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Wellness
fromSFCritic
18 hours ago

Looking to Improve Your Style? Here Are Some Solutions in Utah - SFCritic

Personal grooming, dental care, hair, wardrobe, skin health, and professional guidance together enhance appearance, confidence, and overall well-being.
Wellness
fromIndependent
7 hours ago

Alison Spittle: 'I never felt the need to lie to people about how mentally ill I was, and I never felt the need to hate myself because I'm fat'

Comedian lost weight after a serious illness, confronting lifelong appearance-based abuse and recognizing that emotional healing requires more than medication.
#social-media
Wellness
fromArs Technica
1 hour ago

Meta's layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning

Layoffs and halted new content split Supernatural users between those staying for the library, community, and coaches and those canceling over value and music licensing.
Digital life
fromAol
17 hours ago

YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content

YouTube now allows full ad monetization for non-graphic videos about sensitive issues like domestic abuse, self-harm, suicide, adult sexual abuse, abortion, and sexual harassment.
OMG science
fromwww.npr.org
1 day 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.
Digital life
fromTelecompetitor
1 day ago

ImOn Communications announces completion of Cedar Rapids, Iowa fiber upgrade

Cedar Rapids now has a 100% fiber-to-the-home network offering residential 2 Gbps and 5 Gbps service, replacing hybrid fiber-coaxial infrastructure.
OMG science
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days 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.
fromNature
1 week ago

Electrochemical defluorinative Matteson-type homologation - Nature

The Matteson homologation, first developed in 1980, elongates carbon chains by insertion into a C−B bond. 1 This versatile reaction traditionally requires three steps: carbanion formation, nucleophilic addition to organoboron, and a thermo- or Lewis acid-promoted boronate rearrangement. These processes often demand exacting conditions, including cryogenic temperatures and handling of air- and moisture-sensitive reagents. 2,3 Here, we report a Matteson-type homologation which integrates these three transformations into a one-pot electrochemical process.
Tech industry
fromwww.cnbc.com
13 hours ago

Google files to appeal search monopoly case

Google appealed a federal ruling that it holds an illegal monopoly in internet search, seeking to delay remedies while contesting the decision.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.mercurynews.com
13 hours ago

Letters: Authorities must end sharing of license plate data

Residents demand enforcement of SB 34 and SB 54, protection of license-plate privacy, relief for overcrowded animal shelters, and safe vehicle-housing solutions for the homeless.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Mercury News
13 hours ago

Letters: Authorities must end sharing of license plate data

Sharing license plate reader data threatens privacy and should be investigated, cameras misused disabled, while community action and creative housing solutions are urged for animals and people experiencing homelessness.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 hours ago

Mother of Elon Musk's child sues his AI company over Grok deepfake images

Ashley St Clair sued xAI, alleging its Grok chatbot generated sexually exploitative deepfake images that caused humiliation, serious pain, and ongoing mental distress.
Tech industry
from24/7 Wall St.
36 minutes ago

3 Beaten-Down Dividend Stocks That Are Must Buys Right Now

Beaten-up dividend stocks like Noble Corporation and Booz Allen Hamilton provide high yields, strong cash flow, and recovery catalysts that make 2026 a likely turnaround.
UX design
fromMedium
23 hours ago

AI Tools Designers Should Stick With in 2026

Successful designers in 2026 will combine design skills with engineering knowledge, using AI-enabled tools to build, ship, and implement interactive production-ready interfaces.
UX design
fromMedium
4 days ago

UI Design with Nano Banana Pro

Nano Banana Pro excels at UI design with 99% text accuracy, spatial layout understanding, and 4K output, making it ideal for high-fidelity UI creation.
UX design
fromMedium
23 hours ago

Why "Good" UX portfolios NEVER get Interviews in 2026 (11 Hiring Red Flags)

Portfolios must quickly communicate role fit, seniority via decision structure and operating range, plus clear before-after impact, or reviewers discard them.
#tiktok
EU data protection
fromBusiness Matters
1 day ago

Compliance Is the New Creative: Why Your Channel Partners Are Your Biggest Liability (and How to Fix It)

Channel partners’ compliance failures can directly harm brand reputation and expose companies to significant fines; channel marketing must enforce GDPR and EU AI Act compliance.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
11 hours 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.
Media industry
fromLGBTQ Nation
14 hours ago

CBS News embraces "transphobic dog whistle" under Bari Weiss' guidance - LGBTQ Nation

CBS News will use the term biological sex at birth without quotation marks to describe sex assigned at birth in its reporting.
Major League Baseball
fromBattery Power
8 hours ago

Braves News: Austin Riley 2026 predictions, hot stove, and more

Mets sign Bo Bichette to a three-year $126M deal; Phillies re-sign J.T. Realmuto; Marlins, Mets, and Twins make waiver signings and catching moves.
Books
fromFuncheap
11 hours ago

Author Chat: Literary History of Computing (Mountain View)

Influential books have shaped computing innovations, inspired transformative visions, and continue to inform understanding during the AI era.
Media industry
fromNewsday
17 hours ago

YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content

YouTube now allows non-graphic coverage or dramatizations of sensitive topics like domestic abuse, suicide, abortion and sexual harassment to receive full ad revenue.
Media industry
fromJezebel
2 hours ago

Splinter: Bari Weiss' Shambolic CBS News Is Leaking Like the Titanic

Bari Weiss's leadership and David Ellison's influence have turned CBS News into a pro‑Trump, mismanaged outlet that undermines journalistic standards.
Social media marketing
fromDailydot
6 days ago

"100 likes is the new 1000": Creators say Instagram likes have fallen off a cliff. Here's why

Instagram 'like' counts dropped dramatically in 2025 due to shifting user behavior and algorithm changes, with viewers often watching stories but not liking feed posts.
Environment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 hour ago

Gongloff: The next Dust Bowl is becoming more likely

Greenhouse-gas warming is creating a permanently hotter, drier U.S., raising heat-wave severity, reducing humidity and rainfall, and risking Dust Bowl–like drought feedbacks.
Food & drink
fromSFGATE
1 hour ago

Famed SF chef takes a chance on Lake Tahoe and reimagines mountain dining

Yarrow at Sugar Bowl Resort offers secluded, high-elevation destination dining in Norden led by acclaimed chef Traci Des Jardins amid a historic, upmarket ski enclave.
Information security
fromTheregister
42 minutes ago

Fast Pair flaw exposes Bluetooth devices to hijacking

A Fast Pair implementation flaw called WhisperPair lets attackers within Bluetooth range pair and control millions of wireless earbuds, headphones, and speakers without user interaction.
Food & drink
fromTasting Table
3 hours ago

Aldi Customers Seriously Adore These Jarred Olives - Tasting Table

Aldi's Specially Selected jalapeño-stuffed olives add spicy, green flavor to charcuterie boards, cocktails, and snacking at an affordable price.
Food & drink
fromLos Angeles Times
11 hours ago

Socalo restaurant, from chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken, to close next month

Socalo will close on Valentine's Day after sustained losses from the pandemic, 2025 wildfires, rising costs, labor shortages, immigration raids and recession fears.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit

The UK risks missing the first Ocean Cop because parliament has not yet ratified the UN high seas treaty despite the UK's signature.
Social media marketing
fromBenzinga
12 hours ago

Elon Musk's X Is Offering $1 Million For The Best Article - And It's A Big Bet On Long-Form Content - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

X will award $1 million to the top long-form post in the next payout period to incentivize high-quality original creator content.
Environment
fromenglish.elpais.com
9 hours ago

Timothy Morton, activist: The United States is a massive concentration camp'

Planetary-scale phenomena called 'hyperobjects' are so vast and long-lived that humans can only perceive tiny fragments, shaping new environmental thought and existential anguish.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 day ago

CTV Is Stuck In Its Growing Pains. Can AI Save the Day? | AdExchanger

CTV advertising still struggles with frequency capping and measurement while AI becomes ubiquitous and data partnerships aim to connect viewing and purchasing signals.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
20 hours ago

CES 2026: What's Real - And What's BS - When It Comes To AI | AdExchanger

Digital advertising will focus on 2026 trends, learn from 2025 missteps, and prioritize practical AI use cases over CES hype.
Marketing tech
fromMarTech
23 hours ago

B2B marketers trust AI for execution but not strategy | MarTech

B2B marketers primarily use AI for execution and productivity while largely distrusting it for strategic tasks like brand positioning.
Europe news
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
21 hours ago

Ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko Avoids Detention On Bribery Charges

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko must pay $760,000 bail amid bribery charges, faces travel and communication restrictions while denying wrongdoing and preparing an appeal.
Remote teams
fromThe Business of Fashion
1 day ago

Fashion Is Done With Remote Work

Return-to-office mandates are spreading across fashion and retail as companies cite collaboration, culture and productivity concerns, with some using policies to nudge departures.
Privacy technologies
fromThe Hacker News
1 day ago

Your Digital Footprint Can Lead Right to Your Front Door

Publicly available personal data on data brokers and directories creates real physical and financial safety risks, requiring active deletion or protection.
Writing
fromThe Atlantic
19 hours ago

Taking the Internet Novel Offline

Depicting internet-mediated life requires new narrative strategies that ground online behavior in familiar forms like family drama to keep readers engaged.
Privacy technologies
fromComputerworld
1 day ago

Google flexes another AI advantage

Google's Gemini Personal Intelligence selectively accesses Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search data to provide more personalized, context-aware AI assistance for users.
Privacy technologies
fromSupercar Blondie
1 day ago

Woman shares clever hack that shows how to find out everything that Google knows about you

Google aggregates detailed personal signals for ad personalization, and users can view and disable that profiling via Ads Settings.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
21 hours ago

This month's best paperbacks: Anne Tyler, Jason Allen-Paisant and more

Childhood in rural Jamaica reveals nature, memory, walking, herbalism, and the interplay of landscape, loss, and cultural memory.
Writing
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
19 hours ago

Meet Berkeley's new poet laureates a kindergarten teacher and 2 high school freshmen

Hanan Masri named Berkeley's third poet laureate; Nolawit Ketema and Rachel Dunn named youth poet laureates, with city duties, mentorship, and a $5,000 honorarium.
#remote-work
fromMedium
23 hours ago
Remote teams

Why remote work stopped working for me

Exclusive remote work reduces interruptions and comfort but erodes relationships, spontaneous collaboration, and creative energy, making hybrid work a better balance.
fromForbes
2 days ago
Remote teams

Top 29 Companies Hiring Remote Jobs In 2026, From FlexJobs Data

Employee bargaining power over remote work plunged in 2026, even as remote hiring rose in targeted fields such as IT, project management, sales, client services, and healthcare.
Wine
fromTasting Table
16 hours ago

A Once-Dominant Bay Area Winery Is Shutting Down After Years Of Rapid Growth - Tasting Table

Subject to Change Wine Company, once a leading natural-wine producer, is ceasing production after declining sales, lost distribution, mounting debt, and a failed new product launch.
Writing
fromFuncheap
18 hours ago

Bay Area Then and Now Poetry Series

Poetry and spoken word readings by Kevin Dublin, Magick Altman, and Tongo Eisen-Martin outside at YBCA's Third Street Courtyard; included with gallery admission.
Wine
fromEater Portland
1 day ago

OK Omens Is Portland's All-Purpose Dining and Drinking Spot

OK Omens blends serious wine focus—especially riesling—with creative, accessible food, dollar oyster happy hour, approachable atmosphere, and playful cocktails.
SF LGBT
fromSan Francisco Bay Times
37 minutes ago

Donna's Chronicles, "2026, here we come..." - San Francisco Bay Times

Support established performing arts organizations while also exploring newer, innovative local artistic groups for fresh experiences and community benefit.
Real Madrid
from101GREATGOALS.COM
1 hour ago

LIVE - Real Madrid v Levante: Commentary, updates, goals and stats with all eyes on Arbeloa after cup shock

Real Madrid aim to recover from a shock Copa del Rey exit and stay in touch with Barcelona when hosting struggling Levante.
Dallas Cowboys
fromPro Football Rumors
1 day ago

Wink Martindale, Jim Leonhard, DeMarcus Covington Among Jets' DC Interviewees

The Jets interviewed eight candidates for defensive coordinator, including interim Chris Harris and veteran Don Martindale, with Harris unlikely to be chosen.
Dallas Cowboys
fromInside The Star
1 hour ago

Signing Javonte Williams paid off for Dallas in 2025 " Inside The Star

Javonte Williams led Dallas with 1,201 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns, making his re-signing a top priority for the Cowboys.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 hours ago

Et Tu, South Africa?

South Africa's culture minister canceled Gabrielle Goliath's Venice Biennale performance about Gaza, prompting accusations of censorship and erasure of Palestinian suffering.
Dallas Cowboys
fromBlogging The Boys
1 hour ago

Cowboys news: Pros and cons of every defensive coordinator candidate

Candidates offer strong run-game and teaching traits or disguised coverage schemes, but face risks from limited NFL experience or poor pass-defense results.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
3 hours ago

Yes, introverts and extroverts can be good friends. Here's how

Introverts and extroverts have different social needs; communicating differences early prevents resentment and helps friendships accommodate varying energy and interaction styles.
SF music
fromFuncheap
11 hours ago

Eric Reprid Live: Hits + New Tracks (Brick & Mortar)

Eric Reprid is a 26-year-old Vancouver hip-hop artist with viral, controversial hits, a Juno nomination, and multiple 2024–2025 releases planned.
Marketing
fromGlossy
1 day ago

Glossy Pop Newsletter: Why Cocokind is sending unreleased products to creators with 200 followers

Cocokind shifted PR focus from top-tier influencers to highly engaged brand fans, using monthly mailers, quizzes and surveys to reward loyalty and gather product feedback.
New York Islanders
fromEyes On Isles
12 hours ago

Confidence is flowing for Islanders' Anthony Duclair as he stays hot against Oilers

Anthony Duclair scored his ninth goal on a Cal Ritchie power-play feed, leading the Islanders to a 1-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers.
Real Madrid
fromSoccer News
4 hours ago

Real Madrid willing to sell David Alaba? - Soccer News

Real Madrid are willing to sell David Alaba in January as he enters the final contract year and has experienced recurring injuries.
Right-wing politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 hours ago

Kristi Noem, for the Love of All That Is Good, Please Take Off Your Hoop Earrings

Kristi Noem led a Minneapolis immigration operation linked to Renee Nicole Good's death and defended ICE while adopting a MAGA makeover and hoop earrings.
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
13 hours ago

Daily newsletter 1/16

Kyrsten Sinema faces a federal lawsuit; 911 recordings reveal details of Renee Good's shooting; a Delaware congresswoman endured transphobic attacks.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
4 hours ago

Struggling unpaid carers 'not aware' of support

Many unpaid carers in London are unaware of benefits and services, contributing to high poverty rates and inadequate financial and respite support.
DevOps
fromInfoQ
13 hours ago

Pulumi Adds Native Support for Terraform and HCL

Pulumi now natively supports HashiCorp Terraform and OpenTofu, executing HCL and hosting Terraform state to enable mixed-tool infrastructure and migration.
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