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US news
fromBoston.com
1 hour ago

Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt, and a suspect in custody, officials say

A non-student shooter killed one student and critically wounded another in a Kentucky State University residence hall; suspect Jacob Lee Bard was arrested and charged.
Digital life
fromwww.bbc.com
3 hours ago

UK spending half an hour longer online than in pandemic, says Ofcom

UK adults averaged 4 hours 30 minutes online daily in 2025—31 minutes more than 2021—with growing concerns about mental health and children's screen impacts.
Digital life
fromMUO
4 hours ago

This website literally walks you through the coolest parts of the internet

Viralwalk enables serendipitous web exploration via a single "Start Walking" interface that avoids personalization, tracking, and conventional search.
Digital life
fromBusiness Insider
3 hours ago

I went on a monthlong nomad cruise. The travel disappointed, but the community onboard didn't.

A 27-day Nomad Cruise fosters a close, peer-led digital-nomad community where onboard connections and shared learning outweigh local interactions.
Wellness
fromwww.wired.com
13 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
13 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
fromokmagazine.com
9 hours ago

Gaby Ortega Goes From Social Media Superstar to Wellness Advocate and Masculinity Whisperer

Gaby Ortega transitioned from adult-content performer to wellness advocate, rebuilding her brand by rejecting sexualized roles and growing community through slow, authentic content.
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
6 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
11 hours 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
14 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
fromFortune
4 hours ago

Physical AI will automate 'large sections' of factory work in the next decade, Arm CEO says | Fortune

AI-powered humanoid robots could replace large sections of factory work within five to ten years by using reprogrammable physical AI for multiple tasks.
#ux-design
more#ux-design
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

Case study: Improving home office experience

Use the five-step Design Thinking process—Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test—to improve home office experiences by understanding users before proposing solutions.
EU data protection
fromTheregister
16 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
20 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.
Privacy professionals
fromBusiness Matters
2 days ago

5 Compliance Tech Trends Reshaping Finance in 2026

Financial firms must adopt real-time identity verification, explainable AI, and privacy-first controls to meet 2026 compliance challenges or face operational and regulatory risks.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Palantir: the world's scariest company'? podcast

Palantir's surveillance technologies, close US military and ICE ties, and CEO Alex Karp's evolving politics raise concerns about concentrated power and threats to privacy.
Information security
fromInfoQ
3 hours ago

Patch Urgently - Critical Vulnerability CVE-2025-55182 in React Server Functions Actively Exploited

Unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2025-55182) in React Server Components affects React 19.0.0–19.2.0 and Next.js 15/16 App Router; patch immediately.
Information security
fromInfoWorld
1 hour ago

GitHub Action Secrets aren't secret anymore: exposed PATs now a direct path into cloud environments

Exposed GitHub Personal Access Tokens enable attackers to access GitHub Action Secrets and pivot into cloud environments, compromising CSP credentials and infrastructure.
Food & drink
from48 hills
1 hour ago

Good Taste: Michael Mina can keep a secret - 48 hills

Michael Mina launched a flamboyant Bourbon Steak and a quieter PABU-Chan tasting room, offering high-profile celebration and intimate sake-focused experiences in San Francisco.
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
2 hours ago

The fastest-growing AI chatbot now isn't from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google

Gemini and Grok are experiencing rapid user growth driven by major model upgrades and high-value features, while ChatGPT remains dominant by absolute users.
Privacy technologies
fromZDNET
1 hour ago

How to clear your Google search cache on Android (and why it makes such a big difference)

Android devices save Google search history used for ad personalization; users can manually clear it or set auto-delete to protect privacy.
Major League Baseball
fromMLB Trade Rumors
1 hour ago

Orioles Pursuing Edward Cabrera Trade

Edward Cabrera is a high-upside 27-year-old hard-throwing righty with regained 98 MPH velocity, recent elbow-sprain recovery, and significant trade interest from multiple clubs.
Major League Baseball
fromDodgers Nation
3 hours ago

Dodgers Flip Script on Dave Roberts Latest Comments After Edwin Diaz Signing

Dodgers signed All-Star closer Edwin Díaz after a quiet offseason, surprising expectations and signaling willingness to upgrade the bullpen.
Food & drink
fromwww.7x7.com
5 days ago

20 Bay Area Restaurants Open on Christmas Eve + Christmas Day

Bay Area restaurants offer special Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dining with prix-fixe menus, buffets, seasonal dishes, and reservations required.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
2 hours ago

10 Vintage Snacks That Deserve A Spot At Your New Year's Eve Party - Tasting Table

Vintage crowd-pleasing snacks, both bite-sized and shareable, create a nostalgic, balanced New Year's Eve spread that appeals to diverse guest tastes.
#remote-work
fromRemotive Blog
16 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.
fromFortune
2 hours ago
Women

The remote work penalty that hurts women | Fortune

Women who work remotely are promoted less often than comparable men, while promotion rates are nearly equal for employees who work mostly on-site.
more#remote-work
Social media marketing
fromForbes
13 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.
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
15 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
fromDigiday
8 hours ago

The state of retail media | RMNs expand marketers' reach via off-site advertising

Retail media networks are expanding ad placements off-site to social, CTV, and email to broaden reach while growth rates decelerate.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
17 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
16 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.
Europe news
fromwww.dw.com
7 hours ago

Ukraine's Zelenskyy ready to send revised peace plan to US DW 12/09/2025

Ukraine plans to send an updated peace plan to the United States while Zelenskyy engages European and Vatican leaders amid ongoing military developments.
Books
fromTime Out New York
3 hours ago

The Brooklyn Public Library just released its list of favorite books of 2025

Brooklyn Public Library staff curated a 100-book list for 2025 spanning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, YA, graphic novels, picture books, and eclectic favorites.
Remote teams
fromDigital Trends
4 hours ago

Bridging the hybrid workforce: How AI-powered devices are empowering SMBs

Personalized, AI-driven devices simplify hybrid work for SMBs by automating tasks, improving accuracy, and enabling seamless collaboration across locations.
Social media marketing
fromFast Company
16 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.
Media industry
fromwww.mediaite.com
8 hours ago

Trump's Family Is Helping Foreign Governments Buy CNN. No One Can Stop Them.

Foreign sovereign financing and political introductions into major U.S. media acquisitions create serious risks to press independence and democratic governance.
Environment
fromwww.twincities.com
1 day 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
1 day 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.
Remote teams
fromForbes
8 hours ago

How To Build Psychological Safety In A Hybrid Workplace

Leaders must communicate transparently and consistently through small, repeated signals to build psychological safety and trust across hybrid teams.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
7 hours ago

The year journalism stops outsourcing its independence

Newsrooms must treat technology decisions as central to survival and collaborate to adopt values-aligned tools rather than rely on extractive Silicon Valley platforms.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
7 hours ago

Scoops will matter more than ever

Enterprise, boots-on-the-ground reporting and exclusive scoops will become the most valuable journalistic offering in 2026, driving subscriptions beyond AI-driven aggregation and opinion.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
18 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
1 day 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.
Books
fromFast Company
17 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.
#bot-detection
more#bot-detection
Wine
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
14 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.
Wine
fromTasting Table
14 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
12 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.
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 City
fromwww.amny.com
3 hours ago

Mamdani doubles down on ending homeless encampment sweeps, pledges housing-focused approach amNewYork

Zohran Mamdani will end sweeps of homeless encampments, prioritizing guaranteed indoor alternatives and improved shelter safety to connect people to permanent housing.
Python
fromPythonbytes
1 hour ago

This episdoe has a typo

Pandas 3.0.0 introduces a dedicated string dtype, copy-on-write semantics, and pd.col expressions, while typos improves spellchecking in code with LSP support.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
4 hours ago

Daily newsletter 12/9

A federal appeals court ruled for the Trump administration, advancing efforts to remove transgender people from military service.
FC Barcelona
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Champions League: Kounde double boosts Barcelona, Greenwood lifts Marseille

Jules Kounde's two headers earned Barcelona a 2-1 Champions League comeback win over Eintracht Frankfurt, boosting their bid for a last-16 spot.
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
3 hours ago

Three talking points from Barcelona 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt

Barcelona secured a vital win at Spotify Camp Nou with Jules Kounde scoring twice while Marcus Rashford's introduction significantly influenced the game amid debate over his fit.
Marketing
fromHer Campus
2 hours ago

How Gen Z Is Shaping The Future Of Marketing: An Unhinged Review

Gen Z favors outrageous, nostalgic, short-form marketing that feels authentic, irreverent, and culturally fluent rather than polished corporate messaging.
SF music
fromFuncheap
3 hours ago

SF's Free DFT Monthly Block Party: "Downtown First Thursdays" (2026)

Downtown First Thursdays returns in 2026 as monthly free, all-ages street parties featuring DJs, live performances, drag, food, shopping, and rotating special guests.
Film
fromGameSpot
2 hours ago

One Of 2025's Weirdest Films Comes To 4K Blu-Tay This Month

Bugonia is a memorable, critically praised thriller from Yorgos Lanthimos starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, now available for preorder on physical formats.
SF music
fromsfist.com
3 hours ago

Shaquille O'Neal to Host Shaq's Fun House at Cow Palace, Featuring T-Pain, on Super Bowl Weekend

Shaq's Fun House arrives at the Cow Palace in Daly City on Friday, February 6, with T-Pain and Tiesto, circus attractions, and tickets starting at $249.99.
Gadgets
fromGSMArena.com
2 hours ago

Realme 16 Pro+ box leaks, periscope telephoto camera rumored again

Realme 16 Pro+ gains a rear periscope telephoto camera, may be pricier, and the series is rumored to launch January 6 amid weak prior-sales speculation.
SF politics
fromsfist.com
3 hours ago

Mayor Lurie Comes Out Swinging Against Proposed 25-Story Marina Safeway Megadevelopment

Mayor Daniel Lurie opposes a proposed 25-story, 790-unit Marina Safeway tower because it conflicts with newly passed family zoning that caps heights at 40 feet.
Education
fromABC7 San Francisco
3 hours ago

Colin Kaepernick launches AI storytelling tool to help boost student literacy

Colin Kaepernick launched Lumi, an AI platform to help students create and publish stories and build reading and literacy skills, starting in a Maryland district.
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 hour ago

8,800 mirrored flowers from discarded acrylic reveal a data-driven portrait of the netherlands

An 8,800-mirrored-flower installation converts Dutch demographic statistics into an immersive reflective landscape communicating diversity through light.
New York City
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 hours ago

On the frontlines of the fight for a bird-friendly NYC

Thousands of migratory birds die annually in New York City from collisions with buildings, prompting volunteer monitoring and bird-safe building policies.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 hours ago

This teal Nothing Phone 3a Community Edition looks like a Game Boy for grownups - Yanko Design

Nothing released a 1,000-unit Phone 3a Community Edition with a translucent teal, retro-inspired community-designed aesthetic while keeping the standard Phone 3a hardware and price.
Relationships
fromTechCrunch
3 hours ago

Hinge CEO steps down to launch Overtone, an AI dating app | TechCrunch

Hinge CEO Justin McLeod is leaving to launch Overtone, an AI- and voice-driven dating service incubated inside Hinge with Match Group backing.
Gadgets
fromKotaku
3 hours ago

Lenovo Gaming Laptop With Solid Specs (40GB DDR5, 1TB SSD) Drops 70% Off, Amazon Goes Zero Profit to Dump Stock - Kotaku

Lenovo gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, 40GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB NVMe SSD, now discounted to $899 from about $2,999.
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