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Wellness
fromwww.wired.com
56 minutes 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
1 hour 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
5 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
fromAol
11 hours ago

85 People Reveal The Side Of A Digital Nomad's Life You Never See On Instagram

Digital nomad life blends freedom and excitement with loneliness, stress, and high cost, rewarding some but proving challenging and unsustainable for many.
Digital life
fromTVovermind
11 hours ago

85 People Reveal The Side Of A Digital Nomad's Life You Never See On Instagram

Digital nomad life often appears glamorous but frequently involves loneliness, stress, high costs, and unmet expectations despite some people finding it rewarding.
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.
Tech industry
fromFortune
2 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.
EU data protection
fromTheregister
4 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
8 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
9 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
2 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.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
1 hour ago

A Big-Name Analyst Started D-Wave Quantum as a Buy. It Might Have Further to Fly

Quantum computing stocks are highly volatile but some, notably D-Wave Quantum, show a strong rebound with potential if commercialization and growth materialize.
Privacy professionals
fromKqed
20 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.
EU data protection
fromThe Verge
23 hours ago

Facebook and Instagram will let European users see fewer personal ads

Instagram and Facebook users in the EU can choose to limit personalised ads beginning January 2026 to meet EU Digital Markets Act requirements.
#remote-work
fromRemotive Blog
4 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.
Social media marketing
fromForbes
1 hour 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
6 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
5 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
3 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
5 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
4 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
2 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
47 minutes ago
Artificial intelligence

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

fromIT Pro
3 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

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

fromFortune
47 minutes ago
Artificial intelligence

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

fromIT Pro
3 hours ago
Artificial intelligence

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

Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
5 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.
#nfl
fromESPN.com
14 hours ago
National Football League

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

fromMusket Fire
1 hour ago
National Football League

NFL analyst sounds uneasy about Patriots playoff chances against familiar foe

fromESPN.com
14 hours ago
National Football League

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

fromMusket Fire
1 hour ago
National Football League

NFL analyst sounds uneasy about Patriots playoff chances against familiar foe

Social media marketing
fromFast Company
4 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
15 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
16 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.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 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
15 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
fromwww.dw.com
3 hours ago

UN environment head warns of climate complacency DW 12/09/2025

Immediate coordinated global action to shift to sustainable agriculture, restore ecosystems and clean energy can avoid massive economic losses and protect the poorest.
Books
fromFast Company
4 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
1 hour ago

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Privacy technologies
fromZDNET
1 hour 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.
Food & drink
fromsfist.com
14 hours ago

SF-Based Catering Website Swaps Restaurants' Real Food Pictures With AI Pictures, Restaurants Get Pissed

Forkable replaced real restaurant photos with AI-generated images, including fake Boichik Bagels, prompting restaurateurs' anger and concerns about misleading customers.
Wine
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
2 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
1 hour 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
8 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.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
10 hours ago

The One Red Lobster Dessert That's Better Left Unordered - Tasting Table

Red Lobster's Brownie Overboard is a dry, unimpressive brownie overloaded with excessively sweet sauces, making the dessert difficult to enjoy despite the ice cream.
Food & drink
fromThe New Yorker
4 hours ago

This Bowl Has One Hundred Grams of Protein

The HealthGreen PunchMax Protein PowerBowl packs 100 grams of protein into an extreme, wet, meat-heavy lunch bowl that promises exaggerated strength gains and emotional consolation.
Wine
fromTasting Table
2 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
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.
Writing
fromPsychology Today
19 hours ago

How Writing a Book Convinced Me I'm an Introvert

Writing a book revealed an introverted temperament through solitary work, focused routines, and preference for small-group interactions.
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
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
1 hour 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
13 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
5 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.
Real Madrid
fromSoccer News
4 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
11 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.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
15 hours ago

Barca's mascot CAT: craze takes off with first official plush

CAT, FC Barcelona's expressive yellow, blue, and claret mascot, became a surprise commercial hit when its first official plush rapidly sold out.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Universal
7 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
4 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
7 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.
Dallas Cowboys
fromBlogging The Boys
3 hours ago

Cowboys news: Coach suggests possible personnel changes for struggling special teams

Cowboys' kickoff coverage ranks near worst in NFL, yielding fourth-most return yards and regularly surrendering advantageous opponent starting field position.
Dallas Cowboys
fromInside The Star
3 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
fromBlogging The Boys
10 hours ago

Cowboys playoff picture: How Dallas wins NFC East following Eagles MNF loss

The Cowboys must win all remaining games and rely on two Eagles losses to secure the NFC East and a postseason berth.
New England Patriots
fromBoston.com
13 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
2 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.
New York City
fromStreetsblog
10 hours ago

Tuesday's Headlines: Clearing the Air Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Congestion pricing in New York City reduced PM2.5 air pollution by 22% in the toll zone and surrounding boroughs during the first six months.
London music
fromTime Out London
3 hours ago

Mumford and Sons at London's O2 Arena: timings, set list, last-minute tickets and everything you need to know

Mumford and Sons perform two O2 Arena shows in London on 10 and 11 December 2025 while touring their latest album, Rushmere.
Cryptocurrency
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 hour ago

48 hours in Dubai with the global gurus of digital assets and traditional finance

Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai drew over 5,200 attendees to an immersive, experiential event led by Changpeng Zhao debating bitcoin, tokenized gold, and asset utility.
Germany news
fromThe Local Germany
2 hours ago

Renewed pressure on German government over stranded Afghans

Germany must evacuate roughly 1,800 Afghans stranded in Pakistan under a frozen resettlement scheme to prevent deportation and Taliban persecution.
National Hockey League
fromEditor In Leaf
14 hours ago

Why Maple Leafs can turn it around and make playoffs

Maple Leafs can still reach the playoffs if full centre health boosts defensive play, physical bottom-six contributions, and consistent secondary scoring despite a poor start.
Germany news
fromThe Local Germany
6 hours ago

Three suspected Russian spies face trial in Germany

Three men in Germany are on trial accused of following a former Ukrainian soldier for Russian intelligence, allegedly preparing intelligence missions and a possible assassination.
Marketing
fromMarketing Dive
50 minutes ago

How the best marketing campaigns of 2025 navigated uncertain times

2025 marketing favored nostalgia, celebrity-driven campaigns, value messaging, social-first tactics, and performance-focused ROI despite geopolitical, economic, and sociopolitical unpredictability.
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