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States are cutting Medicaid provider payments long before Trump cuts hit

Cuts to North Carolina Medicaid reduce provider payments and will make finding and affording in-home medical care for severely disabled children significantly more difficult.

US news

What to expect as Syria holds first parliamentary elections since Assad's ouster

Syria is holding parliamentary elections after the fall of Bashar Assad, with most seats chosen by electoral colleges and one-third appointed, limiting full democratic participation.

Digital life

fromwww.wanderwithjo.com

Digital Nomad Visa Programs: Where They Are & How to Get One

Digital nomad visas let remote workers legally live and work abroad for extended periods, offering benefits like banking access, healthcare, coworking communities, and tax options.

Digital life

fromwww.theguardian.com

8 hours ago

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Online platforms systematically degrade by prioritizing business customers and extracting value, turning user-focused services into monetized, degraded products in a predictable three-stage process.

Wellness

My father-in-law retired at 55 and is 87 now. His early retirement made me realize I don't want to travel the same road.

Meaningful, fulfilling work can make early retirement unattractive even when early retirees enjoy active, regret-free lives.

Digital life

fromFlowingData

Passed peak social media, maybe

Young people's social media time plateaued and is slightly declining, while North American usage keeps rising above two and a half hours daily.

Wellness

fromYoga Journal

Your Weekly Horoscope, October 5-11, 2025: Reclaiming the Life You Want

October 5–11 brings intense mental clarity, emotional illumination, and transformative shifts driven by Mercury in Scorpio and a Full Moon in Aries.

OMG science

fromTravel + Leisure

4 days ago

October Has 6 Night Sky Wonders Including a Supermoon and 2 Meteor Showers

October's night sky offers visible meteor showers, planet–moon conjunctions, the Milky Way core near the horizon, and peak northern lights activity.

OMG science

fromFuturism

Scientists Say They May Have Just Detected a Wormhole From Another Universe

GW190521 may be an echo from a black hole merger in another universe that briefly formed a postmerger wormhole connecting to ours.

OMG science

fromsfist.com

Fireballs Seen In Evening Sky Thursday Over the Bay Were Just More Space Trash From Elon Musk

Disposable Starlink debris reentered over the Bay Area around 7:45 PM, producing a multi-piece fireball-like trail widely observed across the region.

Tech industry

Meet Lisa Su: CEO and president of Advanced Micro Devices, the main competitor to Nvidia

Lisa Su transformed AMD into a roughly $270 billion semiconductor powerhouse and major rival to Intel and Nvidia through engineering-led product and leadership initiatives.

Tech industry

fromWGB

Call Of Duty On Game Pass Reportedly Cost Microsoft $300m In Lost Sales

Putting Call of Duty on Game Pass cost Microsoft an estimated $300 million in lost console and PC sales.

Tech industry

fromFortune

17 hours ago

Ford CEO Jim Farley hopes AI will help blue-collar workers, but 'it's hard to say that today' | Fortune

AI data center investment can create many blue-collar jobs, but automation history and a roughly one-million worker shortage may limit productivity gains.

Privacy professionals

fromArs Technica

ICE wants to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team

Contractors will compile dossiers from social media and commercial databases to support ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations arrests under tight deadlines and AI-enabled tools.

Privacy professionals

The head of Instagram swears the app isn't listening to you. But here's what it is doing.

Instagram does not listen to users' microphones to serve ads; ad targeting relies on user activity, advertiser-shared data, social signals, and prior ad exposure.

UX design

fromMedium

5 days ago

Opaque systems, future of wearables, generative design, the agentic AI shift

Human-like conversational AI fosters misplaced trust, undermines critical thinking, and creates a self-reinforcing feedback loop increasing user reliance.

UX design

fromMedium

I Tested 5 AI Tools on 10 Real UI Design Prompts-Here's What Actually Works in 2025

First-pass AI design outputs vary widely; some tools produce usable, accessibility-aware UI solutions while others only generate aesthetic mockups.

Privacy professionals

fromDataBreaches.Net

Legal Practice Board of Western Australia begins notifying data breach victims - DataBreaches.Net

Legal Practice Board of Western Australia is notifying individuals after Dire Wolf ransomware accessed additional health, financial, and personal data, including legal practitioners' information.

UX design

fromSmashing Magazine

Intent Prototyping: A Practical Guide To Building With Clarity (Part 2) - Smashing Magazine

Designers should use Intent Prototyping to convert explicit intent into live, testable prototypes, preventing ambiguity and reducing design debt.

EU data protection

fromTheregister

Online attackers take Renault UK customer data for a joyride

Renault UK customer data was exposed after a third-party supplier's systems were hacked, including personal and vehicle identification details.

EU data protection

fromEuractiv

4 days ago

Ireland's data scandal put homes, clinics, and bases on the map - for sale | Euractiv

Weak GDPR enforcement in Ireland allowed near-real-time phone location data of tens of thousands to be sold online, enabling tracking from sensitive sites back to likely homes.

Books

fromThe New Yorker

Catherine Lacey Reads "Coconut Flan"

Catherine Lacey reads "Coconut Flan" (October 13, 2025); she has published five fiction books including Pew and Biography of X.

Marketing tech

fromCity AM

8 hours ago

Youtube bets on AI ads as viewing habits evolve

YouTube dominates UK connected TV viewing with 47.9m adult users and delivers AI-driven ad formats promising automated optimisation and higher reported ad spend returns.

Marketing tech

fromThe Motley Fool

Meet the Monster Stock That Continues to Crush the Market | The Motley Fool

AppLovin leverages AI-driven ad tools to connect app developers with high-value users, powering rapid stock appreciation while raising questions about sustainability of its rally.

Food & drink

fromwww.theguardian.com

8 hours ago

Kudu, London W1: I've found a new way to enjoy bread and butter' restaurant review

South African restaurant Kudu relocates to Marylebone, serving braai-driven, live-fire dishes that combine homespun flavors, bold condiments, and refined presentation.

Media industry

fromwww.aljazeera.com

A deadly obsession with True Crime in Korea | True Crime Reports

Obsessive fascination with true crime can escalate into real-world violence and raises questions about media responsibility and harms from constant exposure to violence.

Food & drink

fromTasting Table

What Makes Mall Of America's Food Court The Most Unique In The Country - Tasting Table

Mall of America offers an exceptional, diverse dining experience with over 100 options ranging from food-court staples to fine dining, serving a broad range of visitors.

Food & drink

fromTasting Table

Trader Joe's October 2025 New Products: Best Items To Buy This Month - Tasting Table

Trader Joe's offers a creative lineup of limited-time fall foods featuring pumpkin, apple, maple, cranberry flavors plus seasonal and non-themed autumn offerings.

World news

Middle East: Gaza strikes reported ahead of Egypt talks DW 10/05/2025

Cairo will host negotiations between Israel, Hamas, and mediators (US and Egypt) aiming for a ceasefire and hostage deal while Israeli strikes and civilian displacement continue.

Information security

fromTheregister

ZDI, Wiz in hacking contest kerfuffle over copied rules

Wiz launched Zero Day Cloud, a $4.5M cloud-hacking contest rewarding 0-click RCE and container-escape exploits in 20 open-source cloud projects.

World news

fromwww.aljazeera.com

Nairobi's Birdman': Rescuing raptors on the streets of Kenya's capital

Nairobi street-dweller rescues and cares for wild birds, transforming public fear into curiosity and becoming a local celebrity known as the Birdman.

World news

fromABC7 Los Angeles

Gaza flotilla activists allege abuse and humiliation while being detained in Israel

Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, arrested about 450 activists, and detainees report humiliation, medicine confiscation, and alleged torture.

Books

fromwww.theguardian.com

My poems are part of my flesh': Palestinian poet Batool Abu Akleen on life in Gaza

A 20-year-old Gaza poet turns personal trauma into vivid, surreal poems documenting missile strikes, civilian deaths, and daily tragedies.

Books

fromThe New Yorker

Catherine Lacey on the Uses of Estrangement

Losing a wallet prompts reevaluation of attachment to possessions and whether apparent misfortune might yield unseen benefits.

Environment

The mother of Colombian corals

Elvira Alvarado leads IVF-based coral restoration in Colombia to revive Caribbean reefs devastated by disease, pollution, bleaching, and rising ocean temperatures.

Writing

fromPsychology Today

21 hours ago

Research Identifies the Right Way to Write

Handwriting, orthographic knowledge, fine motor skills, and early sensory-social experiences shape brain development and foundational literacy and attention outcomes in children.

Social media marketing

fromGeeky Gadgets

7 ChatGPT Prompts to Skyrocket Your Social Media Game Overnight

ChatGPT streamlines social media growth by generating tailored content, summarizing complex materials, analyzing performance metrics, and speeding creative workflows to increase engagement.

#remote-work

fromFinanceBuzz

Remote teams

13 Work-From-Home Jobs That Pay at Least $90,000 a Year

fromsilive

Remote teams

Looking for a work-from-home job? There companies are hiring, study says

fromFinanceBuzz

Remote teams

13 Work-From-Home Jobs That Pay at Least $90,000 a Year

fromsilive

Remote teams

Looking for a work-from-home job? There companies are hiring, study says

RAIN Notes: October 2, 2025

PodRoll launched Video Promos to insert short-form promotional videos into Apple Podcasts feeds; CoHost released a Top 75 Thought Leaders in Podcasting list.

Information security

fromTechCrunch

16 hours ago

A breach every month raises doubts about South Korea's digital defenses | TechCrunch

South Korea's fragmented government response and talent shortage leave cybersecurity reactive and unable to protect its highly digital society and critical infrastructure.

Privacy technologies

fromWIRED

Apple and Google Pull ICE-Tracking Apps, Bowing to DOJ Pressure

Surveillance technologies, enforcement expansions, and emerging defense measures are creating increased privacy, safety, and civil‑liberties risks across travel, consumer tech, and immigration.

Marketing tech

fromDigital Trends

Harness the power of email marketing with Mailchimp: Sign up for a free trial!

Mailchimp uses AI-driven email marketing and automations to help businesses create personalized campaigns, target customers, and increase conversions.

Privacy technologies

fromTechCrunch

19 hours ago

Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training | TechCrunch

Anker paid Eufy users $2 per theft video and encouraged staged recordings to build AI training data, creating privacy and security risks.

Wine

fromTasting Table

17 hours ago

Is Vintage Champagne Worth The Splurge? What To Know Before You Buy - Tasting Table

Vintage Champagne comes from a single exceptional harvest, is aged longer than nonvintage bottles, and commands high prices because of rarity and extended aging.

Environment

fromeLearning Industry

18 hours ago

World Animal Day 2025: 4 Ways Companies Can Honor Animals Year-Round

World Animal Day promotes compassionate, year-round animal welfare, recognizing animal sentience and urging organizations to implement ongoing protections and humane practices.

Privacy technologies

Telegram's CEO explains his philosophy for using a phone as little as possible - and allocating 11 to 12 hours for sleep

Pavel Durov allocates 11–12 hours of sleep to generate ideas, avoids morning phone use to reduce distraction, and prioritizes strong data privacy protections.

Writing

fromenglish.elpais.com

fromSocial Media Explorer

Alison Bechdel, cartoonist: We've gotten so polarized in the United States that we're unable to see each other's humanity'

A graphic novel explores artistic success, the compromises of capitalism and aging ideals, and the difficulty of concentrating amid modern political and media overload.

Social media marketing

Growing Importance of Social Media Management in the Digital Era - Social Media Explorer

Strategic social media management is essential for maintaining relevance, fostering engagement, and managing risks across multiple platforms in a fast-changing digital landscape.

Social media marketing

fromForbes

10 Ways Recruiters Leverage Social Media To Find And Engage Top Talent

Social media enables recruiters to build authentic relationships, showcase company culture, and engage candidates to broaden reach, strengthen employer branding, and improve hires.

Wine

fromArchDaily

Winery Belair-Monange / Herzog & de Meuron

Bélair-Monange winery in Saint-Émilion integrates sustainable production and visitor reception to meet future winegrowing needs within the UNESCO-listed town.

Remote teams

fromwww.cnbc.com

'In Praise of the Office': Wharton's Peter Cappelli on why he's in favor of return-to-work

Returning to the office boosts collaboration and performance; employers should adopt equitable return-to-office policies to maximize results in hybrid work.

Writing

fromwww.nytimes.com

6 days ago

These Are the Wildest, Juiciest Poems You'll Ever Read

Wild blackberries inspire poets through vivid sensory detail, texture, flavor, and associations with memory, death, and loss of innocence.

Wine

fromThe Infatuation

Chambers - Review - Tribeca - New York - The Infatuation

Chambers in Tribeca is a wine-forward bar offering seasonal small plates, about 20 by-the-glass wines, affordable draft pours, and a convivial marble-bar atmosphere.

Europe news

fromwww.caughtoffside.com

4 days ago

Greetings from Kyiv, where you might stumble across Zelenskyy taking a stroll

Kyiv's Maidan sparked two mass revolutions against Kremlin influence, reshaped Ukrainian politics, and helped propel Volodymyr Zelenskyy into leadership and wartime prominence.

English Premier League

5 days ago

Sources: Premier League club leading contender to sign Marc Guehi, it's not Liverpool

Marc Guehi is likely to leave Crystal Palace in January with multiple top clubs including Tottenham, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester City and United interested.

Europe news

5 days ago

With no guarantee of U.S. weapons, Ukraine races to make its own

Ukraine is rapidly expanding a domestic drone industry producing low-cost disposable and higher-end reusable drones to offset depleted Soviet-era stockpiles and reduced U.S. assistance.

English Premier League

fromSoccer News

6 days ago

Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal: What Were The Main Talking Points As The Gunners Mount A Sensational Last-Gasp Comeback At St. James' Park? - Soccer News

Arsenal mounted a late comeback to beat Newcastle 2-1, moving within two points of Liverpool and demonstrating strong mental resilience.

English Premier League

fromwww.amny.com

GOAL USA's The Rondo podcast connecting American soccer fans | amNewYork

GOAL USA's The Rondo hosted large Premier League watch parties at The Ground NYC, featuring interactive fan engagement, British food, and a strong local soccer community atmosphere.

Europe news

German and Swedish jets intercept Russian military plane over Baltic Sea

German and Swedish fighters intercepted and monitored a Russian IL-20M reconnaissance plane that entered neutral Baltic Sea airspace after NATO scrambled quick reaction alert forces.

London food

fromTime Out London

The 15 best bakeries in London

London's top 15 bakeries include Arome, The Dusty Knuckle and Chatsworth Bakehouse, offering signature breads, pastries and cozy autumn destinations across the city.

France news

fromThe Good Life France

Autumn in France newsletter - The Good Life France

Traveler exploring southern France—Grasse, Côte d'Azur, Vaucluse—captures autumn scenes, vineyards, picturesque villages, and local superstitions while sharing updates on Instagram.

Arts

Sunday Puzzle: 10052025

Word-play puzzle: provide second words of familiar two-word phrases where the given word's first two letters equal the answer's last two letters.

Arts

25 years after its premiere, 'Gilmore Girls' still draws fans to small town Connecticut

New Milford channels Gilmore Girls' Stars Hollow charm, drawing fans for festivals, meet-and-greets, themed costumes, and year-round pilgrimages.

New York Knicks

fromNewsday

15 hours ago

Knicks' OG Anunoby impresses by 'playing right way'

Knicks won 112-104 in Abu Dhabi preseason as OG Anunoby returned, scoring 13 and helping stabilize the likely starting lineup.

London food

fromLondon Unattached

Huo opens in Belsize Park offering a range of Asian cuisines

Huŏ in Belsize Park offers light, elegant Pan-Asian dining with a calm, stylish interior and a good-value two-course lunchtime menu.

NYC real estate

fromsilive

Staten Island Home of the Week: Luxury estate with 1,100-bottle wine cellar lists for $2.6M

Three-bedroom, four-bath Todt Hill home at 44 Annfield Court listed for $2,595,000 with 2,694 sq ft and a 1,100-bottle climate-controlled wine cellar.

Germany news

How the German government is going all in on AI DW 10/05/2025

German government plans to cut bureaucracy costs 25% by 2029, expand online public services, and integrate AI across government, courts, visas, and export support.

France news

fromThe Local France

6 hours ago

Brexit cards, electricity bills and driving fines: 6 essential articles for life in France

Multiple practical consumer and resident changes in France: Brexit residency renewals, electricity peak-hour shifts, clothing ecolabels, new driving fines, and restaurant overcharging risks.

Germany news

Germany news: Pistorius calls for calm after drone sightings DW 10/05/2025

Germany is strengthening drone defenses and creating a joint unit while authorities warn against overreaction amid mysterious drone sightings; Oktoberfest closes after various safety incidents.

France news

fromThe Local France

Dozens of French police sent to Nice after deadly shooting

A drug-related shooting in Nice's Les Moulins killed two people and wounded five, including two minors, prompting an increased police deployment.

SF politics

fromABC7 San Francisco

13 hours ago

Suspect in shooting death of San Francisco Urban Alchemy worker makes 1st court appearance

Joey Alexander, an Urban Alchemy worker, was fatally shot outside San Francisco Public Library after asking a man to stop using drugs; community demands justice.

New York Mets

fromJays Journal

Former Blue Jays manager out of a job after woeful end to NY Mets season

John Gibbons, former Blue Jays manager, left the Mets after their 2025 collapse and is seeking another MLB coaching opportunity at age 63.

National Hockey League

fromMaple Leafs Hotstove

11 hours ago

Craig Berube on whether Easton Cowan is NHL-ready after preseason: "We have decisions to make, but he showed us enough to say he's ready"

Team played hard and controlled much of the game, but undisciplined penalties allowed Detroit to rally; Robertson and Cowan impressed and Hildeby showed improvement.

London politics

fromwww.bbc.com

6 hours ago

Bike hire scheme marks 15 years with photo contest

Transport for London ran a photo competition marking 15 years of Santander Cycles, receiving over 100 entries and awarding winners cycle passes and exhibition tickets.

Marketing

fromClickUp

Marketing Strategies for Restaurants: How to Retain Customers

Build deep customer loyalty by creating meaningful experiences, personal connections, and consistent marketing to turn casual diners into regulars.

London politics

fromwww.standard.co.uk

6 hours ago

Meet the Brazilian delivery driver fighting London's pickpocketing crisis... armed with spay paint and a GoPro

Delivery driver exposes pickpockets with paint and social media, warning weak laws and poor police enforcement in London risk civil unrest.

FC Barcelona

fromSoccer News

Barcelona to step up Schlotterbeck interest - Soccer News

Barcelona are preparing to pursue Borussia Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck as a left-footed centre-back, with his contract entering its final year.

Germany news