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Wellness
fromwww.wired.com
2 hours ago

Spin Bike Like Jess King: Inside the Popular Peloton Coach's Starter Pack

Jess King, a former professional dancer and Peloton instructor, balances motherhood and DJing while prioritizing strength training, protein recovery, dumbbells and sunscreen.
Wellness
fromFast Company
3 hours ago

Why this once-trendy DTC sneaker pioneer is pivoting to women's vitamins

Joey Zwillinger and his wife co-founded Biologica, a women's hormone health supplement brand offering stage-specific powdered fizz sachets with targeted ingredients.
Wellness
fromBusiness Insider
7 hours ago

I'm the CEO of Canyon Ranch. My days can start as early as 2:45 a.m. and include the 'cowboy coffee' ritual and ice cream, if I'm lucky.

Mark Rivers leads Canyon Ranch, emphasizing wellness-focused hospitality, disciplined early routines, and expansion of resorts, spas, and residential developments.
Digital life
fromHer Campus
3 hours ago

Doom Scrolling: How the Algorithm Traps You

Algorithms track and optimize user behavior to prioritize engaging content, driving prolonged doomscrolling and increased daily social media use.
Digital life
fromTravel + Leisure
52 minutes ago

This Simple Rideshare Hack Can Make Sure You're Not Overpaying for Uber or Lyft

Opening both Uber and Lyft before booking typically yields a cheaper fare, with average price differences around 14% (about $3.50 saved per trip).
OMG science
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 days ago

Harvard scientist believes alien 3I/Atlas could have been sent to 'seed' life on Earth - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS shows anomalous comet-like behavior prompting speculation about possible non-natural origins, including deliberate seeding by advanced life.
OMG science
fromThe Atlantic
5 days ago

Day 3 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Galactic Cluster

Galaxy Cluster Abell 209 contains over 100 galaxies about 2.8 billion light-years away whose combined mass gravitationally lenses and stretches background galaxies.
EU data protection
fromComputerworld
1 hour ago

European Commission investigates Google's AI training processes

An EU antitrust probe into Google's AI data practices underscores rising US–EU digital tensions and highlights European alternatives to American AI providers.
Tech industry
fromFortune
4 hours ago

Microsoft to add first cloud data center in U.K. | Fortune

Major U.S. cloud providers are opening local data centers in the U.K., India, and China to improve access speed and support data residency.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
1 hour ago

Wall Street is Still Pounding the Table Over Nvidia, Micron, and Netflix

Analysts raised ratings on Nvidia, Micron, and Netflix citing Nvidia's possible China H200 shipments, massive AI-driven data center demand, memory-cycle upside, and Netflix strategic strength.
EU data protection
fromTheregister
6 hours ago

Care leavers face bureaucracy and delays accessing records

Public sector organizations must improve timely, transparent access to personal care records for care-experienced individuals, addressing bureaucracy, delays, and unexplained redactions.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago

UK campaigners condemn creepy' digital billboards that can track viewers' responses

Digital billboards with cameras have been installed in hundreds of residential buildings, raising privacy and advertising concerns among residents and civil-liberty campaigners.
UX design
fromUX Magazine
11 hours ago

The Three Lenses of UX: Because Not All UX Is the Same

Designers approach problems through three complementary lenses—creative, scientific, and strategic—each a distinct strength that enables effective UX work.
UX design
fromMedium
4 hours ago

How to approach creating design alternatives in a sustainable way

Designers often present multiple solutions but only the preferred option is well-reasoned; alternatives are superficial and can resemble AI-generated outputs.
Privacy professionals
fromKqed
22 hours ago

San Diego Law Enforcement Accessing Private License Plate Readers | KQED

Private license plate reader networks give police extensive surveillance access without the transparency and legal safeguards applied to public law enforcement ALPR systems.
UX design
fromMedium
1 day ago

Thought-shaped UI, sigma () shaped designers, Figma's new DS features

Choose between thought-shaped interfaces atop legacy systems or rebuilding software from the ground up to faithfully represent human thought and preserve agency.
EU data protection
fromSocial Media Today
1 day ago

Meta Gains Approval for EU Data Usage Proposal

EU users can choose fully personalized ads by consenting to full data sharing or less personalized ads by sharing less personal data, from January 2026.
#remote-work
fromRemotive Blog
6 hours ago
Remote teams

State of Remote Work 2026

Remote work remained dominant in 2025 despite modest employer pushes for more office days and low employee compliance with return-to-office mandates.
fromBlack Enterprise
1 day ago
Remote teams

What 2025 Taught Us About Remote Work And Building Distributed Teams

Companies that optimize distributed work through intentional management will outperform by lowering costs, accessing larger talent pools, and retaining top performers.
more#remote-work
Social media marketing
fromForbes
3 hours ago

Depth Over Flash: The New Rules For Personal Brand Influence In 2026

Authentic, human-centered personal brands and owned digital twins that convey unique meaning will outperform sheer content volume in an AI-driven landscape.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
8 hours ago

Researchers Find Malicious VS Code, Go, npm, and Rust Packages Stealing Developer Data

Malicious VS Code extensions infected developer machines with stealer malware that captures screens, credentials, and exfiltrates data to an attacker-controlled server.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
7 hours ago

STAC6565 Targets Canada in 80% of Attacks as Gold Blade Deploys QWCrypt Ransomware

STAC6565 (Gold Blade/RedCurl) targeted Canadian organizations, combining data theft and selective ransomware operations using custom tools such as QWCrypt and RedLoader.
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
5 hours ago

Think different: The Positionless Marketing manifesto | MarTech

Marketers must abandon inherited constraints and use modern technology to independently execute timely, data-driven, personalized campaigns.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
7 hours ago

Blasto Releases New 'Ad Tech Woman Power' Episode Featuring Michelle Bugante from AlgoriX

Blasto's 'Ad Tech Woman Power' showcases women in programmatic advertising, highlighting specialization, precision, trust, transparency, and leadership journeys.
Social media marketing
fromThe Drum
5 hours ago

Navigating the seas of social media: What's your strategy for agency growth?

Agencies must build strategic, active social media presences—especially on LinkedIn—to connect with decision-makers, showcase expertise, and generate inbound leads.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
4 hours ago

Predict Or Perish: Why Performance Marketing Must Evolve With AI In 2026 | AdExchanger

Prediction-enabled marketing uses full-stack AI and commerce data to detect early interest and act before intent crystallizes, shaping consumer decisions in real time.
#agentic-ai
fromFortune
2 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

HBR: only 6% of companies fully trust AI agents to handle core business processes | Fortune

fromIT Pro
5 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

AWS has dived headfirst into the agentic AI hype cycle, but old tricks will help it chart new waters

fromFortune
2 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

HBR: only 6% of companies fully trust AI agents to handle core business processes | Fortune

fromIT Pro
5 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

AWS has dived headfirst into the agentic AI hype cycle, but old tricks will help it chart new waters

more#agentic-ai
Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
7 hours ago

American power is no longer boring ... thanks to AI

AI-driven data centers rapidly increase electricity demand, reshape energy markets, raise prices, and accelerate deployment of both clean-energy and fossil-fuel technologies.
Food & drink
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 hours ago

Two restaurants debut at Stanford Shopping Center

Zaytinya opened at Stanford Shopping Center offering modern Mediterranean mezze with locally sourced ingredients, bright hospitality, and Palo Alto–exclusive dishes from Jose Andres Group.
National Football League
fromESPN.com
16 hours ago

Updated NFL Power Rankings: New 1-32 poll, plus the most shocking statistics of the 2025 season

Updated Week 15 NFL power rankings place teams 1-32, noting divisional shifts, surprising team and individual statistical leaders, and special-teams standouts.
Food & drink
fromThe Mercury News
2 hours ago

Two restaurants debut at Stanford Shopping Center

Zaytinya opened at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto offering modern Mediterranean mezze using Northern California ingredients and warm, hospitable service.
Social media marketing
fromFast Company
6 hours ago

For budding influencers, class is now in session

Free Social Media University teaches aspiring creators industry skills through online and in-person masterclasses, mentorship, and community access to a global creator network.
Environment
fromwww.twincities.com
17 hours ago

Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy

A federal judge vacated and declared unlawful President Trump's executive order pausing wind energy leasing and permitting as arbitrary, capricious, and in violation of U.S. law.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
18 hours ago

The Psychic Conflicts of Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks reshaped patient realities, sometimes fabricating details, linked healing to storytelling, and felt guilt while seeking personal awakenings.
Food & drink
fromThesanjoseblog
2 hours ago

Pretty Good Advice Opens in Downtown San Jose: Elevating Vegetarian Eats with Local Roots

Pretty Good Advice opened its first San Jose location at 125 Paseo de San Antonio, serving a 100% vegetarian menu with vegan options and farm-focused, seasonal ingredients.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour'

Unsustainable food and fossil fuel production causes $5 billion of environmental damage per hour and urgent systemic transformation is required to avoid societal collapse.
Wine
fromsfist.com
17 hours ago

Famed Wine Importer and Retailer Kermit Lynch Opens Second-Ever Location In Marin

Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant opened a second retail location at Marin County Mart in Larkspur, expanding beyond its long-standing Berkeley storefront.
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
3 hours ago

4,000 gallons of oil and toxic wastewater spilled near Monterey County creek

A San Ardo pipeline spilled 4,000 gallons of oil and wastewater, contaminating soil and threatening nearby waterways and local water supplies.
Books
fromFast Company
6 hours ago

'American Canto' was designed to be a modern classic

Stark, serif typography gives American Canto a classic, fashion-magazine look while the memoir's rollout is slowed by scandal and mixed critical reception.
fromZacks
3 hours ago

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Privacy technologies
fromZDNET
3 hours ago

How to prove you're not a deepfake on Zoom: LinkedIn's 'verified' badge to all platforms - for free

LinkedIn's Verified on LinkedIn program is available for free API integration across websites and apps to authenticate user identities and signal trust.
Wine
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
4 hours ago

Longtime East Bay wine importer opens Marin County shop

Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant will open a second retail store at Marin Country Mart in Larkspur on Dec. 9, 2025, offering French and Italian wines.
Privacy technologies
fromFortune
3 hours ago

Circle stablecoin for 'banking-level privacy' to launch on Aleo blockchain | Fortune

Circle and Aleo launched USDCx, a privacy-focused stablecoin that obscures transaction histories for public viewers while retaining compliance access for authorities.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago

On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle review how to make a timeloop endlessly interesting

A woman trapped in a repeating November 18 remembers prior loops and must change herself to alter others’ lives and the day’s outcomes.
Wine
fromTasting Table
4 hours ago

9 Non-Alcoholic Sparkling Wines, Ranked - Tasting Table

High-quality non-alcoholic sparkling wines can be genuinely enjoyable, while many mass-market options taste overly sweet and artificial.
Writing
fromVulture
2 hours ago

Jeremy O. Harris Is Now in Japan By Choice

Jeremy O. Harris was released from custody in Japan on December 8 and remains in Japan without criminal charges while researching an upcoming project.
Writing
fromPR Daily
1 day ago

5 ways to keep your writing human in an AI-heavy workplace - PR Daily

Communicators must strengthen writing and editing skills and integrate AI thoughtfully to preserve a distinct, trustworthy, and human brand voice while meeting business goals.
Remote teams
fromHR Dive
1 day ago

Overcome the commute in the return-to-work era

Vanpool programs can cut commuting costs dramatically, reduce congestion and parking demand, boost office attendance by lowering commute barriers, and support sustainability goals.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

Belgium rejects EU plan to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

Belgium rejected using frozen Russian assets as collateral for a reparations loan, citing major economic, financial and legal risks and potential legal action.
#liverpool
more#liverpool
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

Belarus weather balloons force repeated closures of Lithuania's main airport

Belarus-launched balloons repeatedly closed Vilnius airport, causing major disruptions and prompting Lithuania to call the incidents deliberate hybrid attacks amid Belarus-Russia tensions.
New York Knicks
fromRaptors Republic
3 hours ago

Gameday: Knicks @ Raptors, December 9th

A single-elimination NBA Cup matchup between the Raptors and Knicks forces Toronto to improve decision-making, bench contributions, and offensive efficiency to advance.
#xabi-alonso
fromESPN.com
15 hours ago
Real Madrid

Xabi Alonso on Real Madrid sack talk: I still have players' support

Xabi Alonso says he retains his players' support and remains calm despite poor results and reports his job is under threat ahead of Manchester City.
from101GREATGOALS.COM
7 hours ago
Real Madrid

Under-pressure Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso flirts with Liverpool, admitting 'you never know what might happen'

Xabi Alonso confident he can reverse Real Madrid's poor form, focuses on Manchester City match, and will not rule out a future Liverpool move.
more#xabi-alonso
#manchester-city
more#manchester-city
Real Madrid
fromSoccer News
6 hours ago

Alonso focused only on Man City clash amid speculation over Real Madrid future - Soccer News

Xabi Alonso remains focused on Real Madrid’s Champions League match against Manchester City despite growing pressure and speculation about his managerial future.
New York Mets
fromwww.amny.com
13 hours ago

Pete Alonso not meeting with Mets means nothing, here's why amNewYork

Pete Alonso is meeting other teams at the Winter Meetings while the Mets pursue alternatives, creating uncertainty about his return to New York.
New York Mets
fromwww.amny.com
41 minutes ago

Mets lose Edwin Diaz to Dodgers in latest free-agency blow amNewYork

Edwin Díaz signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for $69 million over three years, leaving the New York Mets and creating bullpen rebuilding challenges.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
1 hour ago

German chancellor: Some of US security plan 'unacceptable' DW 12/09/2025

Merz said parts of the US National Security Strategy are unacceptable to Europe and called for greater German and European independence from the United States.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
9 hours ago

Barcelona keeping close watch on Bundesliga defender but mixed opinions blocking urgency | Barca Universal

Barcelona monitor Nico Schlotterbeck as an exploratory option for central defence, but he is not a top target and Dortmund want a January decision.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
6 hours ago

A Year in NYC Art Shows

New York's 2025 exhibitions highlighted local artists, reimagined the sublime, examined bodily politics, and revealed precarious media-arts funding and institutional controversies.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
9 hours ago

Barcelona uncover 500 illegal ticket sales by club members ahead of 'high risk' Frankfurt clash | Barca Universal

FC Barcelona identified about 500 member-led illegal ticket resales, cancelled offending tickets, and pursued disciplinary actions including possible membership expulsions.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
3 hours ago

CD Guadalajara - Everything you need to know about FC Barcelona's Copa del Rey Ro32 opponent | Barca Universal

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, a Primera RFEF side led by Pere Martí, will host Barcelona at Estadio Pedro Escartín in the Copa del Rey round 32.
Dallas Cowboys
fromInside The Star
5 hours ago

The real George Pickens finally showed up Inside The Star

George Pickens displayed disengaged, inconsistent effort in a poor game for Dallas, reinforcing Pittsburgh's decision to trade him.
#dallas-cowboys
more#dallas-cowboys
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 hours ago

MoMA PS1 to Offer Free Admission Starting in 2026

MoMA PS1 will offer free admission to all visitors from 2026 through 2028, funded by a gift from Sonya Yu, to reduce financial barriers and mark its 50th anniversary.
National Hockey League
fromTheLeafsNation
14 hours ago

Maple Leafs' Bobby McMann to have hearing for high-sticking Lightning's Oliver Bjorkstrand

McMann received a match penalty and faces a hearing after retaliating with a high-stick that grazed Bjorkstrand during a third-period scrum.
New England Patriots
fromBoston.com
15 hours ago

Drake Maye talks wife's viral baking videos, pitching Boston to MLB free agents on WEEI

Ann Michael Maye gained social-media fame for daily baking videos and "Bakemas", sharing recipes and bringing leftovers to the Patriots facility.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
4 hours ago

Op-Ed | Creating safe public and green spaces for our children amNewYork

New York City is investing in parks, recreation, and youth sports facilities to prevent crime and provide safe spaces for children.
Gadgets
fromThe Verge
2 hours ago

Google will repair Pixel 9 Pro phones with display issues

Google will repair Pixel 9 Pro/Pro XL displays and replace Pixel 9 Pro Fold devices for display issues within three years of purchase.
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