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Digital life
fromBusiness Insider
16 hours ago

A Gen Xer is relieved she wasn't raised in the digital world.

Ubiquitous smartphone use at live events obstructs views and diminishes audience enjoyment, replacing immersive experience with screen-focused behavior.
Wellness
fromWIRED
20 hours ago

Do Not Jump Into an Ice Bath Before Your 12-Mile Run, and Other Cold Plunge Tips

Cold plunging after workouts for one to five minutes at 10–15°C can reduce muscle soreness, support recovery, stimulate circulation, and boost mood.
Wellness
fromBusiness Insider
21 hours ago

America's oldest workers gravitate towards one particular career field

Many Americans aged 80+ continue working in roles serving other older adults, finding purpose and improving community well-being through caregiving, teaching, and nonprofit work.
Wellness
fromIndependent
1 day ago

'It was a hard-earned lesson on how to budget and make your money last' - how to financially plan for a career break

Extended unpaid career breaks can be manageable and rewarding with proper financial planning, enabling family time, rest, and opportunities to explore new directions.
Digital life
fromwww.wanderwithjo.com
20 hours ago

How Global Nomads Are Using Second Citizenship to Outsmart Visa Limits

Second citizenship provides legal, indefinite mobility that solves visa limitations for digital nomads, enabling continuous remote residency across borders.
Digital life
fromEngadget
11 hours ago

Steam store pages get a mini makeover to better suit wide screens

Steam store pages have been redesigned with a wider 1200-pixel layout, higher-resolution image support, new media viewing modes, and cleaner formatting across several hubs.
OMG science
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 days ago

Scientist believes 3I/Atlas 'acceleration might be the technological signature of an internal engine' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

3I/Atlas is an interstellar object showing unusual behavior, including non-gravitational acceleration and an unexpected blue color possibly from artificial or natural sources.
OMG science
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 days ago

How to see the biggest supermoon of the year over London on Bonfire Night

The Beaver Supermoon on November 5 will be the closest, largest, and brightest full moon of 2025, appearing up to 14% larger and 30% brighter.
OMG science
fromConde Nast Traveler
1 week ago

Your November 2025 Horoscope: Wrong Turns May Lead You to Something Better

Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius and Scorpio (Nov 9–29) heightens miscommunication and travel disruptions while offering a rare chance to revisit and correct long-standing life patterns.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Why Most UX Portfolios Fail to Impress Stakeholders (and How to Fix It)

Design commonly reports usability metrics but must demonstrate measurable business outcomes to build stakeholder trust and prove value.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

Intuitive Interfaces: What Actually Makes Them Clear

Poor interface design creates scattered obstacles that confuse users; clarity requires systematic, high-quality visual design, predictable structure, and alignment with business goals and audience thinking.
UX design
fromMedium
1 week ago

UX 3.0

UX 3.0 shifts design from interface-centered pages to human-centered, AI-driven ecosystems where intelligent agents co-create ethical, emotional, and cognitive experiences.
Tech industry
fromABC7 Los Angeles
8 hours ago

DriveSavers is rescuing lost data while restoring peace of mind

DriveSavers recovers inaccessible data from damaged or failed storage devices, restoring photos, videos, documents, phones, servers, and ransomware-affected systems.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
10 hours ago

The 1 Number That Shows Why Alphabet Is a Buy Today

Google Cloud's remaining performance obligations reached $155 billion, indicating substantial contract-backed AI and cloud revenue growth that strengthens Alphabet's competitive cloud position.
Privacy professionals
fromTheregister
20 hours ago

Mozilla fellow Esra'a Al Shafei watches the watchers

Esra'a Al Shafei created Surveillance Watch to map and expose surveillanceware vendors, their customers, and funders to help people defend against mass surveillance.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Mother of transgender teen accuses Queensland government of privacy breach that could have outed' her child

Queensland health department requested parents' confidential details of transgender children, risking outing and raising privacy and intimidation concerns amid a puberty blocker ban.
EU data protection
fromFortune
1 day ago

EU moves to weaken landmark AI Act amid pressure from Trump and U.S. tech giants, according to news report | Fortune

The EU is considering weakening parts of the AI Act amid pressure from Big Tech and the US, possibly delaying some implementation.
EU data protection
fromTheregister
1 day ago

Microsoft's data sovereignty: Now with extra sovereignty!

Microsoft expands European data sovereignty with in-country AI and cloud processing, larger Azure Local capacity and Microsoft 365 Local to reassure amid CLOUD Act concerns.
Privacy professionals
fromArs Technica
1 day ago

Oddest ChatGPT leaks yet: Cringey chat logs found in Google analytics tool

OpenAI's handling of ChatGPT prompts exposed user chats in Google Search Console, leaving users unsure if fixes fully stop prompts being sent or scraped.
National Football League
fromMusket Fire
7 hours ago

Tom Brady's latest team rankings will make Patriots fans smile again

New England has emerged as a top NFL team in 2025 under Mike Vrabel and Drake Maye, ranking sixth with elite defense and efficient offense.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Drum
2 hours ago

How ChatGPT and Lensa AI are transforming creative work

Generative AI creates text, images, and code at scale while demanding massive data and compute and raising ethical, economic, and creative-value concerns.
#climate-change
Food & drink
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

Lilibet's, London W1: Pure joy, high drama, camp as heck' restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

Lilibet's is an opulently decorated, mock-aristocratic restaurant in a repurposed Mayfair townhouse offering inventive, eco-friendly dishes like a fish triptych.
Books
fromIndependent
2 hours ago

Matt Cooper on Ivan Yates: 'I think there is a psychological thing going back to his bankruptcy... He seems to want to blow things up when they're successful'

Matt Cooper admires Succession and frames his books on Irish business dynasties as comparable dramas to the TV series.
Environment
fromHomebuilding
1 hour ago

7,500 heat pump grant under review in Treasury budget talks

UK Boiler Upgrade Scheme funding faces potential cuts as a Treasury review of energy levies explores savings that could affect heat pump and biomass grants.
Artificial intelligence
fromMedium
1 day ago

4 Proven Methods to Get the Most Out of ChatGPT-5

Add targeted keyword phrases and explicitly select the model to trigger ChatGPT-5’s more capable engines and improve output quality for complex prompts.
#papaya-gaming
fromNew York Post
5 hours ago
National Basketball Association

ESPN's Mina Kimes admits she's 'deeply embarrassed' after promoting solitaire game on social media

fromNew York Post
5 hours ago
National Basketball Association

ESPN's Mina Kimes admits she's 'deeply embarrassed' after promoting solitaire game on social media

Food & drink
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 hours ago

When the cookies are so good you have the recipes carved into your tombstone

People inscribe cooking recipes on gravestones to preserve culinary memories and enable others to recreate and continue cherished family dishes.
Media industry
fromIndependent
2 hours ago

RTE's Oliver Callan: 'I've said no to a free kitchen and free cars... A lot of people turned themselves into billboards'

Presenter moves to a new slot, refuses to announce his new salary, references RTÉ pay controversy and recounts Pat Kenny's remark about presenters' pay.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
6 hours ago

I Tried And Ranked 10 Frozen Turkey Dinners - Tasting Table

Frozen turkey dinners can recreate Thanksgiving-style meals; Lean Cuisine Signature Roasted Turkey & Vegetables offers tender turkey, soft potatoes, perky green beans, and sweet cranberries.
Books
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 hours ago

The Queen Mary's' strange second life: From maritime jewel to paranormal attraction

Paul Gallico's 1937 RMS Queen Mary voyage inspired his novel The Poseidon Adventure after experiencing the ship's severe heeling.
Information security
fromInfoQ
1 day ago

Redis Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Discovered After 13 Years

Critical CVE-2025-49844 UAF in Redis Lua scripting allows authenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution; upgrade patched Redis/Valkey and restrict access immediately.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 day ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,353

Ukrainian forces intensified assaults near Dobropillia, struck a Russian petrochemical plant, Russia claimed Uspenivka, and concerns rose over troop movements, energy outages, and foreign fighters.
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
11 hours ago

Fraud follows the money: what marketers need to know about brand safety and CTV

Rising CTV investment requires robust brand safety and fraud detection strategies to protect premium ad inventory from a surge in fraudulent CTV apps.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.npr.org
21 hours ago

Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people

ICE is deploying advanced biometric, location, and social-media surveillance tools to identify, monitor, and locate people, potentially aiding expanded deportation efforts.
Social media marketing
fromThe Drum
14 hours ago

Digital creative best practices: 4 top tips

Use mobile-first, platform-specific creative and aspect ratios to create thumb-stopping social ads optimized for each placement and audience.
Information security
fromInsideHook
1 day ago

Norwegian Agency Finds Security Risks on Electric Buses

Public transit vehicle connectivity introduces remote-control vulnerabilities; testing found Yutong buses risk manufacturer remote shutdown while VDL buses lacked remote update capability.
Social media marketing
fromTech Times
21 hours ago

The Secret Behind Viral TikTok Trends: How the Algorithm Drives Short-Form Video Marketing

TikTok's engagement-focused, data-driven algorithm and short-form format enable rapid, democratized virality, turning niche content into global trends overnight.
Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
15 hours ago

Having open conversations with boys is key to fending off the manosphere threat | Letters

Social media and short-form platforms divert young men's attention from meaningful reading and foster manosphere toxicity; regaining attention and reading classic literature can counter this.
Remote teams
fromChicago Tribune
1 day ago

Companies have found employees can be just as productive when working remotely. And they're happier too.

Hybrid and remote work are entrenched, boost productivity, morale, recruitment and retention, and employers are formalizing purposeful in-office days.
#remote-work
Privacy technologies
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

OpenAI's new web browser has ChatGPT baked in. That's raising some privacy questions

OpenAI released Atlas, a macOS browser integrating ChatGPT with agentic features that can perform tasks while collecting extensive user data, prompting privacy concerns.
Wine
fromwww.esquire.com
1 day ago

The Ultimate Insider's Guide to Buying and Drinking Expensive Wine

Upgrade to premium wine by trusting your palate, building relationships with trusted sommeliers or retailers, and avoiding hype, sub-region memorization, or critic-score fixation.
Wine
fromTravel + Leisure
1 day ago

You Can Win a Trip to Australia Just by Visiting This Coffee Shop and Saying One Word

Bluestone Lane offers a $20 South Australian wine flight and a chance to win round-trip flights from San Francisco to Adelaide.
Wine
fromElite Traveler
1 day ago

What to Sip When You're Staying Sober

High-quality sparkling teas provide a grown-up, complex, and structured non-alcoholic alternative to sparkling wine.
Writing
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

If we're being truthful, people are saying 'honestly' all the time

Use of the word "honestly" has surged in recent decades and functions as a prevalent marker of authenticity across online platforms and media.
Writing
fromGOBankingRates
1 day ago

I Asked ChatGPT the Best Side Hustle You Can Do From Home in 2025: Here's What It Said

Freelance writing offers a scalable, remote side hustle earning $500–$2,000+ monthly with modest hours and minimal formal education required.
Writing
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

The Century Hall Fire, a Memory

A sudden nighttime fire destroyed Century Hall, evoking immediate shock, grief, and memories tied to the therapy clinic housed there.
English Premier League
from101GREATGOALS.COM
1 week ago

Newcastle striker Woltemade has been 'first class' says Howe

Nick Woltemade has scored six goals in nine starts after a £69m transfer, showing strong technical ability and team ethic but needing greater consistency.
English Premier League
from101GREATGOALS.COM
1 week ago

Aston Villa 1-0 Man City: Report, result, goals as controversial Cash strike earns hosts fourth straight Premier League win

Aston Villa beat Manchester City 1-0 at Villa Park as Matty Cash's 19th-minute long-range goal ended City's nine-match unbeaten run.
English Premier League
fromRush The Kop
2 weeks ago

Liverpool's defeat at Brentford shows their midweek revival was a mirage

Liverpool suffered a fourth successive Premier League defeat, exposing tactical, defensive and fundamental issues in Arne Slot's new-look side.
Manchester City
fromwww.bbc.com
1 hour ago

Man City and Liverpool become hunters - how key is Etihad meeting?

Manchester City and Liverpool remain the Premier League's dominant forces, and their Etihad clash can decisively shape the title race as Arsenal's advantage narrows.
New York Islanders
fromEyes On Isles
3 hours ago

NY Islanders blank Blueshirts at MSG behind Horvat's hot stick and Sorokin's shutout

Islanders dominated Rangers 5-0 as Bo Horvat scored twice and Ilya Sorokin recorded a 33-save shutout, snapping a five-game skid.
National Hockey League
fromRMNB
5 hours ago

Reverse halo effect: Lightning beat Caps 3-2

Washington Capitals lost 3-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning after defensive lapses and special teams failures nullified strong five-on-five play.
LGBT
fromIrish Independent
2 hours ago

Future of Cork Pride festival in doubt as operators call in liquidators

Cork LGBT+ Pride CLG has proposed liquidation due to insolvency from a creditor debt, with directors initiating the process rather than creditor compulsion.
East Bay (California)
fromwww.mercurynews.com
7 hours ago

One arrested, another on the run after chase through East Bay, officials say

California Highway Patrol chased a stolen Lexus through multiple East Bay cities; officers arrested the female passenger while the male passenger escaped on foot.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
5 hours ago

I invested in a portable label printer, and it's already paying off for my office

The Nelko PM220 Bluetooth thermal label printer delivers durable, high-quality labels and reliable battery life even under heavy, daily commercial use.
Relationships
fromBuzzFeed
7 hours ago

Women 40s And Up Are Revealing The "Adult Mistakes" They're Begging Young People Not To Make

Prioritize personal health, self-advocacy, and individual goals over relationships; embrace being alone, cultivate skills, and avoid wasting time online.
SF music
fromsfbaytimes.com
5 hours ago

Sing for the Cure at the Chan National Queer Arts Center

Sing for the Cure staged by SFGMC on October 30, 2025 raised breast cancer awareness through music, narration, and fundraising, benefiting Bay Area Cancer Connections.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
5 hours ago

USC issues warning about a man impersonating a manager to enter homes

A man posing as building management accessed USC-area homes claiming to fix leaks and asked inappropriate personal questions; verify identities and contact DPS or 911.
Film
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 hours ago

Tonatiuh, LGBTQ+ actor and child of Latino immigrants: We need resilience to maintain our dignity, because they want to humiliate us'

Tonatiuh is a rising Los Angeles actor balancing rapid career success with immigrant-rooted advocacy, major film transformation, and a double life that leaves him exhausted.
Gadgets
fromKotaku
8 hours ago

Amazon Slashes This 1500W Power Station to Peanuts, 7 Outlets Save You During Winter Blackouts - Kotaku

Jackery Explorer 1000 delivers 1,070Wh LiFePO4 capacity, 1,500W continuous (3,000W surge), rapid charging, decade-plus lifespan, currently discounted to $449.
Marketing
fromSearch Engine Roundtable
6 hours ago

Google Search Ranking Volatility Heated November 7th (Movember)

A Google Search ranking update occurred around November 7, 2025, producing notable ranking volatility and measurable traffic declines across many sites.
Online marketing
fromBenzinga
10 hours ago

A YouTuber With 50 Channels Earns $300,000 Per Month And Just Spilled The Beans: 'Most Channels Will Fail. Do Volume To Find The Winners'

Scaling many evergreen YouTube channels focused on affiliate marketing and supported by a team can generate consistent, substantial monthly revenue despite many channel failures.
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