Today Briefly

Today Briefly

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

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

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 transformation has reshaped daily life, spawning new businesses, changing consumption, and demanding continual, specialized education for creating and sustaining digital products.

Burnout signals systemic design and cultural problems; leaders should treat pressure as data, build trust as infrastructure, and prioritize improvement over performance.

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.

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.

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.

Designers who succeed will combine design skills with engineering knowledge, using AI tools to build interactive, production-ready interfaces.

Irish government plans new law to expand police powers to intercept all communications, including encrypted messages, and to provide legal basis for spyware use.

Design specs must document real-world logic, states, constraints, and platform behavior; leverage AI responsibly and design inclusive authentication and research workflows.

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

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.

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 laws will remove behavioural and programmatic advertising targeting children and teens across Europe, forcing a shift to cookieless kid-safe advertising models.

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.

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.

Critical Zoom MMR command-injection allows remote code execution; GitLab patches multiple high-severity flaws enabling DoS and 2FA bypass—update immediately.

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

MarTech is owned by Semrush and remains committed to providing high-quality coverage of marketing topics.

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.

A Google patent proposes wearable gaze tracking that recognizes viewed items, logs gazes, infers emotion via pupil dilation, and charges advertisers potentially per gaze.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Wine tourism prioritizes immersive, sustainable, place-rooted experiences—regenerative farming, storytelling, and hospitality—over purely transactional tastings and cellar prestige.

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

Using a VPN protects online privacy by encrypting traffic, masking IP addresses, and preventing ISPs, administrators, and governments from monitoring activity.

Kaspar Hauser emerges from prolonged isolation into society, becoming a public curiosity, developing artistic sensibility, and embodying a tragic, unresolved life.

National Book Critics Circle finalists include novels by Han Kang and Angela Flournoy, a memoir by Arundhati Roy, and nominees across eight categories.

A spectral death doula confronts an unrepentant, fossil-fuel–profiting oil tycoon in a liminal afterlife, forcing moral reckoning over climate-denial harms.

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

Vincent Terrell Durham parlayed a decade of stand-up into a successful career as a playwright focused on family, identity, and racial themes.

A parent uses subjective time-slowing technology to extend personal experience, causing prolonged absences that the child experiences as abandonment.

Wind and solar generated 30% of EU electricity in 2025, surpassing fossil fuels at 29%, driven by record solar growth and rising gas use.

Swimming and physical exertion enhance creative thinking by muffling sensory input, boosting neurotransmitters, and enabling deeper, more original idea generation.

Chelsea will beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Selhurst Park.

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.

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

Coordinated political attacks and hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills target transgender people—especially youth—causing rights loss, increased mental-health crises, and deadly violence.

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

YouTube is piloting a program to secure brand sponsorships for top creators' episodic shows, enabling native integrations and sponsored takeovers without funding production.

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.

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

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 demolished Monaco 6-1 with Kylian Mbappe scoring twice and Vinicius Junior heavily involved in multiple goals.

Jude Bellingham mocked critics by miming drinking after scoring as Real Madrid defeated Monaco 6-1 in the Champions League.

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