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Wellness
fromMedscape
1 day ago

Dry January: The California Sobering Truth

Marijuana significantly influences human strategies for intentionally altering cognition, complementing alcohol-related behaviors and harm-reduction approaches like Dry January and GLP-1 interventions.
Wellness
fromTheoldguybicycleblog
9 hours ago

70+ Year-Old Cyclists: The Real Super-Athletes Nobody Talks About

Cyclists aged 70+ are elite athletes whose grit, consistency, and training through pain make them super-athletes surpassing many younger competitors.
Digital life
fromTechCrunch
12 hours ago

India's app downloads rebounded to 25.5 billion in 2025, fueled by AI assistants and microdrama boom | TechCrunch

India led global app downloads in 2025 with 25.5 billion downloads, driven by surging generative AI and microdrama app adoption and rising user engagement.
Digital life
fromMedium
5 days ago

Teaching digital product design

Digital transformation has reshaped daily life, spawning new businesses, changing consumption, and demanding continual, specialized education for creating and sustaining digital products.
Wellness
fromPsychology Today
9 hours ago

What Twenty Years of Leadership Quietly Reveals

Burnout signals systemic design and cultural problems; leaders should treat pressure as data, build trust as infrastructure, and prioritize improvement over performance.
OMG science
fromHarvard Gazette
1 day ago

Why did that cancer cell become drug-resistant? - Harvard Gazette

TimeVault records and stores cellular gene-expression history inside living cells, enabling retrieval of past gene-activity information to study differentiation, stress responses, adaptation, and drug resistance.
OMG science
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

This teenager who wrote a research paper on how AI could impact teen jobs

AI is replacing common teenage jobs like retail and food service through kiosks and self-checkout, reducing summer and entry-level employment opportunities for teens.
OMG science
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Wolf's dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino

A woolly rhinoceros genome was recovered from partially digested tissue inside a 14,400-year-old mummified wolf cub, providing genetic data from near the species' extinction.
UX design
fromInfoWorld
14 hours ago

Tailwind meets AI headwind

Standardized component-based design reduces the need for separate CSS; Tailwind utility classes enable compact, self-contained components with predefined colors and styles.
UX design
fromMedium
5 days ago

AI Tools Designers Should Stick With in 2026

Designers who succeed will combine design skills with engineering knowledge, using AI tools to build interactive, production-ready interfaces.
EU data protection
fromTheregister
11 hours ago

Ireland explores legal spyware, encryption-breaking powers

Irish government plans new law to expand police powers to intercept all communications, including encrypted messages, and to provide legal basis for spyware use.
UX design
fromblog.logrocket.com
5 days ago

What are the key challenges in scaling MFA for large organizations? - LogRocket Blog

Design specs must document real-world logic, states, constraints, and platform behavior; leverage AI responsibly and design inclusive authentication and research workflows.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
11 hours ago

Daily Profit Alert: Netflix Business Model Under Fire, NVIDIA Lock-in Accelerates

Wall Street prioritizes future growth and monetization over past earnings, pressuring Netflix toward efficiency while NVIDIA leverages an ecosystem moat for pricing power.
Tech industry
fromTechCrunch
1 hour ago

A timeline of the US semiconductor market in 2025 | TechCrunch

2025 saw major U.S. semiconductor shifts: Nvidia's deals and record growth, Intel's new Panther Lake processor, changing AI export permissions, and emerging tariff proposals.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
10 hours ago

3 Tech ETFs for Exposure Beyond the Mag 7

Broader active tech ETFs like JPMorgan US Tech Leaders offer diversified exposure beyond the Magnificent Seven, targeting mid- and small-cap AI growth opportunities.
EU data protection
fromThe Drum
2 days ago

How the new EU data privacy laws change the kids and teens ad market forever

EU data laws will remove behavioural and programmatic advertising targeting children and teens across Europe, forcing a shift to cookieless kid-safe advertising models.
EU data protection
fromComputerworld
2 days ago

AWS European cloud service launch raises questions over sovereignty

AWS launched a European Sovereign Cloud operated under EU-only governance to provide data residency and regulatory compliance while claiming separation from non-EU dependencies.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
1 day ago

Coca-Cola, DIVE, Tribal Worldwide London, Volkswagen, Paper Crowns and Logitech G are Digiday Marketing and Advertising Awards Europe finalists

Brands merge digital platforms with physical environments to create immersive, personalized experiences that drive frictionless journeys, deepen loyalty, strengthen brand perception and deliver business results.
#hybrid-work
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
17 hours ago

CERT/CC Warns binary-parser Bug Allows Node.js Privilege-Level Code Execution

A lack of sanitization in binary-parser versions before 2.3.0 can allow attacker-controlled input to be compiled into runtime code, enabling arbitrary JavaScript execution.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
8 hours ago

Zoom and GitLab Release Security Updates Fixing RCE, DoS, and 2FA Bypass Flaws

Critical Zoom MMR command-injection allows remote code execution; GitLab patches multiple high-severity flaws enabling DoS and 2FA bypass—update immediately.
Information security
fromThe Hacker News
14 hours ago

Chainlit AI Framework Flaws Enable Data Theft via File Read and SSRF Bugs

Critical Chainlit (ChainLeak) vulnerabilities enable arbitrary file reads and SSRF, risking cloud API key exposure, sensitive file theft, privilege escalation, and lateral movement.
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
9 hours ago

It's time for AI to join your workflows | MarTech

MarTech is owned by Semrush and remains committed to providing high-quality coverage of marketing topics.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
9 hours ago

MarkApp Launches Harion DSP, an Omnichannel Performance & Branding Platform

Harion DSP unifies brand and performance buying across CTV, mobile app, and web into a single outcome-driven platform supporting CPM, CPC, and CPA models.
Privacy technologies
fromPCMAG
12 years ago

Google Glass Patent to Watch What You Watch, Read Your Emotions

A Google patent proposes wearable gaze tracking that recognizes viewed items, logs gazes, infers emotion via pupil dilation, and charges advertisers potentially per gaze.
Wine
fromThe Mercury News
10 hours ago

Could this grape help California winemakers adapt to climate change?

Hybrid grapes from crossing Vitis vinifera with North American native species offer greater resistance to pests, diseases, extreme temperatures and drought, aiding California wine production.
Remote teams
fromCbsnews
12 hours ago

As companies call employees back to the office, can some workers hold onto working from home?

Employers are pushing returns to the office despite evidence showing no clear productivity decline from hybrid or remote work, while employees value remote benefits like no commute and more free time.
#tiktok
Wine
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
10 hours ago

Could this grape help California winemakers adapt to climate change?

UC Davis will host the first hybrid wine grapes conference Jan. 26 to examine hybrid varieties' environmental resilience and economic potential for California wine.
Artificial intelligence
fromNature
1 day ago

AI and nuclear energy feature strongly in agenda-setting technologies for 2026

AI-powered meteorology, quantum computing progress, and new nuclear-energy technologies are set to advance forecasting, computation, and energy while driving investment and risk-focused research.
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
18 hours ago

Businesses are deploying AI agents faster than safety protocols can keep up, Deloitte says

AI agent adoption in businesses is rapidly increasing while safety and oversight mechanisms remain insufficient, creating significant governance and risk-management gaps.
Wine
fromElite Traveler
8 hours ago

The New Face of Sustainable Wine Tourism

Wine tourism prioritizes immersive, sustainable, place-rooted experiences—regenerative farming, storytelling, and hospitality—over purely transactional tastings and cellar prestige.
Privacy technologies
fromKqed
12 hours ago

How to Protect Your Information Online in 2026 | KQED

Use authenticator apps instead of SMS two-factor authentication and avoid sharing identifiable details in online videos to prevent location tracking and phishing.
Privacy technologies
fromCNET
6 hours ago

Why I Use a VPN Even Though I Have Nothing to Hide

Using a VPN protects online privacy by encrypting traffic, masking IP addresses, and preventing ISPs, administrators, and governments from monitoring activity.
Books
fromThe New Yorker
3 hours ago

Reading for the New Year: Part Four

Kaspar Hauser emerges from prolonged isolation into society, becoming a public curiosity, developing artistic sensibility, and embodying a tragic, unresolved life.
Books
fromwww.courant.com
5 hours ago

Han Kang, Angela Flournoy, Arundhati Roy nominated for National Book Critics Circle awards

National Book Critics Circle finalists include novels by Han Kang and Angela Flournoy, a memoir by Arundhati Roy, and nominees across eight categories.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours ago

Vigil by George Saunders review will a world-wrecking oil tycoon repent?

A spectral death doula confronts an unrepentant, fossil-fuel–profiting oil tycoon in a liminal afterlife, forcing moral reckoning over climate-denial harms.
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
1 hour ago

X copies Bluesky with a 'Starterpacks' feature that helps you find who to follow | TechCrunch

X is copying Bluesky's curated Starter Packs by launching internally compiled "Starterpacks" to help users find accounts across interest categories.
Writing
fromNature
1 day ago

The rich stopped buying yachts the year time went on sale

A parent uses subjective time-slowing technology to extend personal experience, causing prolonged absences that the child experiences as abandonment.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds

Wind and solar generated 30% of EU electricity in 2025, surpassing fossil fuels at 29%, driven by record solar growth and rising gas use.
#yulia-tymoshenko
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

The Writer's Secret Weapon

Swimming and physical exertion enhance creative thinking by muffling sensory input, boosting neurotransmitters, and enabling deeper, more original idea generation.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,423

Russian forces continued offensive operations, seizing settlements, striking energy and military targets, causing civilian casualties, widespread power outages, and prompting emergency repairs and humanitarian concerns.
English Premier League
fromESPN.com
4 days ago

VAR review: Should Man United's Dalot have been sent off vs. Man City?

VAR upheld a yellow for Dalot because contact was deemed glancing, with referee communication and match timing influencing the VAR review.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
8 hours ago

I fixed my Google Pixel's biggest annoyances by changing these 10 settings

Google Pixel phones include hidden settings like Smooth Display and Quick Tap that improve responsiveness, battery use, and customization when enabled.
Real Madrid
fromSoccer News
6 hours ago

Prediction: Villarreal vs Real Madrid - Betting Tips, Team News, Key Facts - Soccer News

Villarreal suffer poor form and injuries at home, while Real Madrid arrive amid turbulence after a Copa del Rey exit.
#android
fromZDNET
11 hours ago
Gadgets

How to clear your Android phone cache (and why you shouldn't wait to do it)

Clearing app and browser caches improves Android performance and frees storage by removing accumulated, corrupted, or outdated cached data without requiring hardware upgrades.
fromZDNET
12 hours ago
Gadgets

My 4-step routine to make any Android phone run like new again (and it never fails me)

Clearing storage by deleting unused apps and junk files will noticeably speed up an old Android phone without rooting.
fromZDNET
12 hours ago
Gadgets

My 4-step routine to make any Android phone run like new again (and it never fails me)

New York Knicks
fromwww.amny.com
14 hours ago

Jalen Brunson in players-only meeting: Knicks' turnaround comes from players, not coaches amNewYork

Knicks players are taking responsibility for a midseason collapse, with Jalen Brunson calling a players-only meeting and Josh Hart demanding soul-searching.
London music
fromTime Out London
11 hours ago

One of London's best music festivals has revealed its full lineup for 2026, with Giggs, CASISDEAD, Saoirse and more

GALA 2026 at Peckham Rye Park runs May 22–24, broadening its dance focus with significant hip-hop and grime alongside house, techno, and legendary DJs.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
7 hours ago

Transphobia backfired at the ballot box last year. Has the culture-war rhetoric lost its power? - LGBTQ Nation

Coordinated political attacks and hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills target transgender people—especially youth—causing rights loss, increased mental-health crises, and deadly violence.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 hour ago

MAMDANI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor takes on hotel junk fees,' condemns antisemitism in Brooklyn amNewYork

Zohran Mamdani banned hidden hotel junk fees, condemned antisemitic graffiti in Borough Park, and emphasized affordability priorities on his 21st day in office.
Marketing
fromDigiday
19 hours ago

Future of TV Briefing: YouTube develops new program to pitch brands on top creators' shows

YouTube is piloting a program to secure brand sponsorships for top creators' episodic shows, enabling native integrations and sponsored takeovers without funding production.
New York Knicks
fromBrooklyn Nets On SI
5 hours ago

Nets Could Take Advantage of Struggling Knicks in Rivalry Match

The Nets, 12-29 and 13th in the East, could end a nearly three-year skid versus the Knicks tonight as New York endures a major midseason collapse.
#manchester-city
London
fromianVisits
17 hours ago

Closed for a decade - part of the Thames riverside path has reopened at last

Bazalgette Embankment reopened with a large riverside plaza above a Thames Super Sewer shaft, featuring underlit benches, planting, public art, seating, and future amenities.
SF music
fromKqed
2 hours ago

Rap Shows on the Rise at Yoshi's in Oakland | KQED

Yoshi's has shifted from primarily jazz to regularly hosting hip-hop and rap acts, often with live bands, boosting revenue and altering the club's vibe.
Real Madrid
fromSoccer News
1 day ago

Real Madrid 6-1 Monaco: Mbappe and Vinicius shine as Arbeloa oversees Champions League rout - Soccer News

Real Madrid demolished Monaco 6-1 with Kylian Mbappe scoring twice and Vinicius Junior heavily involved in multiple goals.
Real Madrid
fromSoccer News
1 day ago

Bellingham pokes fun at critics with drinking celebration as Madrid crush Monaco - Soccer News

Jude Bellingham mocked critics by miming drinking after scoring as Real Madrid defeated Monaco 6-1 in the Champions League.
Golden State Warriors
fromwww.mercurynews.com
21 hours ago

What's next for Golden State Warriors after Jimmy Butler tore his ACL?

Jimmy Butler tore his ACL, ending his season and likely denting the Warriors' title hopes, but management believes roster depth can sustain competitive play.
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