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Digital life
fromFortune
7 hours ago

I helped build the architecture of addiction for social media and I see warning labels coming. That's just a start | Fortune

AI-driven algorithms are engineering addictive experiences that hijack human attention, eroding focus, time, productivity, and meaningful moments.
Wellness
fromPsychology Today
36 minutes ago

Life Is a Dance: A Holistic Perspective for Well-Being

Balanced wellness across physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, and occupational dimensions is essential for dancers' holistic health.
Wellness
fromIndependent
16 hours ago

How a 'total novice' in wellness holidays got on in a Swiss oasis that attracts guests like Roger Federer

A luxury spa hotel in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland offers wellness-focused services including nutritional talks, enriched spring water, and physiotherapy amid scenic alpine surroundings.
Wellness
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

I am the king of the common cold and I can tell you how to avoid one | Adrian Chiles

The narrator gets unusually severe, prolonged colds that impair voice and breathing, prompting strict avoidance and remedies to prevent spreading illness.
Digital life
fromCNET
35 minutes ago

16 Remarkably Useful Finds for Organizing Your Home Office Before Black Friday

Use compact storage and cable-management tools to reduce desk clutter, improve focus, and maximize limited workspace.
Digital life
fromTechCrunch
16 hours ago

TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling | TechCrunch

TikTok is adding digital well-being tools—an affirmation journal, calming sound generator, breathing exercises, redesigned screen-time controls, badges for healthy use, and expanded parental controls.
fromwww.nature.com
1 day ago

Author Correction: Brahma safeguards canalization of cardiac mesoderm differentiation

Following publication of this article, we were alerted via PubPeer to an inadvertent image duplication in Extended Fig. 7b in our paper. Upon carefully examining all the figures, we have discovered another duplication error in Extended Fig. 3g. The errors occurred during figure preparation by using placeholder images originating from similar areas of a well. The errors do not compromise the results or the conclusions of our work.
OMG science
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 day ago

Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025

People increasingly form parasocial connections with celebrities, influencers, and AI, driving mainstream use of the term "parasocial" in 2025.
OMG science
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 day ago

NASA in urgent briefing as 3I/Atlas heads closer to Earth and appears to have 'thrusters' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Interstellar object 3I/Atlas shows comet-like glow and asymmetric gas plumes with possible propulsion-like effects, prompting urgent agency review and public safety debate.
EU data protection
fromThe Verge
9 hours ago

Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws

Europe is weakening GDPR protections and delaying or loosening AI rules under pressure from Big Tech, the US government, and political figures to boost growth.
EU data protection
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

European Commission accused of massive rollback' of digital protections

EU plans would delay the AI Act and relax data protection rules, allowing wider personal data use for AI training and fewer cookie consent prompts.
UX design
fromMedium
7 hours ago

Gemini 3 For UI Design

Gemini 3 enables agentic, multimodal, long-horizon planning that autonomously assists UI design tasks like wireframing, design systems, and UI-to-code workflows.
UX design
fromMedium
2 hours ago

What can't be measured could break your business

Stop trying to convince executives to invest in UX; reframe the conversation to embed design into business strategy and decision-making.
Privacy professionals
fromPsychology Today
4 hours ago

Defending Cognitive Privacy and the Right to Think

Surveillance of cognitive processes undermines autonomy, shifting learners from intrinsic curiosity to performance-driven thinking and impairing deep, exploratory learning.
UX design
fromMedium
6 days ago

Creating UI Assets with ChatGPT

Use focused, single-image prompts specifying aspect ratio, purpose, and style to generate consistent UI assets like icons, illustrations, and background patterns.
Privacy professionals
fromPrivacy International
1 day ago

Analysis of draft ILO Convention and Recommendation on the platform economy

ILO committed to Convention and Recommendation on decent work in the platform economy; current draft insufficiently protects worker privacy from automated systems.
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
8 hours ago

CMOs face a make-or-break moment as digital channels and personalization collapse | MarTech

CMOs must rebuild channel strategies and rethink marketing as AI disrupts digital channels and personalized engagement, or risk irrelevance.
Information security
fromZDNET
7 hours ago

Update Chrome ASAP - attackers are already exploiting this nasty zero-day flaw

A high-severity zero-day in Chrome's V8 (CVE-2025-13223) caused type confusion allowing heap corruption and in-the-wild exploitation via crafted HTML; updating Chrome fixes it.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
6 hours ago

Python-Based WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices

A WhatsApp-worm campaign in Brazil delivers a Delphi-based banking trojan, Eternidade Stealer, using IMAP-updated C2s and a Python WhatsApp hijacking script.
Privacy technologies
fromZDNET
19 hours ago

Uncover your digital footprint with this free tool - here's how it works

theHarvester scans and reveals an individual's online digital footprint, exposing IP addresses and services linked to visited URLs.
Books
fromBig Think
4 hours ago

5 books that changed the world for the better

Books enable solitary encounters that spark dialogues, creativity, and collective progress across disciplines by conveying ideas, histories, and human truths.
Social media marketing
fromMashable
1 week ago

Facebook is shutting down the external 'Like' button

Meta will discontinue Facebook's external Like and Comment social plugins on February 10, 2026, rendering them invisible without requiring developer action.
#remote-work
fromIslands
10 hours ago
Remote teams

America's Best Cities For Remote Work Have Affordable Living, Comfortable Amenities, And Urban Charm - Islands

fromIslands
10 hours ago
Remote teams

America's Best Cities For Remote Work Have Affordable Living, Comfortable Amenities, And Urban Charm - Islands

Media industry
fromDigiday
16 hours ago

As would-be buyers and critics circle, WPP's siege mentality deepens

WPP employees are publicly defending the company on LinkedIn while the company faces account losses, market decline, and profit warnings.
Social media marketing
fromInc
3 hours ago

How Tom Holland's NA Beer Brand Uses Social Media as a 'Real Time' Focus Group

Bero's non-alcoholic beer, co-founded by Tom Holland and John Herman, targets nearly $10M first-year revenue by leveraging Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit for customer feedback.
Wine
fromCN Traveller
9 hours ago

The World's 50 Best Vineyards have just been announced

The World's 50 Best Vineyards 2025 ranks global wine destinations that pair exceptional wines with outstanding visitor experiences and immersive vineyard landscapes.
Writing
fromBuzzFeed
18 hours ago

My Dad Disappeared When I Was A Kid. Years Later, I Got A Letter That Changed Both Our Lives.

A father's consistent letters, encouragement, and financial support healed emotional gaps and enabled his child's education and early writing career.
Books
fromThe Atlantic
3 hours ago

Eight Plot-Heavy Books That Will Keep You Turning Pages

Contemporary literature is split between plot-driven narratives and deeply interior, event-light novels, yet plot and voice can coexist and satisfy many readers.
Wine
frompennlive
1 hour ago

N.J. wineries showcase growth at 2025 Wine Expo despite industry challenges

New Jersey's wine industry showcased its largest-ever single-venue gathering at the NJ Wine Expo, drawing ~1,300 attendees while facing national economic trends and vineyard adjustments.
Social media marketing
fromFortune
3 hours ago

Gen Z creators are turbocharging Main Street-and Amex is betting big | Fortune

Gen Z-driven social media influence and creator partnerships are generating measurable sales lifts for small businesses during the holiday season.
Privacy technologies
fromTheregister
5 hours ago

San Jose's license plate queries land it in court

San Jose police conducted hundreds of thousands of warrantless ALPR searches, prompting a lawsuit claiming unconstitutional location-tracking and privacy violations.
fromZacks
7 hours ago

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Books
fromBoston.com
7 hours ago

Harvard Coop now lets shoppers create their own AI-illustrated books in-store

Harvard Coop offers an in-store Storyfave AI tool to create illustrated books: free drafts, $15 digital copies, hardcovers starting at $35.
Writing
fromNature
21 hours ago

The singular proposition of trees

An alien forest exerts an inexplicable, sensory pull on four explorers, producing presence, dreams, music, and memories that draw them away from their duties.
Writing
fromMail Online
10 hours ago

Mispronounced words that infuriate Brits - do YOU say them correctly?

Two Irish names (Niamh and Saoirse) and several food words rank among the UK's most searched-for mispronunciations, with Niamh topping the list.
Remote teams
fromQuartz
1 day ago

Digital nomads forced home as AI and return-to-office squeeze workers

AI, visa tightening, and employer return-to-office policies are reducing opportunities for digital nomads, making it harder for Americans to live and work abroad.
English Premier League
fromwww.caughtoffside.com
1 day ago

Chelsea want to sign 'one of the best' Premier League star in January as insider reveals surprise Romeo Lavia update

Chelsea plan to pursue Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson in January and may sell injured Romeo Lavia to facilitate the transfer.
English Premier League
fromBavarian Football Works
3 days ago

Pundit says it's too early to say Liverpool's Florian Wirtz is biggest Premier League transfer flop

Florian Wirtz's early Liverpool struggles should not be labeled the biggest transfer flop after 11 Premier League games; a full season is needed to judge adaptation.
Golden State Warriors
fromwww.mercurynews.com
19 hours ago

Instant Warriors analysis: Win streak snapped despite Curry's big night in Orlando

Orlando defeated Golden State 121-113 despite Paolo Banchero's absence, as Curry scored 34 but the Warriors struggled with turnovers and interior defense.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
1 hour ago

German Interior Minister: 'My migration course is tough' DW 11/19/2025

Germany tightened border controls and suspended family reunifications, with officials citing a 60% drop in initial asylum applications as evidence of declining irregular migration.
New York Mets
fromwww.amny.com
5 hours ago

Mets' David Stearns tipping hand that team's core has to change | amNewYork

David Stearns plans to shop core Mets players Kodai Senga, Jeff McNeil, and Brandon Nimmo this winter as trade assets.
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