Today Briefly

Today Briefly

Outdoor phone-scrolling and idle staring feel intrusive and signal a broader decline in productive, creative, and critical thinking.

Global wellness scene expands with new destination spas and resorts blending geothermal, desert, island, and longevity-focused offerings integrating nature, rituals, ancient healing and wellness technology.

Bryan Johnson is selling access to his personal longevity protocol 'Immortals' for $1 million per year, limited to three participants.

A 5,000-year-old Psychrobacter strain from cave ice carries multidrug resistance and antimicrobial activity, posing potential AMR risks if released by melting ice.

Fill half the plate with fruits and non-starchy vegetables to simplify healthy eating, increase produce intake, and reduce obsessive calorie or macronutrient tracking.

Manage technology risk through research-based guardrails, multi-stakeholder collaboration, youth input, practical guidance for parents, and appropriate regulation.

Older generations perform many everyday social and communication tasks instinctively, while younger generations must intentionally practice these skills due to different upbringing and technologies.

Many kilometer-scale Kuiper Belt objects are bilobed contact binaries formed by gentle mergers, revealing probable planetesimal formation pathways.

Tiny, extremely compact, bright red sources called Little Red Dots pervade JWST early-universe images around 600 million years after the big bang.

TWRTC paid $103,000 and agreed to corrective actions after failing HIPAA Security Rule risk analysis following a phishing breach exposing 1,980 patients' ePHI.

The Court of Appeal upheld the ICO's finding that Currys Group failed to implement appropriate security measures after the 2017–2018 PoS malware attack.

Commercial ad tech and location-data tools risk being repurposed for government investigations, creating urgent privacy, ethical, and regulatory concerns for vendors and users.

Red Hat provides an open-source Digital Sovereignty Readiness Assessment to measure and strengthen organizational control over data, infrastructure, and operations.

Private information, possibly including Social Security numbers, for current and former San Jose city employees may have been exposed after a lost USB drive.

Banks are shifting to charge for third-party data access, challenging the free open-banking model and forcing fintechs or consumers to bear growing infrastructure costs.

Claude enables versatile, stage-spanning product design support—prototyping, critique, research synthesis, and accessibility—via importable skill.md modules.

The homepage hero was redesigned to showcase supported social platforms with lively floating tiles and emojis, using designer-engineer pairing and A/B testing to validate.

Attackers trick employees into registering a hacker-controlled device via OAuth device authorization, granting persistent access to Microsoft accounts and bypassing MFA.

Criminals created a fake RMM vendor, TrustConnect, selling a RAT as a subscription and using a fake website plus an EV code-signing certificate to bypass security.

Daniel's Miami hosts The Rare Tour 2026 Feb 26–28, offering a six-hands steak-focused collaboration with top Basque chefs and premier wine pairings.

Patriots' offensive line underperformed in playoffs, with Will Campbell notably allowing massive pressure; free agency could target Rasheed Walker and other linemen.

Brewers extended manager Pat Murphy three years; Guardians pitchers' trial likely moved to fall; Jazz Chisholm Jr. aims for a 50-50 season.

Patriots must rebuild the offensive line, add edge rushers, and acquire a top wide receiver target for Drake Maye, especially if Stefon Diggs is released.

Multiple overlapping cultural and celestial events created a festive, rain-soaked weekend highlighted by Lunar New Year celebrations, Chinatown outings, favorite takeout, and vintage film viewing.

Boise's Bar Gernika serves a spicy lamb grinder combining shaved roasted lamb, pepper jack, jalapeños, cheese, grilled peppers and au jus for a gyro–cheesesteak–French-dip mashup.

UK waste crime teams will use drones with laser mapping and screening tools to detect illegal dumping and expand specialist units to prosecute waste crime.

Russian forces conducted large-scale attacks across multiple Ukrainian regions, causing civilian casualties, infrastructure damage, and claimed territorial gains amid difficult US-mediated talks.

Clear content systems, defined tools, and roles enable social teams to produce consistent, engaging content and empower contributors.

Gallo permanently closed The Ranch Winery in St. Helena and cut nearly 100 jobs across Napa and Sonoma amid declining U.S. alcohol consumption.

Georgia preserves 8,000+ years of winemaking with 525+ indigenous grape varieties, reclaiming quality and gaining global popularity through authentic, natural wines.

Anderson Cooper left CBS's 60 Minutes to spend more time with his young children amid leadership changes at CBS under Bari Weiss.

AI augments rather than replaces human expertise in winemaking, succeeding when it respects human roles and sensory-based expertise.

Mikalay Statkevich, imprisoned for over ten years, returned to Minsk after a stroke in custody and is recovering with speech difficulties.

AI chatbots and delivery robots threaten traditional writing by offering frictionless ease, undermining the pedagogical value of sustained effort and arduous composition.

Understanding five-act narrative structure helps craft commercially effective, emotionally compelling plot-driven stories that tap themes of healing, reinvention and political rhetoric.

Alexander Isak has resumed on-pitch running in rehab and is expected to return to Liverpool around the international break as a stronger, different player.

Eleven complex narratives center Black women’s lives, portraying damaged, loving, jealous, and healing characters with stylistic range and enduring cultural influence.

Gladys Books & Wine centers Black queer stories, serving as a Bed-Stuy bookstore and wine bar offering community, literary events, and Black love–focused programming.

Newspaper book coverage is rapidly shrinking despite a $30 billion publishing industry, with major outlets cutting book sections and reducing book-review staff.

Ukraine's sports minister condemns allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under national flags at the Winter Paralympics, calling it propaganda and normalization of war.

Tom Junod contemplates personal ambiguity in the South while reflecting on a long career probing diverse, provocative subjects and confronting historical memory.

Sunderland are among Premier League clubs interested in signing Fulham winger Harry Wilson, whose contract expires this summer.

Newcastle United sit 11th amid an injury-hit run but retain adequate squad strength when fit, though multiple injuries in one position would seriously weaken depth.

Two long-lost 1903 Detmold brothers' watercolor illustrations for The Jungle Book were identified and will be auctioned in London, each estimated up to £20,000.

Pedri's return restores Barcelona's rhythm, identity, and confidence; he is the best in his position and makes the team more capable of extraordinary performances.

Sign Christian Gonzalez to a long-term extension to secure an elite, potential shutdown cornerback for the Patriots' rebuilding roster under Mike Vrabel.

The 2026 U.S. women's Olympic hockey team dominated with a 7-0 record, outscoring opponents 33-2, and represents the most dominant U.S. team ever.

Alternate-side parking returns in New York City after a month-long suspension following January's snowstorm; street sweepers resume cleaning and parking rules and fines are reinstated.

David Hockney's six-decade practice centers on continual adaptation to new tools and perspectives, blending traditional printmaking with experimental technologies and presentation.

Antioch Unified plans to lay off about 300 full-time staff to cut roughly $38 million amid a projected $30 million deficit over the next two years.

Use Linux for a home lab; Ubuntu Server is an easy, lightweight, widely supported, container-friendly distribution suitable for virtual or bare-metal server workloads.

A person was hospitalized after an NYPD truck collided with a car in Coney Island, and EMS transported them to NYU Langone Health-Brooklyn.

Miami is on pace for a fourth straight play-in berth, but front office strategy uncertainty and refusal to pivot after pursuing Giannis have drawn criticism.

Proposed special educational needs reforms risk cutting costs rather than improving a costly, divisive system that fails vulnerable children.

Pillion, a British 'dom-com' debut by Harry Lighton, explores queer desire and has gained attention through festival releases and active promotion by cast and director.

Limited-edition MARVEL OREO Stuf of Doom Cookies combine Masked Decadence flavor with color-changing crème and Doctor Doom embossing, launching March 2, 2026.

Amazon's Fire HD 10 Kids Pro combines faster performance, improved battery life, and a better front-facing camera with kid-focused durability and parental-friendly replacement/trade-in options.

AMC Theaters refused to participate in screening an AI-generated short film provided by Screenvision Media after backlash.

Many breakout and acclaimed new books this year were produced by Black creators, spanning debuts, returns, and diverse genres.

Address everyday relationship annoyances within 48 hours to prevent resentment and encourage assertive communication.

Oklahoma City Thunder will begin the post-break without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams; both players will be re-evaluated within one to two weeks.

Benny and Kate Johnson announced they are expecting a fifth child after a Valentine's date night, drawing criticism due to Benny's politics and Kate's activism.

Meta is shifting Horizon Worlds from Quest VR to an almost exclusively mobile app to reach a larger audience while Reality Labs reduces costs and refocuses resources.

A man was struck by a train at 86th Street; he was hospitalized and 4 and 6 lines face delays while an investigation continues.

Nintendo's backend contains an unused Switch 2 model code "OSM", suggesting a possible Switch 2 Lite, OLED, or premium hardware revision is in development.

Miami converted two-way guard Myron Gardner to a three-year, $5.07 million contract, filling the 15th roster spot and adding a breakout rotation wing.