorer

Ireland's data scandal put homes, clinics, and bases on the map - for sale | Euractiv

Weak GDPR enforcement in Ireland allowed near-real-time phone location data of tens of thousands to be sold online, enabling tracking from sensitive sites back to likely homes.

Social media marketing

11 hours ago

Growing Importance of Social Media Management in the Digital Era - Social Media Explorer

Strategic social media management is essential for maintaining relevance, fostering engagement, and managing risks across multiple platforms in a fast-changing digital landscape.

Marketing tech

fromMarTech

Marketers say AI aspirations get stuck in 'pilot purgatory' | MarTech

Marketing teams face a widening gap between AI aspirations and execution, with rising content demand outpacing capabilities and AI adoption stuck in pilot phases.

Remote teams

fromsilive

Looking for a work-from-home job? There companies are hiring, study says

Many large employers continue to offer permanent hybrid or remote-first work arrangements with flexible, manager-approved remote policies.

Marketing tech

fromMarTech

How to set up GA4 cross-domain tracking for global and multi-brand sites | MarTech

Cross-domain tracking in GA4 preserves user sessions across domains to provide accurate customer journey data and prevent misattribution.

Social media marketing

fromForbes

8 hours ago

10 Ways Recruiters Leverage Social Media To Find And Engage Top Talent

Social media enables recruiters to build authentic relationships, showcase company culture, and engage candidates to broaden reach, strengthen employer branding, and improve hires.

Marketing tech

fromExchangewire

13 hours ago

The Stack: Big Tech Moves

Meta will use chatbot conversations to personalise ads while OpenAI expands commerce inside ChatGPT and major industry consolidation and regulatory oversight reshape ad tech.

Social media marketing

fromForbes

fromElectronic Frontier Foundation

The New Funnel: 5 Strategies For Building A Circular Consumer Journey

Consumer purchase behavior has become a continuous 'infinity loop' on social platforms, requiring always-on, context-aware, influence-driven strategies across discovery to loyalty.

Privacy technologies

fromBitcoin Magazine

8 hours ago

Why "Ecash Coffee Day" Is No Longer Just A Celebration But A Call To Action

Chaumian ecash protocols like Fedimint and Cashu enable private, cash-like Bitcoin payments, sparking renewed innovation and adoption in digital-money privacy.

Wine

fromArchDaily

14 hours ago

Winery Belair-Monange / Herzog & de Meuron

Bélair-Monange winery in Saint-Émilion integrates sustainable production and visitor reception to meet future winegrowing needs within the UNESCO-listed town.

Privacy technologies

3 hours ago

Tile's Lack of Encryption Is a Danger for Users Everywhere

Life360's Tile trackers use static, unencrypted MAC addresses and lack proper encryption, enabling easy third-party and company access to precise location data and stalking.

Privacy technologies

fromAdExchanger

5 hours ago

Scott Spencer's New Startup Wants To Help Users Monetize Their Online Advertising Data | AdExchanger

A browser extension combines privacy consent management with a programmatic advertising ID that shares ad-revenue with users and integrates into existing ad tech.

Food & drink

fromCN Traveller

8 years ago

The 18 best restaurants in Brighton & Hove

Brighton's dining scene is inventive, performance-driven, sustainably focused, with bold global flavors, open-fire cooking, and vibrant neighborhoods offering diverse, high-quality restaurants.

Food & drink

fromDaily News

20 hours ago

The best things we ate at Southern California restaurants in September

Southern California restaurants introduce fall flavors and notable dishes like Habana's ropa vieja and Akashiro's Peruvian ceviche across LA, Orange County, and the Inland Empire.

Books

fromThe Atlantic

3 hours ago

A Half-Century of American Book Banning

Book banning persists and has broadened to target works about sex, race, gender, and queerness, with social media accelerating challenges and censorship.

Food & drink

fromEater

5 hours ago

We Asked: "Which Closed Bar or Restaurant Would You Bring Back?"

Closed beloved restaurants and bars can be temporarily revived for one final event to recreate influential dishes, drinks, and teams.

Media industry

fromDigiday

17 hours ago

Inside The Economist's plan to grow revenues in a post-search, AI-driven future

The Economist is prioritizing video, audio, stronger subscriber relationships, brand marketing, ad revenue, and refusing AI licensing to defend revenue in an AI-driven post-search era.

Remote teams

fromwww.cnbc.com

'In Praise of the Office': Wharton's Peter Cappelli on why he's in favor of return-to-work

Returning to the office boosts collaboration and performance; employers should adopt equitable return-to-office policies to maximize results in hybrid work.

Wine

fromThe Infatuation

Chambers - Review - Tribeca - New York - The Infatuation

Chambers in Tribeca is a wine-forward bar offering seasonal small plates, about 20 by-the-glass wines, affordable draft pours, and a convivial marble-bar atmosphere.

Writing

frombeehiiv Blog

fromFood & Beverage Magazine

The Best Website Builder for Authors in 2025

Authorship requires claiming and sharing work via a reliable platform; beehiiv simplifies audience growth, monetization, and site maintenance for authors.

Frank Schindler Appointed Director of ProWein Dusseldorf, Leading Vision into the Future - Food & Beverage Magazine

The wine and spirits industry is witnessing a pivotal leadership change as Frank Schindler prepares to take the helm of ProWein Düsseldorf, the world's premier trade fair for wines and spirits. This strategic appointment signals a new era of innovation and global expansion for an event that has long been considered the heartbeat of the international beverage industry. A Strategic Leadership Transition Effective October 15, 2025, Frank Schindler will assume the role of Director of ProWein

Remote teams

fromForbes

Why Microshifting Signals The End Of The Traditional 9-To-5

Microshifting replaces the traditional 9-to-5 as employees break days into flexible segments to balance work, family, education, and multiple jobs.

Writing

fromJezebel

Ready to Be Freaked Out? It's Scary Story Contest Time!

Submit true, frightening real-life stories in October via comments; no AI, brevity preferred, winners published after judging.

Europe news

fromwww.npr.org

fromwww.caughtoffside.com

Greetings from Kyiv, where you might stumble across Zelenskyy taking a stroll

Kyiv's Maidan sparked two mass revolutions against Kremlin influence, reshaped Ukrainian politics, and helped propel Volodymyr Zelenskyy into leadership and wartime prominence.

English Premier League

3 days ago

Sources: Premier League club leading contender to sign Marc Guehi, it's not Liverpool

Marc Guehi is likely to leave Crystal Palace in January with multiple top clubs including Tottenham, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City and United interested.

Writing

fromwww.theguardian.com

3 days ago

My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI now it's stealing my em dashes too

Em dashes are being treated as signs of AI, forcing writers to remove them and alter natural punctuation, risking personal style and grammatical loss.

Europe news

fromwww.npr.org

3 days ago

With no guarantee of U.S. weapons, Ukraine races to make its own

Ukraine is rapidly expanding a domestic drone industry producing low-cost disposable and higher-end reusable drones to offset depleted Soviet-era stockpiles and reduced U.S. assistance.

English Premier League

fromSoccer News

5 days ago

Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal: What Were The Main Talking Points As The Gunners Mount A Sensational Last-Gasp Comeback At St. James' Park? - Soccer News

Arsenal mounted a late comeback to beat Newcastle 2-1, moving within two points of Liverpool and demonstrating strong mental resilience.

English Premier League

fromwww.amny.com

GOAL USA's The Rondo podcast connecting American soccer fans | amNewYork

GOAL USA's The Rondo hosted large Premier League watch parties at The Ground NYC, featuring interactive fan engagement, British food, and a strong local soccer community atmosphere.

Europe news

fromwww.npr.org

German and Swedish jets intercept Russian military plane over Baltic Sea

German and Swedish fighters intercepted and monitored a Russian IL-20M reconnaissance plane that entered neutral Baltic Sea airspace after NATO scrambled quick reaction alert forces.

#new-york-islanders

7 hours ago

New York Islanders

Islanders' special teams concerning despite win over Flyers

Islanders won 4-3 in preseason but showed worrying special-teams issues, with penalty-kill breakdowns and inconsistent power-play execution.

New York Islanders

3 takeaways from the NY Islanders' preseason

Matthew Schaefer likely earns a regular roster spot with his speed; Calum Ritchie will see NHL action despite injury; Max Shabanov shows NHL-suited skill.

7 hours ago

New York Islanders

Islanders' special teams concerning despite win over Flyers

fromwww.101greatgoals.com

New York Islanders

3 takeaways from the NY Islanders' preseason

more#new-york-islanders

Real Madrid

Real Madrid v Villarreal Line-ups, stats and preview

Real Madrid have multiple defensive absences but retain attacking dominance and are favored to win at home; predicted score Real 3-1 Villarreal.

#emo

SF music

Sadderday: An Emo/Pop-Punk/Screamo Dance Party | SF

Monthly First-Thursday night at Pop's Bar features emo, pop punk, post-hardcore, screamo, indie, electro and 90s–2000s hits starting at 9:30 pm.

SF music

Sadderday: An Emo/Pop-Punk/Screamo Dance Party | SF

Monthly First-Thursday pop-punk/emo dance night at Pop's Bar in San Francisco playing 90s–2000s emo, pop punk, post-hardcore, screamo, indie and electro starting 9:30 PM.

SF music

Sadderday: An Emo/Pop-Punk/Screamo Dance Party | SF

SF music

Sadderday: An Emo/Pop-Punk/Screamo Dance Party | SF

Mets begin staff overhaul after missing playoffs

The New York Mets are overhauling their coaching staff after missing the playoffs despite the highest opening-day payroll; several coaches were dismissed, resigned, or retired while Mendoza stays.

Germany news

fromwww.dw.com