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Wellness
fromwww.sitepoint.com
4 hours ago

Dr Affan Wellness

High-quality male health supplements can boost men's energy, stamina, immunity, and overall wellness, addressing low energy, reduced endurance, and focus issues.
Wellness
fromElite Traveler
10 hours ago

Wellness or Woo-Woo? The Trending Experiences Everyone's Trying

Wellness travel blends ancient rituals, high-tech treatments, and relaxation-focused retreats, offering temazcals, cacao ceremonies, facialist residencies, intimacy programs, and equine therapy.
Wellness
fromBusiness Insider
16 hours ago

Kate Hudson, 46, says she doesn't need long workouts to feel good

Daily movement of as little as 20 minutes supports mood, vitality, and encourages healthier choices; variety like yoga, weightlifting, Pilates, and dance sustains wellness.
OMG science
fromFuturism
5 hours ago

Scientist Puzzled by "Symmetric Jet Structure" on 3I/ATLAS

3I/ATLAS exhibits a sun-pointing anti-tail and three symmetric rotating jets, consistent with cometary outgassing but prompting speculative artificial-origin claims.
Digital life
fromTelecompetitor
8 hours ago

Stellar Broadband Launches 10 Gig Fiber in Michigan Residential Community

Stone Falls of Ada now offers symmetrical 10-Gig fiber internet with private in-unit wireless, property-wide Wi‑Fi, managed networks, and streaming services.
Digital life
fromPsychology Today
5 hours ago

What the 6-7 Craze Reveals About Kids Today

Children build social belonging and creativity through fast, playful language trends and absurdist humor that function as evolving social shorthand.
Digital life
fromComputerworld
1 day ago

47 awesome Android app discoveries from 2025

Use New Year's Day to clean and optimize your smartphone so apps, settings, and systems are ready to handle the upcoming busy period.
OMG science
fromFortune
5 days ago

NASA's upcoming moonshot may let astronauts be the first to lay eyes on parts of the lunar far side that were missed by the Apollo program | Fortune

2026 features renewed human and robotic lunar missions, notable solar eclipses, increased auroral chances, and continued observation of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas as it fades.
OMG science
fromThe Mercury News
1 week ago

'Super-Jupiter' exoplanet is not so Jupiter-like, UCSC study finds

VHS 1256b, a super-Jupiter 40 light years away, shows silicate clouds and brightness fluctuations up to 40%, with atmospheric behavior similar to Mars.
UX design
fromMedium
9 hours ago

10 UX design shifts you can't ignore in 2026

Explainable AI and agentic UX will drive enterprise design, emphasizing transparent reasoning, user control, and master agents that coordinate specialized agents.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

A Practical Prompting Guide for Figma Make

Clear articulation of design intent determines 50% of design success; high-quality initial prompts critically shape AI-powered design outcomes.
Tech industry
fromGlyph
1 day ago

The Next Thing Will Not Be Big

Technological acceleration across the 20th and 21st centuries compressed cultural cycles, producing multiple transformative innovations within individual lifetimes.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Real estate agents under the microscope in Australian-first privacy compliance sweep'

Australian privacy regulator will sweep businesses collecting in-person personal data, targeting overcollection and improper retention and allowing fines up to $66,000.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

Sharp tools, hands-on leadership, 48 reflections on 2025, error UX

Designers must adopt powerful tools carefully, prioritize accessibility across the process, recognize influence and signalling, and prepare scalable communication strategies.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
6 hours ago

2026 Predictions: This Mega-Cap Stock Will Top Them All In Terms of Total Upside

Alphabet is a compelling mega-cap tech choice for 2026 due to accelerating AI-driven earnings, strong search revenue, operating leverage, and a potentially monetizable in-house chip stack.
Privacy professionals
fromgizmodo.com
4 hours ago

Meta's New Privacy Policy Opens Up AI Chats for Targeted Ads

Meta will use data from user interactions with its AI services, including prompts and conversations, to personalize targeted ads across its platforms.
Tech industry
fromTESLARATI
6 hours ago

Tesla releases Q4 and FY 2025 vehicle delivery and production report

Tesla delivered 418,227 vehicles and produced 434,358 in Q4 2025, with full-year deliveries of 1,636,129 and 46.7 GWh energy deployments.
Privacy professionals
fromDataBreaches.Net
3 hours ago

Healthcare Firm Handing $2,000,000+ To Customers After Data Breach Exposes 'Highly Confidential' Information of 512,000 People - DataBreaches.Net

Consulting Radiologists will pay $2.2 million to settle a class action over a February 2024 data breach affecting about 512,000 individuals.
EU data protection
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 days ago

Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2025 | Computer Weekly

Governments and law enforcement increased pressure on tech companies for access to encrypted user data, prompting legal battles, international disputes, and privacy-security concerns.
EU data protection
fromDataBreaches.Net
3 days ago

French software company fined $2 million for cyber failings leading to data breach - DataBreaches.Net

Nexpublica France was fined €1.7 million by CNIL for inadequate cybersecurity after a portal exposed third-party documents and sensitive data.
Remote teams
fromBusiness Insider
12 hours ago

We asked you to vote on a $120K remote or $240K in-office job. The results were closer than we expected.

Readers narrowly preferred a $120,000 remote job over a $240,000 in-office job, prioritizing flexibility and remote benefits over higher pay.
Books
fromInsideHook
10 hours ago

The 11 Books You Should Be Reading This January

January book releases offer biographies, novels, and nonfiction on music, culture, history, and the brain for immersive winter reading.
Writing
fromForbes
8 hours ago

5 ChatGPT Prompts To Write Content With Soul

Writing with soul requires asking introspective questions, connecting personal truth to archetypal stories, and using AI to draw out, not replace, an authentic voice.
National Football League
fromESPN.com
21 hours ago

Let's game plan for 10 teams that need Week 18 wins: One key to victory for each coaching staff

Ten NFL teams enter Week 18 with playoff, seeding, or division stakes; targeted game-plan keys and matchup advantages can determine clinches and home-field outcomes.
#return-to-office
fromFortune
10 hours ago
Remote teams

Asking employees to come back to the office like the old days is the same as trying to 'jam the toothpaste back in the tube,' workforce expert says | Fortune

fromDwell
1 day ago
Remote teams

What Have We Learned About the Design of Attracting Employees?

fromFortune
10 hours ago
Remote teams

Asking employees to come back to the office like the old days is the same as trying to 'jam the toothpaste back in the tube,' workforce expert says | Fortune

fromDwell
1 day ago
Remote teams

What Have We Learned About the Design of Attracting Employees?

Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
7 hours ago

In 2026, AI will move from hype to pragmatism | TechCrunch

2026 shifts AI from brute-force scaling to practical deployment: smaller models, embedded intelligence, human-centered systems, and new architecture research.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
11 hours ago

Ad Tech's New Year's Resolutions for 2026 - ExchangeWire.com

Ad tech should focus on practical resolutions: stop dramatic 'death' proclamations, question overreliance on automation, and set concrete, non-jargon goals.
National Football League
fromMusket Fire
5 hours ago

Bills might've tipped a disrespectful Week 18 plan Patriots need to see

The Patriots' first-round opponent could be the Chargers or Bills depending on Week 18 resting decisions, notably potential rests by Justin Herbert and Josh Allen.
English Premier League
from101GREATGOALS.COM
5 hours ago

FPL 2025/26: England duo among five players that need to be dumped from your team ahead of GW20

Sell Thiago, O'Reilly and Hincapié in FPL ahead of Gameweek 20 due to injury concerns, rotation risk and reduced minutes.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
11 hours ago

Cybercriminals Abuse Google Cloud Email Feature in Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign

Attackers abused Google Cloud Application Integration 'Send Email' to send phishing emails from noreply-application-integration@google.com, bypassing email security and impersonating Google notifications.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
15 hours ago

Can AI Chatbots Run Ads Without Losing Consumer Trust? | AdExchanger

Chatbots are introducing ads into AI search, creating new targeted advertising opportunities while disrupting publisher traffic and forcing publishers to develop chatbots to capture monetization.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
16 hours ago

'There's no room for purists': Generative AI is altering the agency junior talent search

Ad industry jobs fell in 2025 while agencies increasingly hire AI-fluent, technically skilled and early-career talent focused on software, engineering, and automation.
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
8 hours ago

True agentic AI is years away - here's why and how we get there

Current enterprise AI agents are simplistic automations lacking reinforcement learning and complex memory, requiring at least five years for true autonomous agents to appear.
Artificial intelligence
fromForbes
4 hours ago

15 AI Predictions For Small Businesses In 2026

By 2026 small businesses will adopt AI strategically, emphasizing AI generalists, centralized AI Studios, and agentic AI to gain competitive advantage.
Social media marketing
fromForbes
8 hours ago

3 Social Media Side Hustles To Seriously Consider In 2026

Social media side hustles like UGC creation and live social shopping offer growing income opportunities, backed by market growth and high consumer engagement.
Privacy technologies
fromZDNET
4 hours ago

Want a truly private phone? This $700 handset promises that - and a removable battery

The Punkt MC03 is a privacy-first smartphone running subscription-based AphyOS with vetted apps, integrated privacy services, removable battery, and US launch priced at $699.
Major League Baseball
fromESPN.com
21 hours ago

Bold MLB predictions for 2026: The World Series champion Orioles? A Skubal blockbuster?

Orioles and Mariners are projected as 2026 breakthrough World Series contenders; the Dominican Republic is favored to win the WBC over Japan and the U.S.
Social media marketing
fromMashable India
9 hours ago

[EXCLUSIVE] 'Everyday Moments Became Shared Culture': How Instagram Changed in 2025

Instagram shifted from mass broadcasting to selective, intimate sharing as everyday moments became shared cultural moments shaped by creators and AI.
Food & drink
fromDaily News
3 hours ago

Nobu lets you eat like a star during the Golden Globes Awards

Nobu partnered with the Golden Globes to offer a special Golden Yuzu Lobster and a $125 celebrity to-go menu at select locations through Jan. 11.
fromEMARKETER
29 minutes ago

Creators prioritize brand quality and shared values in partnerships

Key stat: 45% of creators say working with a high-quality brand is their top priority when considering a brand deal, according to a July 2025 survey from Ipsos and Publicis Media. Beyond the chart: Only 26% of UK/US consumers in July 2025 prefer genAI creator content over traditional content, down from 60% in 2023, according to a November report from Censuswide and Billion Dollar Boy.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
7 hours ago

Transparent Tribe Launches New RAT Attacks Against Indian Government and Academia

Transparent Tribe uses spear-phishing LNK files and HTA/mshta-based loaders to deploy in-memory RATs that adapt persistence based on installed antivirus.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

rsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze

rsted is suing the US government after its Revolution Wind lease was suspended and offshore wind construction halted over alleged national security concerns.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
3 hours ago

A Reading Resolution You Can Keep

Reading expertise grows over time; inevitable gaps require targeted, achievable reading goals to fill major blind spots.
Books
fromIndependent
7 hours ago

Liz Ison: 'If a bout of flu comes along, I'll always reach for a PG Wodehouse Jeeves and Wooster story. They are deeply comforting and funny'

Liz Ison curates poetry anthologies, leads shared reading groups and workshops, and values collective reading and contemporary literature that deepens understanding and confidence.
Food & drink
fromBoston Magazine
9 hours ago

Where to Eat in Greater Boston in January 2026

Greater Boston’s dining scene offers several new restaurants and reasons to revisit classics, featuring Nepali-inspired Ama, Korean fried chicken, Ethiopian/Eritrean breakfast, and French-Asian pastries.
Privacy technologies
fromInfoQ
21 hours ago

Microsoft Research Develops Novel Approaches to Enforce Privacy in AI Models

Two methods—PrivacyChecker and CI-CoT+CI-RL—enforce contextual integrity in LLMs, reducing sensitive data leakage while preserving task performance.
Environment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 hours ago

The 14 global trends that will shape the climate in 2026

Global emissions remain far off track; major economies' policies and unexpected demand drivers will determine progress toward halving emissions by 2030.
Food & drink
fromLos Angeles Times
10 hours ago

Review: Korean tasting-menu stunner Ki is the best new restaurant of 2025

Restaurant Ki's centerpiece is a weighty, springy noodle dish in concentrated Dungeness crab stock that balances a modern Korean tasting menu and conveys heartfelt cooking.
Information security
fromFast Company
7 hours ago

3 defining trends for cybersecurity in 2026

AI-driven personalized and autonomous cyberattacks will rapidly outpace legacy defenses, necessitating preemptive security strategies, redesigned security stacks, and faster organizational response.
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
10 hours ago

Opinion: EPA helping AI industry grow but ignoring technology's power to protect environment

The EPA prioritizes deregulation to accelerate AI-related infrastructure while underusing AI to protect the environment and public health.
Writing
fromBattery Power
7 hours ago

What content would you like to see in 2026?

Solicit audience preferences for 2026 content while acknowledging production limits and creators' own constraints on producing desired material.
Writing
fromFortune
5 hours ago

Michigan college survey says '6-7' is lowkey cooked, put in on the 'Banished Words List' | Fortune

Lake Superior State University's 50th Banished Words List names "6-7" and other overused terms to be abandoned as misused social-media slang.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
2 hours ago

Swiss investigators believe sparkling candles atop wine bottles ignited fatal bar fire

Sparkling candles on Champagne bottles likely ignited a New Year's Eve bar fire in Crans-Montana, killing 40 and injuring 119.
Media industry
fromBusiness Insider
1 day ago

Soapy micro dramas face a reckoning in 2026 after capturing Hollywood's attention

Micro dramas (verticals) surged in 2025, generating significant viewer-paid revenue and non-union jobs while facing criticism, high marketing costs, and uncertain sustainability.
Wine
fromwww.london-unattached.com
1 day ago

Humble Grape Bow Lane

Humble Grape opened its seventh venue in the 11th-century crypt of St Mary-le-Bow, combining wine bar, shop and restaurant with a list of organic wines.
Wine
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 days ago

How the wine world is set to change in 2026

Climate change will reshape grape growing while nonalcoholic wines, regenerative farming, and younger consumers drive evolving wine-market trends into 2026.
Wine
fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

This New Year's Eve, the Champagne market is looking for hope

Champagne faces slowed exports and added tariffs, but U.S. consumption shows early stabilization amid inventory overhang and combined price pressures from tariffs and a weak dollar.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
5 days ago

For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up

Ukraine dismantled its nuclear arsenal after independence in 1991 and many Ukrainians now view that decision as a fateful mistake and betrayal.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

Russia attacks Kyiv, killing 1 and wounding many ahead of Ukraine-US talks

Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv killed one, wounded over 20, damaged residential and energy infrastructure and caused power outages before Zelenskyy's U.S. talks.
London music
fromTime Out London
10 hours ago

The 10 best gigs in London in January 2026 that you can still get tickets for

London’s January live-music scene offers diverse, high-energy shows—from soulful R&B and transcendent indie to goth and DIY post-punk—to lift post-holiday gloom.
New York Islanders
fromEyes On Isles
9 hours ago

NY Islanders rookie Matthew Schaefer hits incentive bonus with latest milestone goal

Matthew Schaefer, 18, became the youngest NHL defenseman to score 10 goals and triggered a $250,000 performance bonus.
Golden State Warriors
fromESPN.com
21 hours ago

Sources: Dubs' Curry, Butler, Green out vs. OKC

Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green expected to miss Friday's Warriors home game vs. Thunder; Curry and Butler questionable (ankle tweak, illness).
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
8 hours ago

Mamdani inauguration: Common democratic socialist themes trumpeted by slate of ceremony speakers amNewYork

Zohran Mamdani was inaugurated New York City mayor at 34, pledging democratic-socialist priorities, community solidarity, and urging New Yorkers to help govern and demand more.
New York Islanders
fromEyes On Isles
10 hours ago

NY Islanders rocked at home by Utah Mammoth 7-2 to start 2026 in ugly fashion

New York Islanders were defeated 7-2 by the Utah Mammoth as Utah dominated after the second period, highlighted by Dylan Guenther's first career hat trick.
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