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Wellness
fromWIRED
10 hours ago

The Best Therabody and Theragun Black Friday Deals

Therabody's Black Friday sale features discounts on Theragun massage guns and a wide range of HSA/FSA-eligible wellness devices through December 6.
Wellness
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 hours ago

Want to control your cravings this holiday season? Simple strategies to help you stay on track

Distraction, muscle-clenching, physical activity, hydration, and tea can reduce cravings and complement GLP-1 medication use for appetite control.
Digital life
fromZDNET
4 hours ago

How much RAM does your Linux PC need in 2025? Here's my ultimate sweet spot

Adequate RAM is essential for Linux performance, multitasking, responsiveness, demanding tasks, and future-proofing; more RAM improves experience but excessive amounts have diminishing returns.
Digital life
fromFast Company
3 hours ago

Parents say online blackmail of kids is rising-and AI is making a bad problem worse

One in five parents supported a child who experienced online blackmail, often involving social media, encrypted messaging, and AI-generated deepfakes.
Wellness
fromCN Traveller
1 day ago

The 9 biggest wellness travel trends of 2026

Wellness travel in 2026 emphasizes social, experiential, and low-tech practices—star-gazing, sauna socials, sound baths—while integrating longevity tech for a vacation-like approach.
OMG science
fromFuturism
5 days ago

Giant Chinese Orb Detects "Ghost Particles" While Buried Under Mountain

JUNO, a 20,000-tonne underground spherical detector in China, has measured neutrino oscillation parameters with unprecedented precision within 86 days of operation.
fromwww.nature.com
1 week 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 week 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.
EU data protection
fromComputerworld
17 hours ago

EU 'Chat Control' proposals should be red flag to businesses everywhere

Proposed rules risk allowing client-side scanning and voluntary message monitoring by Big Tech, undermining privacy, transparency, and corporate confidentiality across Europe.
Tech industry
fromWhitepaper Repository -
10 hours ago

Spotlight: Making the most of multicloud - Whitepaper Repository -

Multicloud success requires strategic alignment, strong governance, and proactive security to balance agility with visibility, compliance, and developer productivity.
Tech industry
fromBusiness Insider
20 hours ago

Tech CEOs can't stop talking about data centers in space

Google aims to scale AI compute in space through Project Suncatcher, seeking to place a custom TPU in orbit by 2027 to expand data-center capacity.
Tech industry
fromTechzine Global
11 hours ago

OpenAI pushes partners toward $100 billion in debt

OpenAI's rapid expansion has driven partners and lenders to accumulate nearly $100 billion of debt to fund AI infrastructure and compute commitments.
EU data protection
fromTheregister
5 hours ago

GrapheneOS bails on OVHcloud over France's privacy stance

GrapheneOS is leaving OVHcloud servers due to concerns about France's digital privacy stance, potential encryption backdoors, and data sovereignty risks.
EU data protection
fromwww.independent.ie
7 hours ago

Pause before you post' Irish advertisement on online safety and sharenting' goes viral

Parents who post children's names, photos, locations, and schedules online risk exposing them to unwanted contact, image misuse, and identity theft; pause before posting.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Walrus
9 hours ago

Anyone Could Be Anyone | The Walrus

A private investigator navigates legal privacy limits, urban anonymity, and patient, invisible observation while conducting surveillance in everyday city settings.
#bot-detection
UX design
fromFortune
1 day ago

How to stop 'death-by-measurement' from killing your product's vision | Fortune

Clear visionary direction plus executional excellence must be protected from fragmented measurement-driven processes that divert teams and degrade user-focused products.
UX design
fromTreehouse Blog
2 days ago

UX Design: Create Human-Centered Digital Experiences

UX design enables non-coders to create clear, accessible, and enjoyable digital experiences by understanding user needs and using information architecture, wireframing, and prototyping.
Remote teams
fromThe Conversation
7 hours ago

What five years of evidence on hybrid working tells us about the future of employment

Hybrid and remote work proved effective across many jobs; the UK leads hybrid adoption, and evidence plus policy changes support formalising flexible working.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
15 hours ago

Overheard in the Media Agency Report: How Assembly, IPG, Horizon and others use AI and will spend on ads in 2026

2026 ad spending will rise, largely driven by the World Cup and Olympics, while underlying growth remains moderate and uncertain due to macro factors.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
3 hours ago

North Korean Hackers Deploy 197 npm Packages to Spread Updated OtterCookie Malware

North Korean threat actors published 197 malicious npm packages delivering OtterCookie/BeaverTail malware that establishes C2 and steals credentials, clipboard, keystrokes, screenshots, and wallets.
Information security
fromTheregister
4 hours ago

PostHog admits Shai-Hulud 2.0 was its biggest security scare

A malicious worm was inserted into popular PostHog JavaScript SDKs, stole developer and cloud credentials, and propagated by using exfiltrated tokens to publish further compromised packages.
#remote-work
fromPhys
4 hours ago
Remote teams

Indian IT professionals bear unseen costs of multinational companies' shift to remote working

fromPhys
4 hours ago
Remote teams

Indian IT professionals bear unseen costs of multinational companies' shift to remote working

Information security
fromThe Hacker News
3 hours ago

Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages

Legacy zc.buildout bootstrap scripts fetch and execute installers from the abandoned python-distribute[.]org domain, enabling potential PyPI supply-chain compromise via domain takeover.
Marketing tech
fromThe Drum
20 hours ago

A not-so-cookieless world is here - here's what it means for marketers

Google paused third-party cookie deprecation after tests showed reduced monetization and data control would shift to Google; marketers must adopt privacy-first, durable targeting approaches.
Europe news
fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

Ukraine's anti-corruption authorities search properties linked to Zelenskyy's chief of staff Europe live

Authorized anti-corruption searches targeted properties linked to President Zelenskyy's chief of staff Andriy Yermak amid a broader probe into alleged state-level corruption.
Artificial intelligence
fromComputerworld
14 hours ago

AI fluency in the enterprise: Still a 'horseless carriage'

Companies are deploying AI agents mainly to augment legacy processes—knowledge management, content creation, and research—yielding early gains but not yet achieving full agent-led business transformation.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
11 hours ago

AI is tranforming spacecraft propulsion-and may lead to nuclear-powered rockets

Artificial intelligence, especially machine learning and reinforcement learning, is transforming spacecraft propulsion design and operations to enable faster, safer, and more efficient interplanetary travel.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
11 hours ago

The Stack: Retail Meets AI

AI is rapidly transforming retail, social platforms, and media, with major companies deploying shopping assistants, group chat features, and consumer AI apps.
English Premier League
fromSoccer News
12 hours ago

The Numbers Game: Arsenal out to extend lead over Chelsea in Stamford Bridge tussle - Soccer News

Arsenal lead the Premier League by six points with Chelsea second; both enter the London derby buoyed by recent dominant Champions League victories.
Social media marketing
fromAxios
8 hours ago

Social media users flee X, flock to TikTok and Reddit

YouTube, Facebook and Instagram remain top U.S. social platforms; TikTok, Reddit and WhatsApp are growing while AI models increasingly draw on social content.
Artificial intelligence
fromForbes
7 hours ago

Gen Z Is Celebrating ChatGPT's 3rd Birthday

ChatGPT and genAI will shift from defensive efficiency tools to proactive commerce-driving travel concierges, with Gen Z accelerating inspiration-to-booking conversions.
English Premier League
fromSoccer News
11 hours ago

Its certainly looking up for resurgent Forest, says Dyche - Soccer News

Nottingham Forest have three straight wins, are unbeaten in five, out of the Premier League bottom three and optimistic heading into December fixtures.
National Football League
fromESPN.com
19 hours ago

Our guide to every Week 13 NFL game: Matchup previews, predictions, picks and nuggets

Week 13 features high-profile NFL matchups, notable offensive improvements for the Bears, and a full slate of projections, betting nuggets, and fantasy insights.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
16 hours ago

Locals Say This Queens Pizza Spot Puts Manhattan's Slices To Shame - Tasting Table

Milkflower in Astoria serves highly regarded wood-fired pizzas with a buzzy ambiance, varied starters, salads, small plates, and customizable, uniquely named pies.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
13 hours ago

Beyond the negative headlines, some truly good things came out of Cop30

Cop30 advanced climate action by breaking the long silence on fossil fuels and securing a tripling of adaptation finance, despite delays and legal-text setbacks.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago

Tessa Hadley: Uneasy books are good in uneasy times'

Books shaped a child's imagination, provided vivid historical escape, introduced literary subtlety, and inspired the ambition to craft intricate fictional worlds.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

The best recent translated fiction review roundup

Brief novel synopses highlight human longing, memory, mortality and social pressures like xenophobia, sexism, and forbidden desire across wartime and contemporary settings.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
1 hour ago

Ian McEwan on Imagining the World After Disaster

Humanity survives a century of disasters, offering nuanced optimism, while the realist novel remains the best instrument to represent inner life and contemporary digital experience.
Wine
fromBon Appetit
10 hours ago

The Best Black Friday Wine Refrigerator Deals to Keep Your Bottles at Their Best

Wine refrigerators provide controlled, UV-protected storage to preserve wine flavor and are available in single-zone, dual-zone, and beverage-center models across sizes and budgets.
Media industry
fromThe Mercury News
8 hours ago

Oakland cops toss student journalist from news conference about John Beam's death

Oakland Police Department denied entry to student and other reporters by enforcing a mandatory police-issued press credential at a Laney College press conference.
Media industry
fromwww.mediaite.com
20 hours ago

Will Cain Informs Andrew Schulz of Co-Host's Past Insult

Will Cain praised Andrew Schulz's podcast while revealing Charlamagne labeled Cain 'donkey of the day' for Cain's comments on the Kate Smith statue controversy.
Media industry
fromThe Drum
1 day ago

How newsprint pounds turned to digital pennies: Newspapers and the dominance of Facebook and Google

Google and Facebook captured most mobile advertising revenue, leaving traditional news publishers with steep print and digital revenue declines.
Wine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Wine magnums aren't just for Christmas or even champagne

A magnum reduces oxygen exposure compared with a standard bottle, slowing and often improving wine ageing due to a lower wine-to-ullage ratio.
Privacy technologies
fromFortune
1 day ago

Signal's president warns AI agents are an existential threat to secure messaging apps | Fortune

AI agents requiring access to sensitive user data create new attack surfaces, threatening security and the purpose of end-to-end encrypted messaging apps like Signal.
Wine
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
2 days ago

149-year-old Sonoma County wine brand sold

WarRoom Cellars acquired 149-year-old Simi Winery to revitalize the heritage brand and accelerate growth while restoring distributor confidence.
Writing
fromHer Campus
2 days ago

How Content Creation Helped Me Build Confidence and Connections

Anyone can start creating content with a phone camera and willingness, leading to opportunities like PR, personal growth, confidence building, and documenting life.
Europe news
fromwww.npr.org
4 days ago

Amid smouldering wreckage, anger at Ukraine peace proposal many consider lopsided

Russian shelling destroyed a seven-story apartment in Ternopil, killing at least 34, as a U.S.-endorsed peace plan favoring Russia was finalized without Ukrainian input.
Europe news
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
5 days ago

Lukashenko Releases 31 Ukrainians Imprisoned In Belarus In US-Brokered Deal

Aleksandr Lukashenko pardoned and released 31 Ukrainian civilians held in Belarus under an agreement attributed to US President Donald Trump.
Writing
fromBig Think
1 week ago

R.F. Kuang writes through doubt to find her strongest stories

Rebecca F. Kuang achieved early, sustained bestselling success by integrating academic research into fiction while maintaining disciplined, adaptable creative routines.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

After 10 years talking to knights, squires and wizards, I understand why ren fairs are booming

Medieval re-enactment and live-action roleplay provide physical camaraderie, identity exploration, and emotional escape, helping participants build community and cope with loneliness.
English Premier League
fromSoccer News
1 week ago

Burnley vs Chelsea Bet Builder Tips - 5/1 Premier League Special, Analysis & Predictions - Soccer News

Chelsea can move to second with a win at Turf Moor; Burnley face a relegation fight and have not beaten Chelsea in 11 matches.
New York City
fromStreetsblog
15 hours ago

Friday's Headlines: Curbside Slide Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Curbside outdoor dining must be removed on Nov. 29 and cannot return until April 1, returning curb lanes to parked cars.
New York City
fromCity Limits
3 hours ago

Opinion: Mamdani Has a Golden Opportunity to Address Housing and Climate Together

New York must integrate housing affordability and flood resilience so communities remain affordable and protected from climate-driven flooding.
London food
fromTime Out London
8 hours ago

The world's best pizza chain has been crowned for 2025 - and it has two restaurants in London

Da Michele topped the global 50 Top Pizza ranking; several highly ranked artisanal pizza chains operate multiple London outposts offering Neapolitan and slow-fermented sourdough pizzas.
Manchester City
from101GREATGOALS.COM
7 hours ago

Manchester City: Pep Guardiola demands end to safety-first approach against Leeds

Pep Guardiola urges Manchester City to take risks after rotation backfired, seeking an immediate response against struggling Leeds with Silva expected in defensive midfield.
Python
fromInfoWorld
11 hours ago

Python vs. Kotlin: Which loops do you like better?

Comparisons of Python and Kotlin reveal syntax and behavior differences; preview of Python 3.15 sampling profiler, AWS Zed AI editor, and AI/ML alternatives outside Python.
Arts
fromARTnews.com
9 hours ago

How Romare Bearden's Estate Is Bringing the Artist's Work into the Digital Realm

Romare Bearden produced thousands of works many unaccounted for, requiring extensive research and digitization that revealed new attributions and discoveries.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
10 hours ago

Hurricane Melissa relief: artists and art organisations lead fundraising efforts for devastated Caribbean

Artists and art organisations mobilise regional and international relief, fundraising, volunteer coordination, and heritage protection after Hurricane Melissa's widespread destruction in the Caribbean.
Dallas Cowboys
fromPro Football Rumors
2 hours ago

George Pickens Expected To Seek Long-Term Deal; Cowboys Likely To Use Franchise Tag?

George Pickens' breakout season with the Cowboys positions him for a lucrative long-term deal or a franchise tag that would cost Dallas significant money.
#toronto-maple-leafs
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